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Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998-31 October 2008
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No apples for teachers
An HEA survey shows that teaching is still valued less than research, not least because of a lack of accord on how to assess it, writes Rebecca Attwood
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The rites of spring
Inspired sects on the Cretan beach or dispiriting meat markets in Leeds: Simon Goldhill on the ups and downs of the academic conference seasonWhen April comes around, and students start to focus on...
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On the side of the angels
After a decade as professor of physics, John Polkinghorne retrained for the priesthood. He talks to Matthew Reisz about his faith and run-ins with atheism's champion, Richard Dawkins
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Burden of proof in discrimination cases
Education institutions, like any other large employers, are likely, at some stage, to face discrimination claims from employees or former employees, and managers may be called upon to attend...
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Chapter and verse
Tara Brabazon gives supervisors her top tips for guiding doctoral candidates successfully to completion
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Bullied Blogger: Looking for allies
9 February: I come into work to find no response to the email I sent to Helen and Marcus. We have the divisional meeting and I put “transparency” as an agenda item. The team meeting is next Wednesday...
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Plagiarism: an inconvenient truth
When Gloria Monday caught a serial cheat presenting her own work back to her, she thought justice would be swift. But she found that institutional reputation counted for more than academic rigour
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Fees indecision could cause universities to sink, science adviser says
Institutions could go ‘bankrupt’ and STEM subjects falter as politicians put off debate, Zoë Corbyn hears
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Ancient Rome and Modern America
Tom Palaima discovers how the US uses Roman history to defend and challenge its own identity
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Copy, Rip, Burn: The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source
The production of non-proprietary software, more commonly known as free/libre and open-source software (FLOSS), has taken parts of the academic, activist and governmental world by storm. It has not...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Aberdeen
1. The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Penguin, £8.99. ISBN 97801411825512. Playboy of the Western World by John M. Synge, edited by Margaret Llewellyn Jones. Nick Hern Books, £3.99. ISBN 97818545921013....
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Book of the week: Darwin's Sacred Cause
Gregory Radick reviews a superlative study of the naturalist's principles
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The week in books
The Ends of Life: Roads to Fulfilment in Early Modern England by Keith Thomas, fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford. Oxford University Press, £20.00, ISBN 9780199237233"It would be hard to...
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The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture
A study of paradise and perdition in the Koran and other sources is recommended by Youssef Choueiri