Postgraduate projects gain £25 million from Hefce
More than £25 million has been awarded by England’s funding council to 20 pilot projects designed to support postgraduate students.
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It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by Danah Boyd
Tara Brabazon on an attempt to capture and express the voice of young people
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Commission Agenda Entry: Wednesday, 13 September Innovation- Breaking free - a Strategy for Europe
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 The news: World-wide competition to attract research and innovation investment is growing. In addition to attractive locations such as the US and Japan, new competitors have...
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Asking for it
It is hardly surprising that the pace of growth in anglophone taught master’s courses offered in continental Europe is picking up (“A warm Euro welcome - and in English, too”, News, 10 October).For...
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UK immigration: farce, then tragedy?
Racist government policies hurt the higher education sector, says Kevin Fong, but the harm doesn’t stop there
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A broad–based innovation strategy for the European Union: Commission calls for action at national and European levels
Brussels, 13th September 2006 Today, the European Commission has tabled a 10 point programme for action at national and European levels to foster innovation as a main asset of the EU economy. This...
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Benefits culture: rethinking Mozart on Maggie’s dole
Nicholas Till acknowledges his debt to Margaret Thatcher and explains why he regrets his Cambridge degree
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Queen’s Anniversary Prize winners announced
Twenty institutions have been announced as winners of the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.
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No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy
‘Thick skin’ helped research council boss take the flak for controversial shaping capability measures
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News in brief - 18 July 2013
Saudi Arabian scholarship programmeAmerica, here they comeHuge investment by the government of Saudi Arabia in overseas scholarships brought a flood of young Saudis to the US, an analysis suggests....
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News in brief
Saudi Arabian scholarship programmeAmerica, here they comeHuge investment by the government of Saudi Arabia in overseas scholarships brought a flood of young Saudis to the US, an analysis suggests....
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Industry gathers for ESA/EC global monitoring programme
Paris, 09 Apr 2003 Representatives from 10 industry consortia met recently to plan the next phase of the ESA's contribution to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. The...
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UNICE position on "Life sciences and biotechnology - a strategy for Europe"
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 Full text of Document 14285/02 14 November 2002 In the context of the forthcoming Council discussions relating to the above mentioned subject and proposed Council conclusions,...
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Universities and colleges get Catalyst Fund injection
Sixteen UK higher education institutions are to benefit from a £50 million investment in research projects designed to drive economic growth, the universities and science minister has said.
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Byrne tackles Willetts over science capital on debut
The capital element of the science budget should be ring fenced to avoid the peril of “announcement-based politics”, according to Labour’s new shadow minister for the sector.