Trinity College Dublin - A foot in the door
A project to help graduates find work has been unveiled at Trinity College Dublin. The six-week programme, known as the Trinity Alumni Career Network, was launched following a survey of 15,000...
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University of Sunderland - How was it for you?
The consumer experience is to be investigated at the University of Sunderland. The Centre for Research into the Experience Economy at Sunderland's Business School will examine topics ranging from...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - I knew I was going to do that
A new study has looked at how quickly the pre-conscious mind makes decisions before they become conscious. Volunteers at Goldsmiths, University of London were shown faces that were only slightly...
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Help right where it's needed
Digital mapping specialists have been using their skills to help victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Three members of staff and dozens of students on Bath Spa University's geographic...
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Top journals in geography
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 1999-October 2009
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Publish and be dumped?
According to well-informed sources meeting after dark behind the squash courts, Professor Doug Gunter of our Politics for Business Department faces disciplinary action over statements made during his...
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A dog's dinner of an idea
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is sceptical about claims cat-owners are smarter
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Research Intelligence: The standard model for science cash
The head of the STFC tells Zoë Corbyn how he hopes to shield big science from financial shocks and crises
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Beyond the Boundaries
John D. Brewer reflects on his passion for two artists who transcended social convention and produced work redolent of a bygone time and place
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Leader: Do your job well, and you will rise
Despite the tales of jiggery-pokery employed to climb in the league tables, there is no need to sacrifice mission to position
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From where I sit: Discerning palates
When Private Eye takes notice, it's a sure sign that something's afoot. So when the satirical magazine ran its recent piece "Brussels is Oxbridge blue", it confirmed that university league tables are...
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John Greed, 1937-2010
A popular law lecturer who wrote about topics ranging from paddle steamers to biblical prophecy has died.John Greed was born on 18 November 1937 in Bridgwater, Somerset, and educated at Taunton...
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Racism at Oxford? Hardly, claim staff
Staff at the University of Oxford believe "very little needs to be done" to promote racial equality, despite half of their students claiming to have experienced racism.More than 1,000 members of...
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Oxford/Cambridge Universities - Feelings run high
The appearance of Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, at Oxford Union provoked protests and scuffles last week. Interruptions came from protesters criticising Israel's conduct in...