THE World University Rankings
Magazines that compile league tables have an interest in instability - playing around with their methodologies to ensure rankings remain newsworthy.This was the argument made by Alice Gast, president...
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Daytime TV: Dirty denouement
EastEnders offered long-awaited revelations, but not everyone could handle the truth, writes Gary Day
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History round-up
A Short History of ParliamentAuthor: Clyve JonesEdition: FirstPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPages: 400Price: £75.00ISBN 9781843835035Jones offers an institutional history covering the English...
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Most cited papers in sociology
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-October 2009
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Do-si-do
"We welcome anything that helps bring staff closer together." That was the positive response of our Corporate Director of Human Resources, Louise Bimpson, to calls made at the recent Leadership...
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I feel like a marked man
Undergraduate examinations drive Tim Birkhead to the therapist's couch
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Research intelligence: An ocean of opportunity
Nerc aims to bolster British marine science by creating a National Oceanography Centre. Rose Wilkinson writes
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: The big push must come early
Given that A-level success is key to entering higher education, perhaps universities should leave widening participation to schools
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From where I sit: Something new under the sun
Why would the Egyptian ministers of education and higher education, the Speaker of its Parliament and various other notables show up for the opening of the new Graduate School of Education at the...
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Michael Pittilo, 1954-2010
Michael Pittilo, principal and vice-chancellor of The Robert Gordon University, has died.Although he had been battling cancer for some time, Professor Pittilo continued to work until just days before...
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University of Oxford - 'Unfeasible' and abandoned
The Said Business School has pulled out of a project to build a teaching facility in India. The school, part of the University of Oxford, said it was abandoning plans to set up an educational centre...
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Politics round-up
Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim CivilizationAuthors: Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi RedissiEdition: SecondPublisher: AshgatePages: 354Price: £35.00ISBN 9780754674184Seeking to offer a fresh...
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Student review: Forced Migration and Global Politics
Author: Alexander BettsEdition: FirstPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 224Price: £50.00 and £19.99ISBN 9781405180313 and 0320"Refugee movements are intently political - and inherently international -...
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The Social Basis of Medicine (Lecture Notes)
Author: Andrew RussellEdition: FirstPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 232Price: £21.99ISBN 9781405139120Most medical students will be familiar with the excellent Lecture Notes series, which provides...