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  1. News in brief - 2 May 2013

    United StatesEverything has its priceThe governor of California wants to tie some state funding for its public universities to a host of reforms. Jerry Brown aims to attach the investment to...

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  2. Odds and quads - 2 May 2013

    These two iron locks, one (with key) for a door, the other probably from a chest or strongbox, form part of a collection that was donated to the Manchester School of Art in 1911 by the architect...

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  6. In the know

    Ferdinand von Prondzynski is right in pointing out that the notion of “knowledge for knowledge’s sake” is not a useful justification for scholarly activities or universities themselves (“Spinach for...

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  7. 2 May 2013

    The XX files - Global Gender Index finds inequality on a worldwide scale.

  8. Painful admission

    All across the US, colleges and universities are sending out their letters of acceptance and rejection. There will be tears

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  10. Grant winners - 2 May 2013

    Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Colin CrumpInstitution: University of CambridgeValue: £188,516Developing super-resolution microscopy for the analysis of virus...

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  13. Research standards must be maintained

    Rather than the academy relaxing its ethical standards, perhaps areas of the media need to raise their game, argues Keith Richards

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  14. Curriculum blind eye

    It’s not what you teach but how that matters, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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