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United StatesDr? No, I never said thatA prestigious US scholarly society has defended its president against accusations that she falsely claimed on at least two grant proposals to have a doctorate....
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Blind faith
They wanted to believe, and so they believed. That seems to be the consensus among critics of the policy called austerity, including the anti-austerian, Nobel prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz...
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Eighty years of solace for exiles fleeing the storm
The continuing impact on the UK of refugee academics from around the world has been celebrated in an event at the House of Lords to mark the 80th anniversary of the Council for Assisting Refugee...
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Info dump
Anthropologist gets her hands dirty with the Big Apple’s sanitation workers. Jon Marcus reports
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Speculate to accumulate: that’s the model for developing success
Debate on the global university hears that trial and error leads to patents. Matthew Reisz writes
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Erotic accolade for penetrating insights
Psychology lecturer’s work on sex advice honoured at the Erotic Awards. Chris Parr reports
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Odds and quads
This wall forms part of the third and last Merzbau (or sculptural installation), constructed by the celebrated collagist Kurt Schwitters in his Lake District barn. It is now on permanent display in...
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Online window on India’s recent past
Five million pages available, from official reports to cinematic ephemera. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Student loansRules fixed for private providersThe government has published final guidance on the new process for allowing privately funded higher education providers access to publicly funded Student...
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Letters
Learn from Met record or get stuck on repeatHow well acquainted is Michael Shattock with London Metropolitan University? (“‘The best board I ever sat on’”, 30 May.) In drawing parallels between HBOS...
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The week in higher education
He may be hell-bent on destroying their “Marxist” education departments, but universities are still dutifully helping education secretary Michael Gove with his A-level reform plans. After the Russell...
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Where do you think you’re going, eminent Cambridge scientist from overseas?
Cambridge lab staff had to keep weekly record of whereabouts, master complains. John Elmes writes