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Warwick academic set to promote the application of ethics in everyday life. Matthew Reisz reports
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Super Russell and the quest for first principles
It must have been a tough idea to sell to a publisher: a graphic novel about Bertrand Russell's "quest for the foundations of mathematics".The philosopher and mathematician, probably the best-known...
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No resistance to the pen-pushers
'Supine' academy blamed for not fighting rise in 'disastrous' bureaucracy. Melanie Newman writes
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News in brief
MergersScience bodies join forcesThe Institute of Biology and the Biosciences Federation have united to form the Society of Biology after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. It is...
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Nurturing critical minds
Lecturers must do more than lecture, argues Mary Malcolm: they must develop students' intellectual-inquiry skills
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Individual and national success demands one path to higher skills
To meet future challenges, we need a single knowledge infrastructure incorporating higher and further education, says Lord Mandelson
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Daytime TV: Putting on the Ritz
Gary Day admires Joan Collins' chutzpah as she encourages three generations of women to glam up
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15 October 2009
Past imperfect - Scholars aim to correct politicians’ ‘bad history’
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Opinion: A retrograde step
The REF plans are bad news for new universities and promise to negate the fairness and sense apparent in the 2008 RAE, argues Ian M. Marshall
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US broods while Canada warns of new world order
The Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings have made waves across the globe. In America, the figures have fed into a narrative of national decline, while its northern neighbour is not...
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The insecure scholar: The little perks make all the difference
A modicum of respect would do wonders for casual staff’s morale
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Gloria Monday: All work and no pay
Gloria Monday is thrilled to learn of her promotion to professor, until she discovers the absence of a corresponding pay rise
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Scientists compromised by commercial links
Concerns are mounting that scientific and technological research funded by business could be undermining universities’ openness and independence. Zoë Corbyn reports
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‘Too much information’ – Facebook users may be revealing more than they think
Privacy issues raised as lists of friends analysed to indicate sexual orientation. Jon Marcus reports
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Tara Brabazon: Research for research’s sake
The point of a Masters or PhD is not to create art but to build evidence, writes Tara Brabazon