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Symmetry, and breaking it
How symmetries, and broken symmetries, help physics to be objective and help me to keep my equanimity At the Guardian.
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A follow up on research impact and the REF
Anyone connected with UK academia, who follows news about it, or indeed who has met a UK academic socially over the last couple of years, will probably have heard about the Research Excellence Framework (REF). All UK universities had their … Continue reading
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