All apologies
Britons' use of 'sorry' evinces a culture scared of doing the wrong thing. A bit of positivity would help, says Robert Segal
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The week in higher education
The French national obsession with the bottom has been laid bare in a study involving psychoanalysts, philosophers, scientists and artists. Contributing to a documentary on the role of the derriere...
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Submissions focus on the weighting of impact in REF
Concern that 25% is too high is a theme among many of some 300 responses. Zoë Corbyn writes
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Don't destroy 'mutual trust', Drayson says
Scientific advisers and the Government have been warned not to "undermine mutual trust" in a new set of draft principles governing the relationship between the two.The proposal has been criticised by...
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Better to give or receive? Just ask the academy
You may know the feeling: it's Christmas Day but amid the festivities you are racked with anxiety. Will the presents you have chosen be met with a shrug rather than a shriek of joy?The question of...
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No ladder at Cumbria, not even for laureates
Internal scholars have little chance of filling senior posts, staff complain. John Morgan reports
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Student support may be targeted in £600m cutback, sources warn
Pre-Budget 'steer' to fees review: students should bear brunt of cuts. Melanie Newman reports
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'Tis the season of goodwill - 'you will enjoy yourselves'
A Christmas party organised by a university's human resources department had to be cancelled after the majority of departmental managers turned down their invitations.Following the flop, the HR...
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UCL loses £6m as it scraps building plan
UCU voices concern at the loss when the university is trying to make 6% savings. John Morgan writes
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Scholar triumphs as Uclan ordered to release homeopathy material
Tribunal rejects appeal and cites public interest as a reason for disclosure. Zoë Corbyn reports
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King's guard
This magnificent bird is Hazel the Harris hawk, who plays an important role at King's College London. The four-year-old raptor - pictured with her handler, Karl Robertson, in the quad at King's...
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Daytime TV: Game for anything
It was Professor Plum with the candlestick, says Gary Day, who is fascinated by a history of board games
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’Tis the Season… to Exchange Gifts: Most Cited Articles
Data provided by Thomson Reuters Web of Science, 1993-present %3Cb%3EPaper%3C/b%3E %3Cbr /%3EAuthor(s), journalCites1%3Cb%3EGift selection for easy and difficult recipients: A social roles...
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To have and to hold
Books are essential tools of the scholarly trade, but Matthew Reisz meets some people whose relationship with texts goes beyond close reading
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The art of the possible
Cash-strapped American universities are being forced to question the role of their multimillion-dollar art collections, writes Jon Marcus