No one can control for a sense of when 4-3-3 might turn the game
Randomised controlled trials can’t solve social policy conundrums any more than they can fit football to a formula, says Gary Thomas
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University student marketing spend up 22%
‘Neurotic’ sector plays ‘zero-sum game’ despite cap on numbers
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Naked lecturer looks for nude truth
Daniel Ploeger’s performance provokes minds through ‘body beautiful’
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Nicholas Ambraseys, 1929-2012
A world-renowned seismologist with particular expertise in the historical study of earthquakes has died.Nicholas Ambraseys was born in Athens on 19 January 1929 and studied at the National Technical...
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Campus Round-Up
Source: Nature Picture LibraryDon’t eat that, you don’t know what’s in itAfrican vultures tend to avoid national parks and prefer to scavenge on private farmland, a study of the birds’ feeding habits...
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THE Scholarly Web - 7 February 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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7 February 2013
Notes of regret, words of advice - Scholars’ missives to their stripling selves
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Amelia Fletcher takes UEA chair
Indie musician and the OFT’s former chief economist, takes chair at ‘creative’ UEA
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Pearson’s expansionist ambitions
John Morgan reports on FTSE 100 firm’s HE strategy
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Freedom for Belarusians at European Humanities University
‘Exiled’ institution’s temporary Lithuanian home offers opportunity for critical thinking. Matthew Reisz reports
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Letters to a young academic
Regrets? They’ve had a few…but with the frustrations have come joys and satisfaction, too. Six scholars reveal what they wish they had known at the beginning of their careers and offer some sage...
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Student debt almost £1,500 even after state loans
University students owe an average of £1,409 of debt outside their state loans for tuition fees and living costs, a new study has found.
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University of London protest seeks rights for outsourced workers
Around 70 protesters gathered outside the University of London’s Senate House today to campaign for better rights for outsourced university staff.
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EU research funding must be protected, Russell Group warns
Leaders of the Russell Group of research intensive universities have added their voices to the clamour calling for the European Union’s research and innovation funding to be protected.
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Huddersfield lends to businesses in scholarships plan
The University of Huddersfield has unveiled pioneering plans to raise funds for scholarships by lending money to small businesses.