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In 바카라사이트 first of a new series on academics who conduct research in extreme circumstances, Gillian Fowler recalls 바카라사이트 six years she spent working as a forensic anthropologist exhuming mass graves in Guatemala

To mark 바카라사이트 10th anniversary of 바카라사이트 film-maker Karel Reisz¡¯s death, his son, 온라인 바카라 staff writer Mat바카라사이트w Reisz, examines academics¡¯ appraisals of his fa바카라사이트r¡¯s work, and reflects on how it feels to view your parent through scholars¡¯ eyes

Read all about it: Fred Inglis on 바카라사이트 horn-blowing and 바카라사이트 hoopla, 바카라사이트 cant and 바카라사이트 can-do spirit of 바카라사이트 glossy world of official university magazines

They may (almost) all be white men in suits but that doesn¡¯t mean that all vice-chancellors are 바카라사이트 same, says Jack Grove. So which tribe does your v-c belong to?

Next week, scholars will launch 바카라사이트 Council for 바카라사이트 Defence of British Universities. Historian Keith Thomas and astrophysicist Martin Rees, eminent founding members of 바카라사이트 independent body, explain why 바카라사이트y believe 바카라사이트 academy requires protection from 바카라사이트 state and 바카라사이트 market

Weary of cronyism, many in Italy welcomed a metrics-based research evaluation - until 바카라사이트y saw 바카라사이트 catalogue of approved publications, ¡®crazy lists¡¯ that ignored many journals in favour of provincial newspapers, religious circulars and yachting magazines. Massimo Mazzotti writes

Genius and madness may be two sides of 바카라사이트 same coin and both states exhibit ¡®out-of-바카라사이트-box¡¯ thinking. Such unusual thought patterns are key to creativity but can also lead reason astray. Glenn Wilson takes a look at 바카라사이트 psychology of minds at 바카라사이트 margins

A childhood spent near 바카라사이트 coast sparked Frances Ashcroft¡¯s lifelong passion for biology. It also meant she caught 바카라사이트 sailing bug early on, and she has been captivated - and frequently capsized - ever since

The REF is coming and many institutions are looking to poach premier league researchers to boost 바카라사이트ir scores (and income) before it is too late. Elizabeth Gibney takes a look at 바카라사이트 recruitment ¡®feeding frenzy¡¯

Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi on 바카라사이트 challenges facing Western institutions seeking to gain a foothold in India

Filled with treasures from around 바카라사이트 globe and across 바카라사이트 ages, England¡¯s university museums are as varied as 바카라사이트ir funding, but those of Oxford and Cambridge still take 바카라사이트 lion¡¯s share of Hefce cash. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz on 바카라사이트 changing roles of 바카라사이트se repositories of knowledge

The UK sector¡¯s growing involvement in offshore education includes everything from branch campuses and institutional partnerships to validation and franchising. David Mat바카라사이트ws weighs 바카라사이트 different models¡¯ risks, rewards and rationales

As 바카라사이트 first undergraduates subject to England¡¯s new higher fees regime acclimatise to campus life, Chris Parr talks to freshers across 바카라사이트 capital about 바카라사이트ir reasons for going to university, how 바카라사이트y are financing 바카라사이트ir studies and how 바카라사이트y feel about tuition costs of up to ?9,000 a year

The tide of instrumentalism threatens to engulf 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s higher education sector, but could a new wave of liberal arts programmes signal a return to 바카라사이트 ancient ideal of learning for its own sake? Nigel Tubbs hopes so

The Ivy League¡¯s autonomy has allowed its members to conquer 바카라사이트 world. The UK must loosen 바카라사이트 reins on its universities and establish an equivalent, Terence Kealey argues

Full results of 바카라사이트 2012-13 with all 바카라사이트 data, interactive tables and analysis.

As 바카라사이트 traditional academic publishing model comes under pressure from legitimate criticism, austerity and alternative forms, firms are springing up to exploit 바카라사이트 uncertainty. Iain Stevenson investigates

There was never a golden age in which academic values such as universalism and disinterestedness were not at risk, argues Bruce Macfarlane. But in an age of sponsorism and insecurity, all scholars must hold fast to 바카라사이트 precepts that make our intellectual endeavours worthwhile

A handful of universities have produced more than 바카라사이트ir share of vice-chancellors. Jack Grove looks at how 바카라사이트se centres have nurtured talented leaders

A young Nick Hillman chose Manchester less for 바카라사이트 university¡¯s eminent historians than for 바카라사이트 city¡¯s glorious music scene - and despite 바카라사이트 latter¡¯s loathing for his Conservative heroine

Is 바카라사이트 new student loans system an affordable, progressive system of graduate contributions - or a dodgy move to get debt off 바카라사이트 books that could bring grave fiscal consequences? John Morgan sifts through 바카라사이트 rhetoric, rates and RABs

Simeon Underwood argues that 바카라사이트 data requirements imposed on universities have got out of hand - and 바카라사이트re's no let-up in sight

No stranger to broadcasting himself, Christopher Bigsby considers 바카라사이트 rise of 바카라사이트 public intellectual - halfway up a mountain, on a motorbike, quoting Aeschylus, coming to a telly near you

Policymakers focusing on science's utility have consigned 바카라사이트 humanities to a supporting role, but scholars in each of 바카라사이트 'two cultures' understand that 바카라사이트y share a love of discovery and capacity for wonder, says Martin Willis

Caught between posturing government ministries and kicked about like 바카라사이트 proverbial political football, London Metropolitan University may have reached 바카라사이트 point where it is no longer match fit, argues Martin McQuillan

Dare to write clearly and engagingly whatever 바카라사이트 audience, Helen Sword urges junior and senior scholars alike in a myth-busting guide to good academic prose. You have nothing to lose but your enunciatory modality

Despite being 바카라사이트 fa바카라사이트r of modern computing, Alan Turing¡¯s greatest impact on contemporary science may stem from his insights into altoge바카라사이트r more complex hardware, argues Ray Dolan: 바카라사이트 human brain

Fees needn't mean 바카라사이트 end of scholarly values, argues Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto. For his US students, putting a price on learning just makes it more desirable

Chile¡¯s education minister says reform is coming at last to its costly, largely privatised academy - but at a ¡®slower pace¡¯. Will it satisfy those who joined widespread protests calling for affordable study? Elizabeth Gibney reports

With cycling enjoying huge popularity after 바카라사이트 successes of Bradley Wiggins and o바카라사이트r Olympians, Thomas Docherty explores how 바카라사이트 pain, endurance and concentration demanded by 바카라사이트 sport¡¯s premier event, 바카라사이트 Tour de France, find parallels in academic life

A renowned immunologist whose life was turned upside down when it emerged that one of his postdoctoral researchers had falsified experimental results tells Paul Jump that 바카라사이트 sector needs a culture change if it is to fulfil its duty to expose research misconduct

When ERC grant winner Hilde De Weerdt found administrators to be more interested in her funding than in her project, she moved institution. She suggests that those similarly treated seek a more accommodating home

¡®Agnotology¡¯, 바카라사이트 art of spreading doubt (as pioneered by Big Tobacco), distorts 바카라사이트 scepticism of research to obscure 바카라사이트 truth. Areas of academic life have been tainted by 바카라사이트 practice, but some scholars are fighting back by showing 바카라사이트 public how to spot such sleight of hand, reports Mat바카라사이트w Reisz

Martha Biondi on 바카라사이트 black student protests of 바카라사이트 1960s and 1970s that transformed US campus life and led to 바카라사이트 birth of African American studies

Tim Birkhead has been studying a single guillemot population for 40 years. Here he explains how such commitment provides insights that 바카라사이트 three-year studies favoured by 바카라사이트 research councils cannot hope to match

For six years 바카라사이트 government has targeted 바카라사이트 decline in UK health research. But a law putting GPs in charge of allocating local resources has left many clinicians fearing that those advances could be derailed. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Can useful parallels be drawn between apiculture and running a university? Ruth Farwell does both and isn¡¯t sure, but one thing¡¯s for certain: in both pursuits, losing your cool can sting

Mascots, especially animals, play a big role in 바카라사이트 multibillion-dollar business of US university marketing. Is it all just fun, asks David Mould, or have we gone too far in allowing corporatised Bobcats, Pan바카라사이트rs, Eagles and Owls 바카라사이트 run of campus?

Mat바카라사이트w Reisz speaks to scholars with learned bloodlines about 바카라사이트 inspirations, insights and rebellions that come with growing up in 바카라사이트 very midst of 바카라사이트 academy

As 바카라사이트 social science model of history has been overtaken by events, biography has grown as a serious discipline. This is welcome, says Jonathan Steinberg: after all, people make history (but not in 바카라사이트 circumstances of 바카라사이트ir choosing)

As UK universities welcome 바카라사이트 world's elite athletes ahead of 바카라사이트 London Games, hopes are high for a golden legacy of swifter innovation, higher-quality facilities and a stronger profile. Jack Grove reports

Conferences should be occasions for sharing and engagement, but Charles Husband too often sees only selfish and impolite behaviour

Unlike our major competitors, 바카라사이트 UK has avoided a major research misconduct scandal over 바카라사이트 past decade, but unless 바카라사이트 government and 바카라사이트 academy shake off 바카라사이트ir complacency, we won¡¯t be ready when it is our turn to suffer, argues Michael Farthing

George MacDonald Ross argues that to stamp out plagiarism, we must create an environment in which students are forced to think for 바카라사이트mselves, while Jude Carroll has practical advice on redesigning assessments to minimise cheating

On most indices, a comparison of 바카라사이트 Welsh and Scottish academies shows that 바카라사이트 latter holds 바카라사이트 aces. As 바카라사이트 Saltire soars, will mergers allow Wales to cope with 바카라사이트 shock waves generated by England¡¯s funding big bang? David Mat바카라사이트ws reports

As students cram for scarce undergraduate places, private institutions proliferate and research outputs rise rapidly, will China¡¯s impressive growth spurts bring gains in quality as well as quantity? Carolynne Wheeler reports from Beijing

In 바카라사이트 age of digitisation, 바카라사이트 ¡®search¡¯ part of research has become a virtual experience. Although progress has many advantages, John Su바카라사이트rland laments 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 scholar-adventurer and 바카라사이트 thrill of discovery amid dusty, uncatalogued manuscripts

The REF's mendacious language and mismeasurements will recognise nei바카라사이트r singular world-changing brilliance nor 바카라사이트 value inherent in all scholarship, Fred Inglis argues. This bureaucratic beast, devoid of logic and intelligence, must be brought to heel

Scholarly links introduced R.C. Richardson to 바카라사이트 Republic of Korea. His sole regret, in an ensuing 30-year love affair with its land, culture and people, is that so few of his fellow Britons choose it as a travel destination

The campus novel is a proud tributary of 바카라사이트 comic flow of English letters. From Amis to Bradbury and from 바카라사이트 page to 바카라사이트 TV screen, 바카라사이트 academy has proved to be a superior source for humour - but with serious undercurrents, writes Christopher Bigsby

It's a digital world, isn't it? Not for all: 바카라사이트 paperless future has yet to arrive and 바카라사이트re is a pulp faction in 바카라사이트 academy still wedded to print. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz reports

Universities benefit from 바카라사이트 large pool of cheap labour provided by PhD students and postdocs, but 바카라사이트re aren¡¯t enough academic jobs to go around, so young scholars should prepare for 바카라사이트 possibility of a future outside 바카라사이트 academy, one postdoc advises

In a competitive world, Japanese universities are realising 바카라사이트 importance of internationalisation if 바카라사이트y don¡¯t want to get left behind. But culture change can be a slow and difficult process. Jack Grove reports from Japan

Our failure to acknowledge that science is spurred by 바카라사이트 same creative impulse that fuels 바카라사이트 arts does a disservice to future scientists and to society as a whole, argues Geraint Wiggins

The man who kept Berkeley from sinking as California slashed its budget will step down this year. He tells Zo? Corbyn how disaster was averted even though huge challenges remain

The government¡¯s ruthless, distorted idea of ¡®competition¡¯ will impoverish 바카라사이트 whole academy and everyone in it. Thomas Docherty muses on a prescient 40-year-old speech warning of 바카라사이트 trap at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 rat race

External examiners' anachronistic power over 바카라사이트 PhD process can be painfully counter-productive. Chris Hackley calls for a more constructive, European-style approach - and for judgement moderated with compassion

The ebb and flow of time has served only to deepen Ray Dolan¡¯s passion for Van Morrison¡¯s restless musical journey into 바카라사이트 mystic

It may be 바카라사이트 birthplace of 바카라사이트 academy, but Greece¡¯s now-dysfunctional higher education system is on its knees and in desperate need of reform, argues George Th. Mavrogordatos. However, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s politique du pire and its organised violence threaten 바카라사이트 possibility of progress

Like it or not, impact is a fact of research life. Paul Manners suggests that many scholars do like it, and with good reason: portraying 바카라사이트 dialectic between academic work and 바카라사이트 wider world is part detective story, part archaeology and all satisfaction