Publishing and copyright licences: academics opt to keep control
Academics prefer to publish their research under the most restrictive forms of copyright, a survey has suggested
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Temporary reprieve on private cap despite number control concerns
For-profits welcome delay but may have to get ready for quality assessment, John Morgan writes
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Journal editors鈥 anonymous reviews criticised by Cope
Publication ethics committee issues new guidelines for peer review
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Here comes the boom, Aberystwyth promises
V-c aims for more international and postgraduate action
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News in brief - 4 April 2013
Research facilitiesSee and shareA national database to allow equipment and facilities to be shared across the sector has been launched. Led by the University of Southampton and funded by the...
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Campus round-up - 4 April 2013
Source: Russell SachWearing wellResearch by a university鈥檚 neuroscientists has inspired catwalk fashion for a unique scheme. The Changing Minds project - involving neuroscientists at the University...
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News in brief - 4 April 2013
Canada鈥楢verage鈥 cost of cutsThe board of governors at a Canadian university has warned the premier of its province that the major cuts announced in the provincial budget will 鈥渟et [it] back by many...
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On the menu: takeaway lessons of a lifetime
Historian invites former students to dinner as part of 鈥榬etirement odyssey鈥
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Jagged little pills
Recent research in Germany reveals that one in five students 鈥渢akes something鈥 to improve academic performance. The substances can range from fairly innocuous caffeine tablets to Ritalin,...
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Grant winners - 4 April 2013
Wellcome TrustInvestigators in Medical HumanitiesThese awards range from approximately 拢500,000 to just over 拢1 million for up to five yearsAward winners: Mark Thomas and Ian BarnesInstitutions:...
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色盒直播 Scholarly Web - 4 April 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Ian Noble, 1960-2013
A lecturer who inspired his students 鈥渢o change the world of design鈥 has died.
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Appointments - 4 April 2013
University of LincolnHugh ByrdHugh Byrd, who has just joined the University of Lincoln as professor of architecture, joked that he must be 鈥渃razy鈥 to swap New Zealand for the East Midlands. 鈥淚 have a...
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Scramble for Africa
The continent鈥檚 burgeoning economies could prove a major source of future student recruitment, says Marguerite Dennis
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Parallel parking
In an alternative universe, Christopher Bigsby is coining it in Vegas