Share well to fare well in the quality stakes
Cooperate to make the best use of resources, EU commissioner tells members. Jane Marshall reports. European Union member states should make their large research installations more open to researchers...
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Getting a grant: have you got the 'write stuff'?
A successful grant application involves time, effort and a good idea. Paul Wymer writes. As well as being demonstrably "the right stuff" in their own field of activity, academics must also be...
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Take your lab to the sample
Something the size of a stamp can monitor the oceans, Giselle Weiss reports. David Barrow fishes in his shirt pocket for a sliver of clear plastic the size of a postage stamp. What look like rows of...
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Sources of research funding
Each week we list funds available for researchers.Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ALCOHOL EDUCATIONAND RESEARCH COUNCIL www.aerc.org.uk Research and Action Project...
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Alcohol study is 'boosting drinking'
Cautionary stories about binge drinking by university students in the United States have had an unintended effect - they may be making students drink even more, according to a coalition of 21 higher...
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Hefce rule change causes 'dirty tricks'
Funding chiefs have been accused of sparking a "dirty tricks" recruitment war and jeopardising standards in a late attempt to bump up this year's student intake. The Higher Education Funding Council...
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University of Wales, Lampeter
The University of Wales, Lampeter, may have to scale down its range of subjects and activities after a dramatic drop in enrolment. Vice-chancellor Keith Robbins has warned staff that the university...
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Cow power
(Photograph) - Maitland Mackie, chairman of the Aberdeenshire-based dairy company Mackie's of Scotland, has donated historic local Milk Marketing Board records to Aberdeen University. Alan Knox,...
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Scotland leads rest of UK in widening participation
Scottish universities have a better record on widening access than the UK average, and are also improving faster, according to the latest figures. The UK average for young full-time entrants from...
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How to apply for a grant
A successful grant application involves time, effort and a good idea, Paul Wymer writes. As well as being demonstrably "the right stuff" in their own field of activity, academics must also be...
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Etruscan culture is not all Greek
Etruscan Studies
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Realism local style - no universality but plenty of truth
The Dappled World
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Challenger to Einstein's theory of time
The New Bergson - Duration and Simultaneity
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Crisps may be good for you
Well-Being and Morality
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a science-fiction writer originally called Harris: " One of the luckiest accidents in my wife's life...