Laurie Taylor – 27 August 2015
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REF inclusion by ethnicity and gender
Minority scholars less likely to be submitted to research excellence framework
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More than half of psychology papers are not reproducible
Initiative to replicate findings of 100 prominent studies raises further questions about health of discipline
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Give PhD students credit where it's due
As the trend for mass-authored papers in science spreads to other fields, PhD students’ work is still going unacknowledged
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US bioethicist quits over censorship row at Northwestern University
Alice Dreger resigns her post after institution censored a risqué story in a medical journal
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THE podcast: 27 August-2 September 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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Sex Addiction (and other academic books it's best not to read in public)
Matthew Reisz reflects on the kind of texts one might want to be wary about reading on the train
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David Latchman has ‘no case to answer’ after research misconduct investigation
But master of Birkbeck has accepted that there were ‘procedural matters’ in his lab that ‘required attention’
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Should I keep the title of my paper brief?
Researchers find an unexpected link between brevity and popularity
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Bahrain’s universities to be inspected by British Accreditation Council
Agency to design and conduct nationwide inspection regime
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Modern languages ‘sold short by REF’
The merger of seven subpanels into a single one for modern languages and linguistics has skewed results, claim scholars
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Applicants put little trust in university advertising
Prospective students more likely to base decision on prospectuses, institutions’ websites and campus visits, survey suggests
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Scottish universities ‘could lose charitable status’
Universities fear new higher education bill will force reclassification