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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism, by Judy Wajcman
It’s not machines but rather man that makes us dread the clock’s tick, Stina Lyon discovers
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Essex changes tack on strike pay row
V-c acknowledges ‘agonising’ decision faced by staff over two-hour walkout
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Industry looks to Finnish Presidency to take the lead on important biotech issues
Helsinki, 19 June 2006 EuropaBio welcomes the initiative of the Austrian and Finnish Presidencies to bring together industry, the EU institutions, and Member States to discuss the EU's Life Sciences...
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News in brief - 24 July 2014
Student visasLords’ plea for rethink rebuffedThe chair of the Lords Science and Technology Committee has expressed disappointment that the government is unwilling to review its immigration policies....
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Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly joins University of the Arts London
Who got that job? Recording artist takes up chair in interactive design. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Parliament to debate Commission's ideas for a more coherent space strategy
Brussels, 11 January 2002 The European Parliament will debate a Commission communication on the need to develop a more coherent European space strategy on 16 January. The European Council called upon...
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Institute will be a boost to industry
Cambridge University and top business leaders have joined forces to create a new Institute for Manufacturing to act as a focal point for the industry. The institute will bring together the economics...
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Multidisciplinary departments: do they work?
Tim Hall describes staff and student experiences of interdisciplinary mergers, including an awkward departmental ‘speed date’
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Sabbaticals: no longer so open-ended or available?
Five academics detail how taking leave of the grind has turbocharged their work – but can everyone get a break?
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‘Hard core’ UCU activists urge staff to reject 2% pay offer
Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’
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International report urges pharmaceutical industry to invest more in nanotechnology
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 While EU governments are making funding available for nanotechnology research, major pharmaceutical companies are investing very little money or human resources in this field,...
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Welsh research: punching above its weight
Wales does quite well from its small research base, but it can do better, says Peter Halligan
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Prevent language death
In June 2013, the University of Salford announced that it would close its modern languages department. Following the local University and College Union branch’s resolution to support colleagues...
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Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan, by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
Roger Morgan lauds a biography charting Labour statesman’s rise from a colliery to the Cabinet