Private entrants? The back door’s wide open
BIS applies cap in 2014, but with terms allowing ‘back door’ expansion. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
Technology strategy supportCetis consultancy relaunchedThe Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards has been relaunched with a remit to widen its client base. Last year, the...
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Crick Institute aims to offer structural stability
Scientists at the Crick will enjoy stability and the chance to be creative. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Campus round-up
Dry run for disasterA mock terror attack may furnish valuable insights into emergency service response. Academics from King’s College London monitored the emergency procedures deployed for a...
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Lancashire hot spot
Edge Hill leader says that employment focus ensures strong applicant interest. John Morgan writes
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News in brief
ThailandOrigami for eyes to defeat cheatsStudents at a Thai university will not take any more exams while wearing paper blinkers on their heads. Lecturers in the Faculty of Agro-Industry at Kasetsart...
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Odds and quads
Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74), originally from what is now Thailand, toured the world in a “human circus” and became so famous that the term “Siamese twins” is still current.
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Anti-booze cues
A university renowned for drunkenness has pioneered a new way to tackle student drinking. Jon Marcus reports
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In the rankings hinterland
Amid all the attention that university rankings attract, their shortcomings are often overlooked. Not only are league tables of institutions based on indicators that take no account of the social and...
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Too much information? Germany’s silence of the whistleblowers
Frances Mechan-Schmidt on key funder’s surprise move to block anonymous reporting of misconduct
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Interview - Threefold path to new American enlightenment
US higher education will crash if it does not tackle three big problems, Robert Zemsky tells Chris Parr
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Grant winners
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: David SaadInstitution: Aston UniversityValue: £155,624Islands of equilibrium in a non-equilibrium worldAward winner: James...
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THE Scholarly Web - Clearing for beginners? Minefields might be easier
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Awards and promotions
Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisAnthony ‘AJ’ Baucum IIAnthony “AJ” Baucum II, recently appointed assistant professor of biology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis,...
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Obituary - Arthur C. Aufderheide
A “mummy doctor” who combined a distinguished career as a pathologist with pioneering research on the diseases of the ancient world has died.Arthur Aufderheide was born on 9 September 1922 and...