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I'm surprised that no one at THE has noticed that the magazine is sitting on a mass of unanalysed citation data in its Index.I'm able to confirm, based on swift and dirty back-of-the-envelope...
I'm surprised that no one at THE has noticed that the magazine is sitting on a mass of unanalysed citation data in its Index.I'm able to confirm, based on swift and dirty back-of-the-envelope...
If critical thinking involves "the ability to recognise problems...and to comprehend and use language with accuracy" as Linda Elder argues ("Achieving critical mass", 25 November), perhaps she should...
A.W. Purdue claims that until Princess Louise's marriage to the Marquis of Lorne in 1871, "no royal had married a subject since Henry VIII" ("Commoner chameleon", 25 November).In fact, James II...

Some think that traditional peer review, the guardian of sound science, is not up to the task of assessing large-scale multidisciplinary research. Paul Jump puts the question to the experts
For the US academy, sport - particularly American football - isn't a matter of life and death: it's much more important than that. David Gewanter discusses the big-money, big-reputation stakes of the...
Incisive debate on contemporary issues is curtailed by the glacial pace of academic publishing, argues Tim Luckhurst. Adopting new journalistic models would inject vitality into academics' work
A fresh take on an old tale impresses Duncan Wu, but leaves him with misgivings about exploitation

Can you see the big picture? - The problems multidisciplinary research poses for peer review

Librarians remain an often unseen and unappreciated element of good teaching and research. Tara Brabazon interviews an extraordinary one about the challenges the profession faces at the front line of...
Students from Wales will be spared additional costs of higher education wherever they study in the UK despite confirmation that Welsh universities will be allowed to charge tuition fees of £9,000 a...
MPs have rejected Labour calls for the publication of a higher education White Paper before the parliamentary vote on tuition fees, as the opposition accused the coalition government of wanting the...

More than 60 per cent of graduates will be poorer across their lifetimes if government reforms to student finance are voted through, according to new analysis.
Academics in Scotland should accept a voluntary pay freeze to help shore up the sector’s finances and prevent a decline in course quality, a scholar has argued.

Kingston University has named its new vice-chancellor.

By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed