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Critics turn on proposal to ‘shame’ sector into cutting costs
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Death to adjectives
Too many adjectives and adverbs spoil academic broth, scholar argues. Paul Jump reports
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Crime centre plans to probe data for con jobs
Teesside’s Centre for Realist Criminology to probe stories behind the statistics
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Share gain as well as pain, unions argue
Share gains as well as pain and dip into surplus to improve 1% offer, say unions. Jack Grove reports
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Low citation gains via gold open access: study
Advantages to making research freely available are still limited when publication is via gold journals
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Call for ‘make up’ leads to red faces
Is author’s note to fellow researcher in paper as bad as it looks? Paul Jump writes
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Quick! There and then before it’s been and gone
Funds to be available quickly for research into rare, unfolding events
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Private entrants? The back door’s wide open
BIS applies cap in 2014, but with terms allowing ‘back door’ expansion. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
Technology strategy supportCetis consultancy relaunchedThe Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards has been relaunched with a remit to widen its client base. Last year, the...
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Crick Institute aims to offer structural stability
Scientists at the Crick will enjoy stability and the chance to be creative. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Campus round-up
Dry run for disasterA mock terror attack may furnish valuable insights into emergency service response. Academics from King’s College London monitored the emergency procedures deployed for a...
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Lancashire hot spot
Edge Hill leader says that employment focus ensures strong applicant interest. John Morgan writes
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News in brief
ThailandOrigami for eyes to defeat cheatsStudents at a Thai university will not take any more exams while wearing paper blinkers on their heads. Lecturers in the Faculty of Agro-Industry at Kasetsart...
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Odds and quads
Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74), originally from what is now Thailand, toured the world in a “human circus” and became so famous that the term “Siamese twins” is still current.
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Anti-booze cues
A university renowned for drunkenness has pioneered a new way to tackle student drinking. Jon Marcus reports