Copy left and right 1
While I agree that access to official documents should be free and unrestricted, Erik Ringmar ("Liberate and disseminate", 10 April) is wrong to state that ProQuest has any claim to the copyright of...
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Copy left and right 2
Contrary to Erik Ringmar's statement, all British parliamentary papers from 1688 to 2003-04 are freely available online to the UK higher and further education communities, thanks to licence...
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The op cit effect
I recently wrote a paper on mathematical notation and its automatic treatment that was submitted to a significant conference in the field. In it I had to cite various examples of actual notation.One...
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It's about time
Lancaster University is to be congratulated ("Lancaster guarantees students minimum weekly contact time with tutors", 10 April). The amount of contact time that many UK undergraduates receive is...
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Fashion victims
Students and employers are increasingly dictating the courses that universities offer, as witnessed by the rise of business-related and TV-inspired subjects such as forensic science. But how far...
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In at the kill
What is it about crime and universities? As the film of The Oxford Murders premieres, Matthew Reisz probes a world of professor-sleuths, philosophical riddles and the academics who are hooked on them
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The American Dream
It is a tempting proposition: a new life and a new job at a US or Canadian university. But what is the reality of academic life in North America? Esther Oxford asks those who took the plunge
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17 April 2008
Destroying the evidence - RAE team orders panels to ditch records
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Gloria Monday: News from nowhere
Has-beens, wannabes and lechers wrestle with PowerPoint, bad English and alcohol in a deadly dull German townlet: yes, it’s academic conference season again
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Fighting words, in all their glory
Simon Blackburn revels in a trawl through our rich and varied tradition of ad hominem attacks
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The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule
Do unto others as they do unto you" and "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine". These and many other aphorisms capture the reciprocal nature of co-operative human interactions. But why do we...
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Theory through the prism of a life
A thinker who had no truck with biography is well served by this moving portrait, says Chris Thornhill
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Ribbon Culture: Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness
This is a timely and very welcome book that critically examines the trend in the wearing of charity ribbons. Sarah Moore charts the development of awareness ribbon campaigns through a well-researched...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Exeter
1. The Selfseeker by Anthony Hyman Teignvalley Press, £20.00 ISBN 97809555387042. God, Humanities and the Cosmos edited by Christopher Southgate Continuum, £32.99 ISBN 97805670301603. Al-Qaeda: The...