THE Scholarly Web - 13 February 2014
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Geography and race affect university attendance
Data show whites and pupils outside London less likely to aim for, or undertake, higher study
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Cool it, Which? A degree is not a fridge
The concept of a student market - and so the involvement of the Consumers’ Association - is flawed, argues Martin McQuillan
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Satellite campuses in China are slow boat to secure future
Nottingham is one of a growing number of universities with a presence in or around Shanghai
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Cyber-abuse of academics - it’s time for action
Universities have the resources to keep us safe, says Sara Perry. They just need the will
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Graduate teaching assistants have been left behind by all
Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says
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Q&A with Tony Spurgin
We speak to City University London’s oldest graduate, who received his PhD in engineering at the age of 83
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Terence Hawkes, 1932-2014
A scholar who revolutionised our understanding of Shakespeare and English studies has died
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Grant winners - 13 February 2014
Royal SocietyUniversity Research FellowshipsAward winner: Brian PattonInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £476,630Imaging deep tissue neural processes with nanodiamondAward winner: Andrew...
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Fair game?
Should developing countries receive ‘transfer fees’ when Western universities sign their academics? asks Malegapuru Makgoba
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World in brief - 13 February 2014
United StatesBalancing the books at BrandeisA US university is offering voluntary redundancy to 150 members of staff to ease its multimillion-dollar budget deficit. Brandeis University is proposing...
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No pay anomalies for v-cs
I note the strikes by university staff over their pay, but I also note that vice-chancellors never seem to go on strike over their salaries. Could it be that at that level all anomalies are...
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Half-truth about half-life
The study of the “half-life” of journal articles (“Tried and tested: for how long do research papers remain useful?” News, 30 January) should have included Doctor Who as a co-author, because it...
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No to political perversions
According to Laura Frost in her review of Celibacies (Books, 30 January), the author, Benjamin Kahan, seeks to debunk the pathology of abstinence. But, leaving aside a monk’s vocation, celibacy in...
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Fairness appeals
Your issue of 6 February quotes criticism of the decision by the board of the Quality Assurance Agency not to publish details of appeals against review judgements on higher education providers (“QAA...