Clear way to write a social science bestseller
Most social science research has no chance of having a high impact because it is written up "appallingly", according to the co-author of the hugely successful book The Spirit Level: Why More Equal...
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Impact hostility is 'melting away'
Hefce director tells conference a 'positive story' as consensus grows in REF pilot. Paul Jump reports
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Online now
In last week's emergency Budget, it was announced that non-protected departmental budgets would be cut by an average of 25 per cent. But some online readers saw a silver lining.One says: "I think...
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News in Brief
Entry requirementsUcas points to tariff reformThe UK Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has announced a review of its tariff, the system that allows qualifications to be converted into...
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Sing a song of love
John Lennon's unresolved feelings for his mother were part of what made him who he was, says Gary Day
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Together, we’re better
Attracting top international students is part of Israel’s renewed commitment to cooperation and excellence, explains Joseph Klafter
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On yer bike!
In a dramatic cost-saving initiative, our Head of Procurement, Mr T.G. Messina, has announced that all Poppleton academics attending conferences less than 90 miles from campus will be required to...
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Morale heads for the pan
Tim Birkhead fears the consequences of insensitively applied funding cuts
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Research intelligence - Far away, so close
Ongoing research can now be shared face-to-face in full digital detail across the globe. Paul Jump reports
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: As one in search of excellence
Every institution aspiring to be a great university shares a set of values that link multifarious activities to a common purpose
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From where I sit: Two extremes, equally flawed
Japan is a collective-oriented society, as are China and India, albeit all in different ways. The US is an individualist society, as is the UK and much of the rest of Europe, although most other...
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Raymond Allchin, 1923-2010
The leading British expert on Indian archaeology, whose interests embraced much of the culture and history of South Asia, has died.Raymond Allchin was born in Harrow on 9 July 1923 and educated at...
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University of Oxford - Cassandra's legacy
A new website has brought together the handwritten manuscripts of Jane Austen. Led by Kathryn Sutherland from the English faculty at the University of Oxford and funded by the Arts and Humanities...
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UUK has failed to stop decline of teaching
In last week's Letters pages, Steve Smith, president of Universities UK, attacked the editor of Times Higher Education for accusing UUK of "hysteria and hyperbole" over the issue of impending cuts ("...