Daily Archives: 24 September 2012

AC Grayling’s college: Cult of personality or value for money?

Posted on 24 September 2012 by Sylvia McLain

This same article is posted at Guardian Higher Education – here- apologies for the dual post, it’s my fault – I got my wires crossed with The Guardian! So I am taking it off this post – as I think … Continue reading →

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Evolution In Pictures #3

Posted on 24 September 2012 by Henry Gee

Continuing the occasional series (started here by Dr S. S. of Cambridge) in which the word ‘Evolution’ or its derivatives are found in unusual, inappropriate or downright peculiar circumstances. This one pictured earlier today from the window of a café … Continue reading →

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In which they don’t make authorship like they used to

Posted on 24 September 2012 by Jennifer Rohn

I recently had the pleasure of helping to judge the Max Perutz Science Writing Prize competition, held by the Medical Research Council in collaboration with the London Metro newspaper. The brief for aspiring young writers was to explain why their … Continue reading →

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