Spam with everything
John Gilbey on a sharp account of the increasingly complex business of preventing unwanted emails
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Notes on a scandal: the black experience depicted
African American artist talks back to race and gender history in a dazzling jazz-tempo series in mixed media and Afrylics
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Doctoral integrity springs a leak along the Danube
PhDs are valuable political capital in Germany, Eastern Europe and beyond, but the currency has been devalued by a string of high-profile plagiarism cases at the very heart of government. Paul Jump...
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Jeepers creepers
Somewhere, in a class past or future, sits someone absolutely unforgettable - your worst student. Ever. John Kaag confronts the existential terror of a pedagogical puzzle
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San José faces fight from guardians of the gateway
Institution’s experiment aims to clear gridlocked ‘gateway’. Jon Marcus reports from California
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Campus round-up
Dan roamingThe British Judo Association has chosen a university to house its Centre of Excellence in England. An independent performance review of the association earlier this year recommended the...
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Christopher Bigsby - Take a hike? There’s one tiny hitch…
Christopher Bigsby on the declining art of hitch-hiking
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For a return to seriousness, send in the clowns
This is the age of the anti-social network, but the humanities classroom offers reflection of a healthier sort, argues Robert Zaretsky
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Knowing the brain is no substitute for knowing the person, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Technology has transformed psychology, but real insights come from considering humanity, too, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith
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Beefing up research hubs may be good for UK plc but it’s bad for the North-South divide, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers
AstraZeneca’s move to Cambridge hub may widen North-South divide, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers
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Obituary - H. Paul Friesema
A leading environmental researcher and campaigner has died.Paul Friesema was born on 20 February 1936 and, after completing undergraduate study at Michigan State University (1958), he went on to take...
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Awards and promotions
Durham UniversityTed SchreckerThe new professor of global health policy at Durham University said he felt “sheer delight†when offered the post. Ted Schrecker, associate professor in the department...
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THE Scholarly Web - The paws that refresh
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Grant winners
Action Medical ResearchResearch GrantsAward winner: Doris-Eva BamiouInstitution: University College LondonValue: £19,140Auditory processing disorders: why do some children struggle to make sense of...
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Analysis - Stench surrounds bog-standard jobs
Academics and bosses alike make ‘menial’ campus jobs unpleasant, students tell Chris Parr