Sit on it
Tim Birkhead has been studying a single guillemot population for 40 years. Here he explains how such commitment provides insights that the three-year studies favoured by the research councils cannot...
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What inspiration blooms, watered by stormy weather
Rain is a national obsession - never more than in British films. James Clarke reveals what happens when the heavens open
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Research Intelligence - Citing to win as journals 'game' system
Impact factor manipulation in spotlight as Thomson Reuters targets offenders. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: Can we have the bill, please?
Despite the demise of Lords reform, fundamental changes to the academy are still unlikely to receive parliamentary scrutiny
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From Where I Sit - Beyond a joke
"How many Irish mothers does it take to change a light bulb? None. They say, 'We'll be all right here in the dark.'" This old joke was offered last month during a 12-day visit to universities and...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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9 August 2012
Wait for it - Playing the long game has its advantages
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All killer, no filler
New gatekeeping needed for real choice and access, says Malcolm Gillies
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The week in higher education
• The Russell Group has officially welcomed its four new arrivals from the 1994 Group: Durham, Exeter and York universities and Queen Mary, University of London. To mark their arrival, the mission...
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Odds and quads
This small flock of fibreglass sheep appeared overnight earlier this year on a building known as The Stripe at the University of Winchester.
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Scientific adviser serves with local counsel
Southampton City Council has appointed a chief scientific adviser, claiming to be the first local authority to do so.
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Places scarce as Scottish exam results are announced
More Scottish students have been accepted on to places at universities in the country than this time a year ago, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
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Higher education’s five chariots of fire
Almost a fifth of the athletes competing for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics are current or former students from five UK universities, an analysis has shown.
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Inside Higher Ed: Wheaton’s Emergency Shift
By Libby A. Nelson for Inside Higher Ed