Academic experts
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The fascinating world of unconscious bias and development policyIn the last few years scientists have exposed thinking patterns that may skew our decision-making. How can we counter these biases in humanitarian work?
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Chemistry professor to leave audience in dark at Christmas lecturesSaiful Islam, professor of materials chemistry at Bath University, plans energy-sourcing stunt at Royal Institution event
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Turkey acquits British academic over 'terror' leaflets chargeIstanbul court finds computer science lecturer Chris Stephenson not guilty of giving out Kurdish ‘propaganda’
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Conference rage: 'How did awful panel discussions become the default format?'A badly run conference is not only a lost opportunity, but is a waste of money and time. How can we improve them?
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Fighting the cyberbullies: do we need to regulate our children’s digital lives?Our teens are among world’s least happy and psychiatrists are seeing record numbers of young girls. What’s wrong?
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Human-animal studies academics dogged by German hoaxersEditors of Dresden-based journal apologise after being fooled by fake PhD student’s paper on role of alsatians in totalitarianism
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Give female historians the credit we deserveLetters: Women do write history; the issue is why they are neglected
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Ultrasound exposure could be making people ill, study findsUniversity of Southampton research finds public places can feature high frequency sounds beyond occupational health limits
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Another cite of Bob Dylan: why scientists can’t stop namedropping his songsIn the past few decades, there have been more than 700 sneaky references to the musician in otherwise serious papers. Oh mercy! But he’s not the only artist whose work has been smuggled in to unlikely surroundings
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Working with academics: it gets easier. HonestlyNGOs increasingly need to work with academics. Gemma Ferguson provides tips to get the best out of collaboration
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Reductive, superficial, beautiful – a historian's view of Assassin's Creed: SyndicateIt may be visually striking, but King’s College’s Alana Harris found Ubisoft’s game seriously lacking: ‘If we’re liberating poor children, what are we liberating them to?’
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Book review: London's Boroughs At 50, by Tony TraversThe LSE professor has produced a learned, entertaining and affectionate history of the capital’s resilient local government system that also tells a bigger story of the city itself
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'Great snakes!' Tintin expert appointed UK's first comics professorLancaster University shows ‘full academic commitment’ to comics and graphic book art with the appointment of Benoit Peeters
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Patient survey finds 81% happy with GP hoursDavid Cameron push for seven-day surgery opening dealt blow as GPs say study shows move is unnecessary
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The UK universities offering a lifeline to Syrian academicsMost Syrian refugees fight for sanctuary at Europe’s borders – but Reem Doukmak found it on Google. So is the story of the PhD student who swapped Homs for Warwick an example of elitism, or a model that could help build the country a better future?
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Academics have learned to live with attempts to measure university research, but is this the best way to judge success or failure?Research metrics have made rivalry part of higher education’s DNA
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The return of virtual reality: 'this is as big an opportunity as the internet'Twenty years ago the man who pioneered commercial VR saw his market shrink to zero. Now he’s excited again – and so are Microsoft, Google and Facebook …
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Super-scholars: MPAA offers $20,000 for academic research in copyright battleLeaked email describes program ‘to solicity pro-copyright academic research papers’, but group says it won’t influence experts’ findings
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Was Shakespeare gay, and does it matter?John Sutherland: Although not a new question, its re-emergence is germane to the interpretation of his plays, and not just a scholars’ spat
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MI5 spied on leading British historians for decades, secret files revealEric Hobsbawm and Christopher Hill had phones tapped, correspondence intercepted and friends and wives monitored
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Historians’ work meant little to an MI5 obsessed with cold-war communistsIntelligence files on Eric Hobsbawm, Christopher Hill and AJP Taylor offer reminder of how deeply conflict penetrated academia
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How to build a fairer cityIn the first in an occasional series looking at how to make cities fairer for all, four leading academics propose the ‘grounded city’ – where sustainable transport, accessible broadband and modest housing take precedence over ostentatious tower blocks
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Homo floresiensis: scientists clash over claims 'hobbit man' was modern human with Down's syndrome
Tiny skeleton from Indonesia's Flores island is unique ancient species, insist researchers
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Canadian researcher released after five weeks in Tajikistan jailAlexander Sodiqov told to remain in the country while authorities investigate spying charges against him. Katya Kumkova reports
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Academic journal retracts articles over 'peer review ring' with bogus scholarsJournal of Vibration and Control says 60 articles published over last four years cited academics with 'assumed identities'
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Researching cities: what has Toronto learned from five failed Olympic bids?Kicking off a new series on urban academic studies, Kat Martindale reviews research into the impact of Toronto’s repeated failure to land one of sport’s most high-profile prizes
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Germany is top choice in Europe for highly qualified migrantsEducation of foreigners often surpasses that of average German but access to well-paid jobs is less certain
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Five alternative things successful PhD students would never doDean Burnett: From the perspective of present-day PhD students, the key to success can be daunting, or even seemingly-impossible.
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North Korea experts on TwitterIt is one of the hardest places in the world to tweet from but there is a network of experts covering everything from culture to politics. Here’s our pick to get you started
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Back to school – what can dance learn from academia?
The choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh explains the thinking behind her project Translocations, which invited scholars from unrelated disciplines to interpret her work
What I'm really thinking What I’m really thinking: the professor’s wife