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Grant winners
Action Medical ResearchResearch GrantsAward winner: Doris-Eva BamiouInstitution: University College LondonValue: £19,140Auditory processing disorders: why do some children struggle to make sense of...
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Analysis - Stench surrounds bog-standard jobs
Academics and bosses alike make ‘menial’ campus jobs unpleasant, students tell Chris Parr
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Serf and turf war
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) produces the majority of Russian research - but are its members, set to vote for a new president, “serfs”?The election will take place at the end of this month....
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Israel Academia Monitor fears the enemy within
Debate on academic politics in Israel has been reignited by Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott a presidential conference after lobbying from Palestinian colleagues.Meanwhile, a campaigning Israeli...
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Science without Borders (and hoped-for numbers?)
Flagship foreign study scheme may have failed to attract desired numbers. Donna Bowater reports
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News in brief
AfricaContinental shift on plagiarismAcademics from across Africa will meet later this month to discuss plagiarism on the continent. The inaugural African Academic Integrity Seminars will take place...
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Odds and quads
The archive of the Animation Research Centre, housed at the University for the Creative Arts Farnham, contains more than a million objects tracing the development of British animation from the 1940s...
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Edinburgh scholar suggests speaking in tongues
Scholar hopes to ensure language’s future with help of new Edinburgh role. David Matthews writes
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News in brief
Unistats websiteHefce report spots local difficultiesA report on the first year of the Unistats website, which gives prospective students information on course fees, graduate salaries and other data...
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Online salvo supports postgrad’s Leeds battle
More than 350 people, including several academics, have signed a petition protesting against the University of Leeds’ treatment of an international postgraduate student.The university’s Institute of...
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What’s your game? Union objects to US grade scheme
Students’ union and businesses look askance at use of US grade scheme. David Matthews reports
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