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  1. ...and are quick on the draw

    For some, there can never be enough champagne. Colin Pillinger, the brains behind the Beagle 2 mission and owner of the most impressive sideburns in academia, and Nick Newman, the cartoonist whose...

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  2. Why I'll be striking...

    A good work-life balance for staff used to compensate for low pay but not any more - it's time to close the wage gap Next week, barring head-spinning turnarounds, I will be going on strike over pay....

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  3. ...and why I won't be

    The unions are guilty of underhand toing and froing - small wonder there is no pay offer on the table It seems that I am likely, for the first time in my life, to cross a picket line. As an active...

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  4. How four walls could floor your creativity

    Ever felt ideas would flow if only you could escape your stuffy office? John Zeisel on the neuroscience-architecture link Winston Churchill proclaimed: "We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape...

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  5. Give credit where credit is due

    Tim Birkhead proposes a simple way to protect the innocent from accusations of academic fraud The great British physiologist Sir Edward Albert Schäfer, who died in 1935, was described in his obituary...

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  6. Ask questions first, shoot later

    Film and video can be wonderful teaching tools, but to maximise their potential you must think clearly about what you want to achieve, then plan with military precision, advises Harriet Swain Worried...

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  7. Wolf woman caged in prison chic

    Name : Karen Jones Age : 33 Job : Lecturer in American history, aka the "wolf woman" (see below). Background : I gained a BA in history at Warwick University and a masters in contemporary history at...

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  8. Ask the panel

    Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am about to start a new post with a local university. Ihave always worked in the...

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  9. MPs face fire from disgruntled scientists

    Disillusioned young scientists warned MPs this week that they were facing a crisis of conscience when undergraduates asked them to recommend a career in science. About 150 early-career scientists...

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  10. Lancaster sets up for infusion of new blood

    Lancaster University is preparing to recruit more teaching and research staff in health and medicine as it presses ahead with development plans that could lead to the creation of a new medical school...

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  11. Who got that job?

    Emily Quinn, teaching fellow in visual studies, Heriot-Watt University Job advertised in The Times Higher, August 5, 2005 Emily Quinn has fallen in love with cashmere. She discovered it - expensive,...

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  13. New study to investigate ill effects of heavy metal

    Brussels, 02 Mar 2006 Exposure to toxic metals is considered to be a significant contributor to the downfall of the Roman Empire (lead), and madness in hatmakers- leading to the phrase 'as mad as a...