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The case of the missing PhD student is emerging as one of the more perplexing problems in British science, going by the discussion this week at the Royal Society on funding research. According to...
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New mediaAcademics get 'media savvy'A programme to help academics struggling to create internet podcasts has been developed by researchers at the University of Portsmouth. The programme, "6Ps in a...
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Find the key to health and happiness
Think-tank report on UK's 'mental capital' could open up new research areas. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme researches the broader impacts of healthcare treatments provided by the National Health Service. Seven...
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Hack attack
Jeff Yan and a colleague at Newcastle have developed a tool to help web companies beat the spammers
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Appointments
Anne Neville of the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds has been awarded a ten-year research chair in emerging technologies - the first of its kind to be given by the Royal...
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Send sociologists in to tame the masters of the universe
Academics could give valuable advice to company boards, the head of City University tells John Gill
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Lammy's verdict: still a long way to go on access
Widespread prejudices and assumptions must be overcome, new HE Minister tells Rebecca Attwood
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaMillions in funding fast-trackedHundreds of millions of dollars of funding for Australian university infrastructure is to be fast-tracked in a bid to mitigate the effects of the global...
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Angry staff governors allege chair misled them over v-c suspension
UEL open letter claims 'two-tier' governance system left them in dark, writes Melanie Newman
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Access drive could hamper India's push for excellence
Indians may find it hard to widen participation and build world-class institutions, writes John Gill
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UK-led European bloc could outpace US, says Floud
A Europe-wide higher education system with Britain at the helm has the potential to be stronger than that of the US, a senior academic has argued.Sir Roderick Floud, dean of the School of Advanced...
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Painting between the lines
To understand Rothko, one must cross boundaries. We should force students to do the same, says Mary Evans
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Britain's challenges can be developed into Europe's strengths
The UK has the opportunity to make dynamic changes to European higher education if only it would make the effort, writes Anne Corbett
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'Turnaround' pays off for rising star Leicester
The University of Leicester has been crowned University of the Year at the 2008 Times Higher Education Awards.The gala dinner in the Great Room of London's Grosvenor House Hotel was attended by more...