Laurie Taylor – 14 January 2016
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Getting your citations in order
Who loses out when a scholar fails to acknowledge earlier related work? Ron Iphofen on the evergreen virtues of desk research
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Who are the real victims?
In a somewhat martyr-like fashion, Stefano Bonino grumbles about the ink he spilled writing an earlier article defending the employment of former police spy Bob Lambert in a university environment (“...
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Review needed
It was heartening to read Lars Fischer’s defence of book reviewing (“Scholarly book reviewing: time for a plot twist”, Opinion, 7 January). This is self-evidently a vital scholarly function that...
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The metrics scale
It is pleasing that Jonathan Grant makes such a robust defence of quality-related funding and also highlights that the research excellence framework is a relatively inexpensive way of allocating this...
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Skills over nations
It was unfortunate that Anna Notaro’s letter chose to make an unfounded accusation of “prejudicial attitudes towards Southern European citizens” rather than engage with my argument that the European...
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Apples and oranges
In the feature “The Francis Crick Institute: science and serendipity” (26 November 2015), Sir John Savill says that the failure of the Francis Crick Institute would be “unconscionable”, in the same...
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We cannot change our core values for Chinese students
Tolerating overseas arrivals’ experiences is vital, but critical thinking is a matter on which there can be no compromise, insists Tao Zhang
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Yale’s ‘shrieking girl’ and the rush to judgement
Before attacking ‘hypersensitive’ students, we must analyse the balance of power, argues Ziyad Marar