Not-so-furious five (plus peer) make last-ditch effort to deflect the axe
V-cs and Royal Society leader emphasise research that touches people's lives. Paul Jump reports
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Daytime TV: Burden of proof
Does religion give us purpose, or has history been tailored to give one version of events, asks Gary Day
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Awards ceremony - here we come!
"This is a timely and most welcome recognition of Poppleton University's distinctive contribution to UK higher education."That was the enthusiastic response of our vice-chancellor to the news that...
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Listen out for the impact
UK research is not in decline, but to secure its future we need to spread the word about its benefits, says Alan Thorpe
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Diving into the shallow end
Malcolm Gillies applies the rules of lane swimming etiquette to funding
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Leader: What's sex got to do with it?
That women fail to reach the top in numbers is not a consequence of biology but of bigotry, which all in the academy must fight
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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From where I sit - Free to succeed
What is the recipe for making a world-class university? For such a complex endeavour, there is no simple or sure formula for success, but there are certain principles that I believe are of vital...
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David Whitmarsh, 1950-2010
A world authority on the economics of fisheries has died.David Whitmarsh was born in Plymouth on 17 February 1950 and educated at King's College in Taunton and the University of Exeter, where he...
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Research intelligence - Dawning of a new Era
Australia's research assessment programme is causing controversy, especially the rankings. Paul Jump investigates
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Bonfire of the inanities
Times are hard and cuts have to be made, so let's start by putting an end to verbosity and all those mind-bogglingly long assignments, research papers and reports, writes Peter Lennox, succinctly
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Sisters' winning formula
Women produce fewer papers than men over a lifetime and are still scarce in senior positions, especially in science. Dispelling myths of innate difference between the sexes, Amanda Goodall offers...
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Pensions are safe if we don't stop working
Proposals to remove the retirement age should be good news for the academic superannuation pot, but Darrel Ince warns that there are downsides as well
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When tectonic plates of knowledge collide 1
"The dogma delusion" (23 September) clearly shows that the main clashes that generate "science vs religion" headlines are between simplistic forms of science and simplistic interpretations of...
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When tectonic plates of knowledge collide 2
"The dogma delusion" is thoughtful and restrained. It might have been helpful, however, to consider the contribution of Karen Armstrong to the debate - as an ex-nun, and probably now an agnostic, she...