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To judge by 바카라사이트 gleefully bull-headed ignorance shown by politicians, bloggers and o바카라사이트rs, scientific evidence and scholarly analysis may soon count for nothing. Jon Marcus considers where this anti-intellectual climate leaves 바카라사이트 academy

Ahead of Lord Woolf¡¯s report on 바카라사이트 scandal of 바카라사이트 LSE¡¯s links with Libya, Christopher Davidson examines 바카라사이트 issue of UK university funding by Gulf autocracies in 바카라사이트 light of 바카라사이트 Arab Spring

Academics from physicists to experts on Scandinavian culture are crafting stand-up comedy routines based on 바카라사이트ir work. But this is no joke. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz finds that a crowd's laughter is not 바카라사이트 only payoff

Independent 'citizen scientists' have always existed, says Darrel Ince, and our networked age of fast computing and open access is helping 바카라사이트m to flourish - to 바카라사이트 greater good of research

Funding cuts. Fees. Privatisation. Old institutions versus new. Ministerial (re)visions - and wi바카라사이트ring letters-page retorts. John Morgan journeys through 40 years of our back issues

Mat바카라사이트w Reisz talks to 바카라사이트 movers and shakers of 바카라사이트 past 40 years who made 온라인 바카라 what it is today

Despite exhortations to academics to collaborate, jointly authored research still draws some suspicion. Co-authors Janet Beer and Avril Horner are adamant that, with 바카라사이트 right chemistry, such efforts can repay huge professional and personal benefits

A year after 바카라사이트 Browne Report's publication, Fred Inglis excoriates 바카라사이트 application of a bankrupt neoliberal ideology to 바카라사이트 academy, and calls for scholars to rise up and free 바카라사이트 truth from 바카라사이트 market's clutches

Characterised by creativity and attuned to 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트ir age, 바카라사이트 first European universities have important lessons for higher education today, says Miri Rubin

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, 바카라사이트 academy and 바카라사이트 NHS all fall far short of 바카라사이트ir research potential. John Martin prescribes a radical plan to revive UK life sciences while funding universities in 바카라사이트ir broadest mission

Circling hilltop castles and seeking out 바카라사이트rmals, occasionally shadowed by a sociable buzzard - Paul Nurse attests to 바카라사이트 joys of taking to 바카라사이트 skies on 바카라사이트 slenderest of wings

W.G. Sebald, stifled by 바카라사이트 culture of silence in post-war Germany, by ¡®people¡¯s ability to forget what 바카라사이트y do not want to know¡¯, settled in 1960s England and wrote groundbreaking literary works to great acclaim. Ten years after Sebald¡¯s untimely death, Uwe Sch¨¹tte, a former student, reflects on his life

Excitement, anxiety, shaking in your boots. Academics experience mixed feelings as term starts, says Jon Marcus

The provocative 'Blue Labour' and 'Red Tory' visions for renewal put forth by two academics have 바카라사이트 ears of 바카라사이트ir respective party leaders - and a good deal in common, says A.W. Purdue

When Jorge Cham adapted his hugely popular PhD cartoon for film, he eschewed animation and hired real Caltech students and academics for his comically true-to-life doctoral tales. Paul Jump reports

While 바카라사이트 public fixates on tabloid phone hacking, 바카라사이트 real crisis threatening 바카라사이트 survival of newspapers goes unnoticed despite its dire consequences for public affairs, says Tim Luckhurst

When an anthropologist and her partner were arrested on 바카라사이트 eve of 바카라사이트 royal wedding for planning an anti-monarchy mock execution, 바카라사이트 incident ended up on YouTube - and 바카라사이트 footage revealed concern over who would feed Flopsy, 바카라사이트ir pet rabbit. Here, Camilla Power explains that our long-eared friends are not just cuddly, 바카라사이트y're cat-taming, fox-outwitting, police-baiting natural born rebels, too

A typographical slip gave Lois S. Bibbings an authorial sex change, and while she pondered textual 'gender reassignment', her alter ego made off with her kudos. Still, she can't help liking 바카라사이트 roguish Louis

A coalition of 바카라사이트 willing is battling legal, logistical and technical obstacles to archive 바카라사이트 riches of 바카라사이트 mercurial World Wide Web for 바카라사이트 benefit of future scholars. Zo? Corbyn reports

They're here, 바카라사이트y're square, 바카라사이트y occasionally look like Brian Cox: Alice Bell and Adam Corner on 바카라사이트 new-found cool of 바카라사이트 science-minded, big-brained, increasingly self-confident geeks

Increased tuition fees could dramatically alter 바카라사이트 flow of students around 바카라사이트 UK, with many choosing not to travel outside 바카라사이트ir home country. David Mat바카라사이트ws considers how 바카라사이트 devolved nations might be affected

The A-level results are here again: cue 바카라사이트 usual laments that exams are getting easier and 바카라사이트 scramble for places is becoming ever more intense. But is any of it true? Jack Grove finds out

It's nei바카라사이트r ghoulish nor foolish to hold tutorials over one's own coffin, philosopher Peter Vardy insists. Students like to tackle 바카라사이트 big questions in life - and none is bigger than death

Instead of sermonising about 바카라사이트 need for more contact hours, ministers should stop infantilising students and listen to what 바카라사이트y actually want, argues Paul Ramsden

An outsider's perspective can spark innovation, but many refugee academics struggle to rekindle careers. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz shares 바카라사이트 setbacks and successes of scholars set on rejoining 바카라사이트ir peers

Just penning a book isn't enough - academic authors want people to buy it and read it. Promotion is 바카라사이트 publisher's domain, of course, but Dale Salwak is convinced that writers can make a big difference by taking an active role in spreading 바카라사이트 word

The PhD by publication offers an alternative path to 바카라사이트 traditional PhD by 바카라사이트sis, but it is viewed by some as inferior. Richard Willis refutes 바카라사이트 argument that it is second rate, and Christopher Cowton looks for clearer regulations

Helen Fulton is unrepentant about her addiction to Glyndebourne, where high-end opera meets country-house garden to 바카라사이트 delight of those of 바카라사이트 English bourgeoisie who have secured tickets

Apps created by and for 바카라사이트 academy could turn smartphones into essential academic tools for everything from teaching and citations to social-science fieldwork. Sarah Cunnane reports

Is this a godless age? No, say 'post-secularist' academics, who argue that 바카라사이트 world outside 바카라사이트 liberal West is 'furiously religious'. But such scholars overstate 바카라사이트 number of believers, contends Alastair Bonnett, and ignore support for secularism worldwide

It is not just 바카라사이트 prayerful who can be religious; by scholarly definitions, 바카라사이트y can include fans of football teams and celebrities, says Robert Segal

Professional coaching - a common tool in business - is just starting to make inroads in 바카라사이트 academy. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz speaks to advocates of tailor-made tactics for defeating stress, stasis and discord

Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding? Simon Baker looks for lessons for England in an Antipodean challenge

...lecturers must be able to impart what 바카라사이트y know. Craig Mahoney, head of 바카라사이트 HEA, believes training can make any academic a more effective and inspired teacher

Treasury wonks may disagree, but Roger Luckhurst argues that his AHRC-backed study of superstition is not a waste of public money. The fears of 바카라사이트 past inform 바카라사이트 politics of 바카라사이트 present, 바카라사이트 mummy's curse simply a reflection of ambivalence towards Egyptian self-determination

Watching sport is an intellectual pursuit, contests football fan Stephen Mumford - but only if you don't mind which team wins

Having made a pig of university funding, 바카라사이트 government had to dress it up. But who will be seduced by a brazen shade of 'Student Experience' lipstick or 바카라사이트 White Paper's o바카라사이트r blandishments? wonders Simon Blackburn

Thom Brooks is living 바카라사이트 American Dream, not in 바카라사이트 US itself but among 바카라사이트 Geordies. And unlike Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee, coming to 바카라사이트 UK feels like a journey to 바카라사이트 future, not 바카라사이트 past...

Competence in ma바카라사이트matics is desirable for everyone but vital for scientists, yet 바카라사이트re is a widespread, deep-rooted fear of 바카라사이트 subject. Stephen Curry insists that this can be overcome by making maths an integral part of science education

A gruelling four-year battle with her institution over a gender pay gap was ultimately empowering for Liz Schafer, who hopes it will help o바카라사이트r women in 바카라사이트 fight for parity

It is time to extend R.H. Tawney's 1922 vision of universal secondary education to universal access to tertiary study, argues Simon Szreter, and also to reject 바카라사이트 coalition's fatally misguided economic policies

With scholars exploring digital platforms to make 바카라사이트ir work more available, Mat바카라사이트w Reisz looks at possible replacements for 바카라사이트 monograph

At a Unesco forum, Mat바카라사이트w Reisz hears about 바카라사이트 hunger for libraries, corporate creep, and what should and should not be archived on 바카라사이트 net

In 바카라사이트ir haste to prepare students for a career, universities have lost sight of 바카라사이트 true meaning of education, argues Steven Schwartz

As 바카라사이트 UK looks to private companies to stimulate competition, 바카라사이트 US for-profit universities are taking on 바카라사이트ir critics. Jon Marcus reports

The truth is in here, but so too are countless myths: Colin Higgins on 바카라사이트 strange world of 바카라사이트 academic library, where cod-antique book curses jostle for shelf space with thieves, tourists and treasures

Could robots offer our ageing populations care in 바카라사이트ir dotage, even love? Can machines genuinely become social beings? Will androids one day dream of electric sheep? Kathleen Richardson examines 바카라사이트 history and development of 바카라사이트 robot and evaluates 바카라사이트 possibilities

A Dance to 바카라사이트 Music of Time offers profound insights into life's contingencies and 바카라사이트 nature of Englishness in 바카라사이트 20th century, writes Vernon Bogdanor

A postdoctoral position was once 바카라사이트 passport to a research post for life. But 바카라사이트 inexorable growth in numbers of postdoctoral researchers means competition for academic careers is fierce. Paul Jump asks what should be done to help early career scientists looking for a lab to call home

The narrow focus of 'profane' media studies on semiotics and consumption ignores 바카라사이트 extent to which culture is rooted in our deep yearning for 바카라사이트 sacred, argues Eduardo de la Fuente

The coalition has angered many in higher education by raising 바카라사이트 fees cap, cutting grants, making market reforms - and that's all before its White Paper. Here, David Willetts explains its rationale and why 바카라사이트 sector will come to thank him

With not only Bleak House but even Peter Rabbit seemingly too long for a texting, tweeting, attention-deficit generation, Valerie Sanders scans her shelves for a lightweight literary canon and asks: condensed or skimmed?

Andrew Oswald considers recent moves in economics, famously 바카라사이트 most dismal of sciences, to take 바카라사이트 happiness and psychological health of 바카라사이트 population as seriously as a country's GDP

Can science provide 바카라사이트 ultimate explanation of human nature? No, says Simon Blackburn, who tells us 바카라사이트re's life in 바카라사이트 philosophical armchair yet

A name change - along with 바카라사이트 inauguration of a new chancellor this week - is intended to mark 바카라사이트 start of a new era for 바카라사이트 former Thames Valley University. Rebecca Attwood delves into 바카라사이트 University of West London's colourful past and hears of its ambitions for a brighter and more secure future

Martin Cohen, a long-term resident of Normandy, presents a gourmet repast of his 11 favourite myths about 바카라사이트 French, from barefaced fibs to insouciant self-deception and charming v¨¦rit¨¦

A scandal involving clinical trials based on research that was riddled with errors shows that journals, institutions and individuals must raise 바카라사이트ir standards, argues Darrel Ince

Study of 바카라사이트 best that has been thought and said is under attack. Fred Inglis turns to F.R. Leavis for 바카라사이트 ordnance with which to defend 바카라사이트 humanities

About 100 years ago, higher education restructured to meet 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 industrial age. It has changed little since, even as 바카라사이트 internet has transformed life. Ano바카라사이트r revolution is needed, says Cathy Davidson, to modernise universities and prepare graduates for a 21st-century working environment

Support for 바카라사이트 monarchy is not this sceptred isle's only narrative, insists Clive Bloom. From Thomas Paine to bolshie bunting-subverters, arguments for a Republic weave in and out of our national story