Daily Archives: 2 November 2011

Vegas

I’ve just arrived in Vegas for the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. This is the view from my hotel bedroom window. No, seriously. I’ve never been to Vegas before, and as for first impressions, I have … Continue reading

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Levelling the Playing Field

This article has been published in the November issue of Physics World. The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE),which has been used to measure the quality of UK research for more than 20 years, has now morphed into the equally clunky sounding … Continue reading

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