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Research intelligence: Words of warning
A Stockholm scholar visits London to decry the threat to science posed by England's libel laws. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Leader: Accidental, but also elemental
Administrators may lack a career structure, but they are essential to universities and do not deserve to be disparaged
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University of York - Baby, you've got rhythm
New research shows that babies are "born to dance". Researchers at the University of York have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech....
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Blog confidential: Racist relations
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
City University LondonPaul CurranPaul Curran, vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University, has lauded the "can-do collegiality" of City University London after being named its next head. A former Nasa...
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Imperial is criticised as Kent campus lies empty
Locals call for academic use of Wye site as private university initiative stalls. Melanie Newman writes
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Odds and quads
These remarkable examples of "medical folk art" date back to 1908, when a student doctor was waiting to be called to deliver a baby at Guy's Hospital in London.With nothing else to do, the student,...
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Data disprove case for distributing research funds on historical basis
Allocations should be on merit rather than past group performance, says Hepi. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Overseas briefing
United StatesPapers trail leads to freshmanA student who worked in the archives of Drew University in New Jersey has been accused of stealing letters written by Abraham Lincoln. William John Scott...
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The hopes and fears for an Indian revolution
Foreign education providers bill begins its journey towards the statute book. John Morgan reports
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Give ERC a bigger slice of the cake, report advises
More funding should be channelled to the European Research Council (ERC) and its remit should be widened to include support for PhD students, Universities UK has said.The vice-chancellors' group made...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme produces independent research information on the effectiveness, costs and impact of healthcare treatments and...
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Reading between the lines
As well as nurturing her writing, novelist Rebecca Connell believes, her university experience gave her self-belief
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Hard facts show that contextual admissions are right and fitting
Steve Smith rejects claims that the academy is 'Eton-bashing', and argues that efforts to counter the 'schooling effect' are justified