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News in brief - 5 June 2014
Centres for Doctoral TrainingBath, Belfast join 115-strong teamTwo new Centres for Doctoral Training have been established under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilās programme....
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World in brief - 5 June 2014
United StatesāBlenderā comment stirs ratings rowThere is growing opposition to US president Barack Obamaās plan to introduce a college ratings system, which is intended to lower the cost of study by...
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Grant winners - 5 June 2014
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Gabriel Yvon-DurocherInstitution: University of ExeterValue: Ā£290,658The molecular mechanisms of thermal acclimation and adaptation in...
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The week in higher education - 5 June 2014
āAs we say in science, England couldnāt hit a cowās arse with a banjo.ā This is a sentence that few would ever have expected to have come from one of the UKās most eminent and famous scientists. But...
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Promises and their limitations
Trust in research confidentiality is vital, yet recent disclosures suggest the need for a review of safeguards for all concerned
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Tower of Babel shock
In an exclusive interview, the architect of the Tower of Babel has cast doubt on the recent claim by David Willetts, the universities and science minister, that by the year 2050 people will no longer...
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Stark disparity in paternity pay, says UCU
Packages vary widely with 10 universities offering new fathers only two weeksā statutory pay
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Pathway providers hope for US bonanza
For-profit firms eye tie-ups with regional institutions ādesperateā to boost international intake
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Students spend more time studying
The amount of time that students spend in class and studying alone each week on average has increased over the past eight years
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Delegation to the Gaza Strip labelled risky and wasteful
UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised
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Congress says ānoā to notion of a little local lift
Motion to allow staff at better-off institutions to arrange extra pay voted down at UCU congress
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Queenās University Belfastās āVisionā draws UCU alarm
Union warns of negative consequences of āradicalā budgetary oversight and professorial pay reforms sent to Senate
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UK R&D investment: value for money, but too little money?
New UCL professor Graeme Reid, formerly BISā head of research funding, points to public support for science investment
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Don't wait until students graduate, fundraisers told
Emulate US institutionsā efforts to āshape lifelong donorsā while they are still undergraduates, Case report says