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Obituary: Professor Mike Cullen
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TO BE selfish is a good strategy for an academic in today's
university system. Time spent helping colleagues and students is time
taken from one's own research, which ultimately means fewer grants
and fewer publications, the current yardsticks of success.
Fortunately for many, this was not a strategy adopted by the
zoologist Mike Cullen.
Cullen's career was very successful, culminating in a professorial
appointment at Monash, one of Australia's most prestigious
universities. None the ...
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Obituary: Professor Mike Cullen.(Obituaries)
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; TO BE selfish is a good strategy for an academic in today's university system. Time spent helping colleagues and students is time taken from one's own research, which ultimately means fewer grants and fewer publications, the current yardsticks of success. Fortunately for many, this was not a
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The Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function and Evolution
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Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
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University offering new degree course in animal behaviour
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Chris barnard
The Independent - London
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