Say it ain't so, Joe: US sector's pact with the drop-kick devil
Penn State scandal shows sport's stranglehold on American academy. Jon Marcus reports
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Appointments
University of Texas at AustinSally Dodson-RobinsonA scholar from the University of Texas at Austin plans to use a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation to answer...
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Odds and quads
Adolphus was the mascot of fighter ace Maurice Leblanc-Smith (1896-1986), winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and accompanied him on many missions during the First World War.
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Leader: Young, gifted and slapped
Why is it that when young people express frustration at the bleak future they see ahead, we respond with another kick in the shins?
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From where I sit - India's star may be slow to ascend
India has long been the "sleeping giant" of Asia. Research in the university sector, stagnant for at least two decades, is now accelerating but it will be a long haul to restore the country as an...
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Tours promise a degree of truth about Argentina's past
Jon Marcus meets the scholarly guides tearing up the Tim Rice lyrics to uncover the real Buenos Aires
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
University of LeedsLook after yourselves, tooClose to 6.5 million people in the UK care for sick, disabled or frail friends and relatives, often at considerable cost to their own health and finances...
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The week in higher education
• Academics and students were united in their outrage at the treatment of protesters doused with pepper spray at the University of California, Davis. The incident on 18 November led to the suspension...
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24 November 2011
Civic spark - What does a university add to a city? A lot more than you might think
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Black hole at heart of star's collapse
Dutch begin documenting top psychologist’s supermassive fraud
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On professors' lack of leadership and logic (1 of 3)
It was with interest we read Jack Grove's article reflecting on Linda Evans' research on professorial leadership ("'Prima donna' professors lambasted for failure to mentor", 17 November). The results...
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On professors' lack of leadership and logic (2 of 3)
I welcome Bruce Macfarlane's call for the better use of emeritus professors ("Command performance", 17 November). My research has shown differences in the experiences of emeritus professors within...
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On professors' lack of leadership and logic (3 of 3)
Bruce Macfarlane writes, "The importance of professors acting as public intellectuals cannot be underestimated." While this statement is probably true, it sits oddly with the rest of his article....