Odds and quads
Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74), originally from what is now Thailand, toured the world in a “human circus” and became so famous that the term “Siamese twins” is still current.
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Anti-booze cues
A university renowned for drunkenness has pioneered a new way to tackle student drinking. Jon Marcus reports
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In the rankings hinterland
Amid all the attention that university rankings attract, their shortcomings are often overlooked. Not only are league tables of institutions based on indicators that take no account of the social and...
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Too much information? Germany’s silence of the whistleblowers
Frances Mechan-Schmidt on key funder’s surprise move to block anonymous reporting of misconduct
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Interview - Threefold path to new American enlightenment
US higher education will crash if it does not tackle three big problems, Robert Zemsky tells Chris Parr
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Grant winners
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: David SaadInstitution: Aston UniversityValue: £155,624Islands of equilibrium in a non-equilibrium worldAward winner: James...
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THE Scholarly Web - Clearing for beginners? Minefields might be easier
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Awards and promotions
Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisAnthony ‘AJ’ Baucum IIAnthony “AJ” Baucum II, recently appointed assistant professor of biology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis,...
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Rural is off the rankings radar
League tables should recognise the work of community-focused institutions in the developing world, argues Mukti Mishra
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Six conference questions every academic hears
Allan Johnson on the misunderstood B-sides of conference presentations
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State puts weight behind teaching qualification data
Academics fear thin end of wedge
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Inside a cooperative university
We report from Spain on the University of Mondragon, which is fighting to preserve its teaching mission, industry-focused research and mutual governance model
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‘Publish or perish’ blamed for extreme results
Methodological controversy and a “publish or perish” culture explain why papers from US behavioural studies are more likely to exaggerate findings.
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'Mooc' makes Oxford online dictionary
The acronym Mooc has made the Oxford Dictionaries Online – a web-based lexicon of current English by the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary
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Zero-hours probe launched by Scottish union
A Scottish lecturer’s union has launched an investigation into the use of zero-hours contracts by universities and colleges in Scotland