Lure of the big buckys
It emerged this week that Sir Harry Kroto, the UK's most vociferous campaigner for chemistry, is leaving the UK for America, the land where research money grows on trees. The surprise news will have...
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Geek tragedy
The few academics who have not decamped to the south of France for August have been able to watch the Olympics action live on their PCs. The Joint Academic Network joined forces with the BBC to...
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Hard-core publishing
A spot of Googling on "open-access publishing" turns up an advert promising: "Depraved STM journals? Learn what thousands already know. Just facts." The link transports you to the appendix of the...
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Greens see red
Many cash-strapped students may have issues they would like to take up with Charles Clarke, but few have climbed into the ring with the well-built Education Secretary. Until now. The Green Party this...
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Why I think we need a national spelling survey among schoolchildren
The first question people ask about spelling is, "Is it getting worse?" The problem is how to give a proper answer. We can look back at fond memories of our own stunning success or failure at school...
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Strength in breadth
While some universities are mopping up the A grades, others focus on diversity, says Donald Ridley Once upon a time, perhaps three decades ago, about 10 per cent of school-leavers went to university...
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You can't trust a don's diary
The transparency review of academics' work is a waste of time and money, says Bruce Charlton Starting next month, I have been asked to participate in the Civil Service-generated transparency review,...
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All systems go here at admission control
The A-level results are out, clearing is under way and those making the offers are working at full stretch. But it's not just an August job, says Chris Willmott, who clocks up more than 180 hours a...
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Teaching: On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Paul A. Singh Ghuman Age : 60-plus. Job : Personal chair in ethnic minority education, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Salary : £45,000 a year....
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The sweet stench of success
For 20 years the plant has been almost invisible in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. But now the Titan Arum, one of the largest flowers, is set to become the centre of attention. The giant...
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Book pulped at London Met
London Metropolitan University has pulped thousands of copies of an official history, The Times Higher learnt this week. Sean Glynn, author of From Polytechnic to University , a history of the old...
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Externals are all fired up
A new breed of young enthusiastic external examiners has emerged in UK universities and colleges during the past decade, a study has revealed. But academics who visit other universities to ensure...
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Today's news
Scientists warn of new Anthropocene age The EuroScience forum in Stockholm, Sweden, heard yesterday that climate change was the most obvious of a complex range of man-made effects that is rapidly...
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Universe all summed up
The Road to Reality
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Past lives of the pomos, proto-pomos and pomophobics
Postmodernism in History