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As debate intensifies on how to measure research excellence beyond publications, Jack Grove asks senior scientists how they assess intangible personal qualities when hiring researchers
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Interview with Sophie Hannah
26/11/2020
The crime writer on how to teach mystery writing, why she loves self-help books, and the literary appeal of a campus murder -
From acknowledging Covid stress to having every participant logged into Zoom, Paul Moss breaks down the art of mixed-cohort tutorials
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THE’s new Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
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Academics see end of Trump as end of rules deterring global research recruitment
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Staff serving on campus during lockdown are 50 per cent more likely than their housebound peers to be at ‘high risk’ for health problems
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Big data era ‘overturns scientific paradigm’
17/11/2020
With digital devices generating data from the world at an unprecedented rate, what it means to be a scientist has changed, conference hears -
There may be early signs of ‘New Silk Road’ efforts bearing fruit, but developments could raise questions about European unity
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Publishers warn that the pirate repository carries security risks, but critics say the threat is over-hyped to justify greater surveillance of researchers
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Scholars in the US and Canada reveal how they are changing things up in order to teach the topic of Covid-19 as it is happening
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How can universities ensure that students learn vital lessons in sustainability in all their courses? Anna McKie talks to three leaders who have already done so
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Interview with Claudio Saunt
17/11/2020
Scholar of Native American history shortlisted for two major non-fiction prizes discusses why the US needs a ‘reckoning’ with indigenous dispossession -
As the pandemic reshapes both conferencing and publishing, melding talks and papers makes a lot of sense, says Richard Oliver
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The acquisition of wisdom about life and career can be just as long and challenging a journey as any research project. Luckily, many wheels have already been invented. Here, seven academics offer the pieces of advice that could have given them a head start
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Team meetings arranged by algorithm and communal chocolate tasting sessions are being used to bond research teams, reports Jack Grove
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Critics says that 60, or even 65, is too young to end an academic career
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New lecturer Saloni Krishnan gives practical tips, from recruiting research assistants on a budget to keeping research on track while juggling teaching responsibilities
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Those who make the loudest noises about equality can be among the most myopic about the evils of academic inbreeding, says Bruce Macfarlane
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What does it say about our labour culture that a tenured professor stuck in an elevator did not even consider cancelling his class, asks Irina Dumitrescu
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Interview with Asifa Akhtar
04/11/2020
The epigeneticist and new Max Planck vice-president on a global childhood, the pleasures of buses running on time, and why young researchers are more stressed than ever
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