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Code of practice needed to prevent degree course mis-selling

February 10, 2011 812

The National Student Survey does not provide the valid, reliable data needed to compare higher education institutions. Such differences as it reveals are statistically and practically insignificant. Yet the media use the data to compile league tables of best-performing higher education institutions, and the tables in turn are being misused by institutions that should know better, says John Holmwood in a blog featured on Research Blogs.

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February 10, 2011

Let’s Return to Retractions Being Corrective, Not Punitive

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July 11, 2024

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Fourth Edition of ‘The Evidence’: Do Women Make Better Doctors?

Joe Sweeney 930 Bookshelf, Communication

In this issue of The Evidence newsletter, journalist Josephine Lethbridge examines why women doctors see better outcomes in their patients’ health.

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Webinar – Trust in Science: Understanding the Trends and Implications for Science Communication

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 543 Communication

Recent survey data show declines in trust in science that mirror earlier trends for other institutions, including journalism and government. New research […]

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New Fellowship for Community-Led Development Research of Latin America and the Caribbean Now Open

Christopher Everett 682 Academic Funding, Featured, Research

Thanks to a collaboration between the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), applications are now being accepted for […]

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