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Still Ours to Lead: America, Rising Powers, and the Tension Between Rivalry and Restraint, by Bruce Jones
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman on a shrewd analysis of the global order
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Crick Institute remark betrays Southern bias, fears v-c
Leeds v-c and former Hefce head Sir Alan Langlands āworriedā by George Osborneās comments on science in the North
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Scots fear losing access to UK research council system
Paper reveals that university principals worry more about a common research area than English āfee refugeesā
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A vote to leave the market
As an Englishman living in Scotland who has spent half his life in England and half in Scotland, I will be voting for independence on 18Ā September.I intend to vote this way not for nationalist...
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The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China, by Kerry Brown
Seven men rule the Middle Kingdom, but why them? Jonathan Mirsky on a study of Party potentates
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English language tests: poor preparation?
Foreign students in the UK need fluency, not just a certificate, says Karen Harris
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No logic in Kingās College job cuts
Dorothy Bishop on the senseless purge at the Institute of Psychiatry
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Four things to know about venture capital-funded spin-offs
A $1 billion buyout of a UK biotech firm netted founder David S. Latchman just $709. He offers advice on seeking investors
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Life after life: academic legacies
What happens to scholarsā papers and unfinished works when they die? Matthew Reisz on the guardianās dilemma
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Plymouth v-c Wendy Purcell āplaced on leaveā
The vice-chancellor of Plymouth University has been āplaced on leaveā by the institutionās board of governors.
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Isaac Newton Medal goes to American physicist
The Institute of Physics has announced the winners of its annual awards in the discipline
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Labour should set science budget āfor full Parliamentā
A Labour government should set a science and research budget for the entire Parliament, and give universities a bigger role in driving local growth.
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Prizewinnersā labs āleast likely to hire womenā
Women are greatly underrepresented in the laboratories of the highest-achieving male biology professors in the US, a study has revealed.
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Hundreds of poorer children missing out on āeliteā universities, says commission
Milburn blames āsecondary school mazeā for missing 2,000