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Which countries are steaming ahead in scientific output and power? Simon Marginson analyses the worldwide data
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On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, by Alice Goffman
Dick Hobbs on how the intense nature of policing creates secondary casualties in poor communities
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Beyond consumer-tourism in the Rainbow Nation
Robert Appelbaum reveals the highlight of his three-month sojourn in South Africa
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Rob Potter, 1950-2014
A distinguished academic expert on urban geography and the geographies of development has died
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15 May 2014
Front-line battles - The challenges of training key workers
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Grant winners - 15 May 2014
Leverhulme TrustInternational Network GrantsSciencesAward winner: Istvan BallaiInstitution: University of SheffieldValue: ÂŁ108,980Instabilities in partially ionised prominence plasmasAward winner:...
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Q&A with Kate Auty
We speak to the new vice-chancellor’s fellow at the University of Melbourne, a former commissioner for environmental sustainability in Victoria
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THE Scholarly Web - 15 May 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Sir David Bell, Hetta Elizabeth Howes, David Milne, Stephen Senn and Peter J. Smith...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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World in brief - 15 May 2014
United StatesJustices’ reaffirmative decisionThe US Supreme Court has upheld the right of states to prevent public higher education institutions from considering race in decisions about university...
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News in brief - 15 May 2014
Women in scienceWait three years and we’ll seeThe government may “consider further action” on increasing the number of women in scientific careers “if significant progress is not observed over the...
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Infestation fears grow
“It’s an architectural leap in the dark, but we can only hope that it does something to contain the problem and reduce any serious spillage.”This was how Jamie Targett, Poppleton’s Director of...
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Perfect for a globetrotter
As a busy, jet-setting International Superstar, when I read about porcine distance learning I thought, “That’s for Moi!” (“Horses for courses”, Poppletonian, 8 May).Never underestimate Pig Power....
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Russellers, refried
John Brennan (“A premier notion”, Letters, 24 April) welcomes the proposal by Poppleton University’s Georgina Edsel for a new name for low-ranking members of the Russell Group of universities and...