26 August 2010
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Tara Brabazon: Don’t let the Big Society squeeze out our small but smart organisations
David Cameron’s vision for Britain threatens associations such as the Research Information Network that help boost UK productivity and efficiency, argues Tara Brabazon
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More take science, fewer take languages but overall GCSE results improve for 23rd year in a row
The GCSE pass rate in England and Wales has increased for the 23rd year running, with seven in 10 entrants awarded at least a C and one in five picking up an A* or A grade.
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Inside Higher Ed: Judge Blocks Sale of Art by Fisk
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Bumper bonuses for USS staff reignite union anger
Calls have been renewed for a national ballot on proposed changes to the sector’s largest pension scheme after it emerged that £2.9 million in bonuses were paid to investment staff.
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Rising costs set to change the face of US higher education
As funding for public universities falls, poorer students will feel the pinch. John Gill reports
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Starry, starry results
One in 12 of all A-level examinations sat this year were awarded the new A* grade as the overall pass rate rose for the 28th year in a row. As clearing opened this morning, the Universities and...
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Top Institutions in Microbiology
InstitutionPapersCitationsCitations per paperWashington University829,832.90Scripps Research Institute64520,74632.16Stanford University96429,68330.79Harvard University2,17464,11929.49University of...
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Envisioning Future Academic Library Services: Initiatives, Ideas and Challenges
Covering a broad range of topics, this edited volume will appeal to information professionals who are interested in the future direction, challenges and opportunities for library and information...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Redefining Gender in American Impressionist Studio Paintings: Work Place/Domestic SpaceBy Kirstin Ringelberg, associate professor of art history, Elon...
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Surviving Bhopal: Dancing Bodies, Written Texts, and Oral Testimonials of Women in the Wake of an Industrial Disaster
Mary Evans on the politics of corporate crime and its social costs for the poor in the global South
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Belonging in an Adopted World: Race, Identity, and Transnational Adoption
We became the proud owners of a new dog a few weeks ago - a gorgeous golden retriever puppy with huge paws and a voracious appetite for shoes. Although he's our dog, I certainly didn't give birth to...
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The Canon: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
"The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." Few sentences have proven as prophetic as this one, taken from the first paragraph of W.E.B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk...
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Book of the Week: The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour
Prince of Darkness or bringer of the light of modernisation? Vernon Bogdanor on Labour's chiaroscuro genius
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Decisions, decisions
Too many cheeses can drive society crackers. Slovenian scholar Renata Salecl tells Matthew Reisz about the paralysing effects of the Western ideology du jour: the 'tyranny of choice'