Moving with the times
One happy childhood memory that I cherish is riding in a clunky old white Volvo with my much bigger big brother. I was eight. He was 23 and completing his sixth and final year of a medical degree. As...
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Appointments
Annabelle Sreberny, professor of global media and communications at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas), has been elected president of the International Association for Media and...
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Grant winners
NC3RsThe National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research has funded ten new grants, totalling £2.6 million.Award winner: Sue BarnettInstitution: University of...
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Business acumen will bring third-stream funding payout
Universities that engage the most with businesses will see "significant" increases in state funding for knowledge transfer after proposals by Lord Sainsbury, the former Science Minister, were...
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Malaysia: full of Western promise
UK institutions seeking to consolidate their position overseas are discovering Malaysia's potential. John Gill reports from Kuala Lumpur
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Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Brussels, 29/30 May 2006 (full report)
Brussels, 24 May 2006 The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 March at 9.30 under the chairmanship of Austrian Federal Minister for Economics and Labour Mr...
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Don't 'panic' over science-shy Britons, ESRC says
Britain is gripped by an unfounded "moral panic" that it needs to produce more home-grown science graduates to keep the economy competitive, the director of a six-year, £5 million science and society...
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Simon Dietz is keen to add an economist's perspective to the shaping of policy on climate change in his new role at the LSE
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James Lusty, 1951-2008
When it is finished, the £50 million city-centre campus in Newport will serve as a tribute to the drive and vision of James Lusty, the former vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport....
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Appointments
Janet Beer, vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, has been elected chair of the University Alliance, the collection of pre- and post-1992 universities that are not members of the sector's...
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Appointments
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has appointed a professor of art history as its new director of research. Shearer West will take up the post in May. Professor West is a professor of art...
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Scientific perspectives and risk management in relation to electro-magnetic fields: Third Mobile Communications Seminar - Brussels, 21-21 November
Brussels, 26 October 2006 The European Commission, in close collaboration with stakeholder organisations, is organising this event focused on the scientific perspectives and risk management...
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Drama cuts raise fears of final curtain
Underfunding threatens viability of Scotland's theatre, warn top thespians. Olga Wojtas reports
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- The Manager's Tale: Stories of Managerial IdentityBy Patrick Reedy, lecturer in organisational behaviour, University of Nottingham. Ashgate, £55.00....
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTAward winner: Marjorie WeissInstitution: University of BathValue: £167,765The sociology of prescribing: what can we learn from new prescribers?Award winner: Ian Douglas...