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COVER STORY
Practise what you preach
8 January 2009
A lack of quantitative analysis and a tendency to avoid policy-based research has left the study of higher education in the doldrums, John Gill hears
NEWS
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Reviewers raise concerns about RAE gameplaying
Reviewers raise concerns about RAE gameplaying
8 January 2009
Reports expose attempts to inflate ratings by selective submission, writes Melanie Newman
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Keep peer input in REF, urge panels
Keep peer input in REF, urge panels
8 January 2009
Experts warn that metrics must not be at the core of future research assessment. John Gill reports
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Academics fear PhD quality is slipping
8 January 2009
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Threatened scheme praised by RAE panels for raising quality of projects
8 January 2009
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'Data gap should put paid to higher fees'
8 January 2009
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On the origin of sharing and its role in Tory view of a fairer society
8 January 2009
ONLINE COLUMNISTS
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Results are out, spin is in
29 December 2008
Managers have gone to work on the RAE figures, and now Gloria Monday does not know if her university has gone up, down or nowhere at all. But she knows she’s unlikely to be any better off
Emotional truths
29 December 2008
The standard critical and academic response to the film
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Playing pretend
18 December 2008
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Festive faux pas
15 December 2008
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Read this T-shirt first
12 December 2008
PEOPLE
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The rights stuff
8 January 2009
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Hugh Laddie, 1946-2008
8 January 2009
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Appointments
8 January 2009
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New Year Honours 2009
1 January 2009
TEACHING
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Rules of engagement
Rules of engagement
11 December 2008
Teaching is more than just giving information, says Dale Salwak. It's about sharing experiences to help students begin their own journeys of discovery
BOOKS
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Obsession: A History
Obsession: A History
8 January 2009
Behaviour is judged within cultural contexts and, says Christine Purdon, excused if deemed positive
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The Masculine Self in Late Medieval England
The Masculine Self in Late Medieval England
8 January 2009
Sometime during the 1340s, a child was born in Lincolnshire and brought up as a boy called Nicholas. In his twenties, Nicholas married a young girl called Katherine. Unfortunately, Katherine soon realised that her husband wasn't quite the...
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Cambodian Dance: Celebration of the Gods
8 January 2009
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Cinematic Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film
8 January 2009
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Book of the Week: Einstein's Generation
8 January 2009
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Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out
8 January 2009
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Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
8 January 2009
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Heffers, Cambridge
8 January 2009
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The week in books
8 January 2009
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Grotesque Relations: Modernist Domestic Fiction and the US Welfare State
8 January 2009
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
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Guest leader: Don't duck awkward truths
Guest leader: Don't duck awkward truths
8 January 2009
Post-RAE, Bahram Bekhradnia calls for a renewed commitment to base public policy on evidence, not administrative convenience
CAREER
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Helping students prepare personal development plans
31 July 2008
Your enthusiasm could be key to engaging students in setting learning and career goals and identifying achievements they can build on.
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LAURIE TAYLOR COLUMN
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Staff drug shock probe
Staff drug shock probe
8 January 2009
A significant proportion of academic staff at this university may be using drugs to enhance their performance.
KNOW THY STUDENTS
Cartoon by Ham
8 January 2009
