Researchers seek more advice on retractions and peer review
Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says
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Not a headline act
鈥淭he week in higher education鈥 (13聽March) notes that two Oxford pro vice-chancellors rebutted Luke Johnson鈥檚 claims 鈥渢hat the university had been slow to adapt to the world of online learning鈥 by...
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Safeguarding patient data
The Medical Research Council鈥檚 Sir John Savill (鈥淒uty to share data鈥, Letters, 6聽March) claims that MRC-funded research will use 鈥渞igorously de-identified data in an approved research environment...
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Student insights
Sarah Moore鈥檚 point about the tendency to caricature students is well made (鈥淏eware the caricature: students need nurturing, not negativity, to thrive鈥, Opinion, 13聽March). Not only have the same...
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Close-up on bursaries
Amanda Chetwynd and Peter Diggle (鈥淏ursaries鈥 individual impact鈥, Letters, 13聽March) are mistaken: the Office for Fair Access鈥 powerful new analysis in our interim report on the effect of bursaries...
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Independence and quality
Regarding the article 鈥淧rivate pair claim more public cash than LSE鈥 (6聽February), which looked at the support received by students at private providers from the Student Loans Company. We would like...
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Serfs up
When I was personally exposed to zero hours contracts two years ago, my reaction was 鈥淚聽thought serfdom had been abolished鈥 (鈥淚t鈥檚 casual, and that鈥檚 a problem鈥, Leader, 13聽March). Such contracts may...
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Small Business Charter Awards honour SME partnerships
Association of Business Schools will recognise institutions鈥 support for small firms and local economy
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History for tomorrow鈥檚 world
Ice cores from 11,700 years ago aid the climate change debate, but the recent past has its own share of lessons, says Howard P. Segal
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Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology鈥檚 Designs on Nature, by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Jane Calvert, Pablo Schyfter, Alistair Elfick and Drew Endy
Jon Turney on the possibilities, real and imagined, of engineering the building blocks of life
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The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us From Other Animals, by Thomas Suddendorf
Eric Michael Johnson is gripped by an evaluation of what it is to be human and our place in nature
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First Light: A History of Creation Myths from Gilgamesh to the God Particle, by G. R. Evans
Perceptive questions abound in this Western-oriented discussion, says Ursula King
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The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities, by Amanullah De Sondy
Julia Droeber praises an interrogation of the image of the Muslim man
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Try harder: Obama鈥檚 report cards do not convince
Proposal for scorecard system for US institutions 鈥榙oomed to failure鈥
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鈥榃eak鈥 handling of disputed study risks trust in science
Researcher warns of 鈥榙eveloping credibility crisis鈥 in reflection on retracted paper