Daily Archives: 28 January 2011

Octogenarian

Posted on 28 January 2011 by Erika Cule

People your age, they often find old people…boring My great-aunt made this assertion, when I described the volunteer befriending role mentioned in my previous post. I am not absolutely sure that “boring” is the reason many young people avoid spending … Continue reading →

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Open tabs

Posted on 28 January 2011 by Heather

Welcome, briefly captive audience before the next click that takes you far, far away to a server in Bangalore or Vladivostok. I am going to do a tab-and-link dump here (a.k.a.

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Peering at review

Posted on 28 January 2011 by Frank Norman

The House of Commons Select Committee on Science & Technology have announced that they will conduct an inquiry into peer review. They list eight points starting with: the strengths and weaknesses of peer review as a quality control mechanism for … Continue reading →

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