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How to Avoid Being Misquoted by the Press
Communication
March 4, 2015

How to Avoid Being Misquoted by the Press

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You Tell Us: Are Adjunct Professors the New Fast-Food Workers?
Career
March 3, 2015

You Tell Us: Are Adjunct Professors the New Fast-Food Workers?

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Taking a Stick to Ethics Boards
Research
March 3, 2015

Taking a Stick to Ethics Boards

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So You Wanna Be a YouTube Star? Here’s Some Tips
Communication
February 27, 2015

So You Wanna Be a YouTube Star? Here’s Some Tips

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Is Higher Education Losing Its Progressive Potential?

Is Higher Education Losing Its Progressive Potential?

In the the concluding piece of his three-article look at academic labor in the UK in the wake of Marina Warner’s departure from Essex, Daniel Nehring asks if the conservative turn in education is driven by students or policy makers.

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A Primer on Plagiarism and Other Publishing Sins

A Primer on Plagiarism and Other Publishing Sins

High-quality scientific literature is the cornerstone of scientific progress and is highly regarded by academia. However, Ritesh G. Menezes and his colleagues write in the Medico-Legal Journal, scientific literature is often marred by plagiarism, data fabrication and falsification, redundant publication and illegitimate authorship.

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SAGE’s Ziyad Marar Named to Campaign for Social Science

SAGE’s Ziyad Marar Named to Campaign for Social Science

The Campaign for Social Science, Britain’s pre-eminent champion for promoting the social sciences before the government and the public, has named Ziyad […]

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Rebecca Blank Receives 2015 Moynihan Prize

Rebecca Blank Receives 2015 Moynihan Prize

A former acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the current chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive this year’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize from the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

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Ten ‘Rules’ for Being Creative in Producing Research

Ten ‘Rules’ for Being Creative in Producing Research

Kip Jones, who from his perch as a reader in performative social science at Bournemouth University’s Centre for Qualitative Research focuses on developing tools from the arts and humanities for use by social scientists in research, offers this top 10 list of techniques to welcome in the new year.

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When Chasing Prestige Becomes the Prize

When Chasing Prestige Becomes the Prize

A survey by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics suggests that researchers appreciate the benefits of competition but also fear how it can emphasize prestige over quality

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Colin Firth: Author, Actually

Colin Firth: Author, Actually

Authorship of an article seems like it ought to be straightforward, but of course it’s not. Even with greater scrutiny, abuse of the process — both adding the wrong people and subtracting the right ones — continues.

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How Will Zero-Hour Contracts Change UK’s Academic Culture?

How Will Zero-Hour Contracts Change UK’s Academic Culture?

‘I did not contemplate the possibility that academics might rewarded for years of study, teaching, hard work with a no-obligations, no-guaranteed-income employment contract,’ says Daniel Nehring. And yet with zero-hour contracts entering academe, that un-reality is now here.

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