Shades of bias colour shortlists
It’s tough for minority academics, as evidence of discrimination attests. David Matthews writes
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Half of all EU-funded health research fails to yield papers
Call for European Union to establish output-tracking database. Paul Jump reports
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Whistleblower seeks help to expose 'bad' science
A US-based researcher is recruiting a team of fellow scientists to help him run a new website exposing questionable science after legal threats forced him to remove all postings from his existing...
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Fear of hands being tied on fines leads Hefce to seek legal counsel
New loan-funding system may leave council unable to prevent over-recruitment, writes John Morgan
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Tips for those tough post-PhD, pre-postdoc days
Doing everything you can to keep a “toehold” in your field while looking for postdoctoral positions was one of the pieces of advice offered at a session on life after the PhD at a conference last...
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Slow is no way to go, argues researcher
Nanoscientist waits three years to see critique of controversial ‘discovery’ printed. Paul Jump writes
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Durham keeps its ethics committee
David Matthews reports on apparent policy U-turn after university weathers tobacco-gift controversyDurham University has abandoned plans that appeared to involve scrapping its ethics committee, a...
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Can they build it? In the Russell Group, they can
This year will be a busy time for construction in the higher education sector as some universities begin to spend their share of the hundreds of millions of pounds that have been allocated by the...
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Faults mean 'bonkers' Trac must go, says finance chief
Accounting expert urges Hefce to ditch ‘unreliable’ costing system under review. Jack Grove reportsA system used to measure the cost of teaching and research within universities should be scrapped...
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China move may open floodgates
Mainland recognition of foreign degrees taught in Hong Kong is key for UK, writes David Matthews
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Gloucestershire partnership a failure, says QAA
The “systemic failure” of a university’s partnership with a private college meant that 40 master’s students did not take their course, the sector’s quality watchdog has found.The Quality Assurance...
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Students fight for their lives as living and dead collide
LHC maintenance crew turn into zombies in film by Cern-based student. Matthew Reisz reports
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Court allows patenting of stem cell technologies
A court in Germany has given a “glimmer of hope” to inventors hoping to patent human embryonic stem cell technologies in Europe.
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Philosophical element completes comprehensive overhaul
School of Humanities bolsters Tsinghua’s ascent to global elite, Carolynne Wheeler hears in Beijing
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Just as bad, in a different way
With radical changes causing discontent across Europe, Susan Bassnett wonders if UK scholars are justified in feeling so aggrieved about their lot