First Impressions competition: January 10 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a philosopher and meteorologist: “An octopus?”Entries, including postal address, should be sent to...
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Published this week 2
EngineeringContinuous Signals and Systems with MATLAB, Second editionBy Taan S. El Ali, professor of engineering at Benedict College, Columbia, and Mohammad A. Karim, vice-president for research at...
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Suitors sought for overlooked but loaded LoLas
The BBSRC wants academics alert to the potential of its multimillion-pound long-term grants.
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Grant winners
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council- Award winner: John Wood- Institution: University College London- Value:£3.6 millionTransgenic approaches to sensory neuron function- Award...
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On the front line
Brian Hoskins, the new director of Imperial's Grantham Institute, looks ahead to the climate-change challenge.
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Appointments
After working at Wigan Athletic Football Club, Heinz and British Airways, Colin Grethè has joined the University of Abertay Dundee as its head of human resources. He lists his interests as travel,...
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Academics take off for scholastic nirvana
Retreats allow scholars to rediscover the joys of writing. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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Creative writing exercises
Jess Moriarty, senior lecturer in the School of Language, Literature and Communication at the University of Brighton, uses creative writing exercises to help lecturers develop and become more...
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Coventry expels tuition fee defaulters
Coventry University expelled 445 undergraduates - 3 per cent of its total enrolment - for failing to pay their fees in the past academic year.In addition, about 11 per cent of students are blocked...
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Thirty minutes to evaluate 10,000 words
A proposed marking model has angered some academics. Rebecca Attwood writes.
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Reviewers get more say on grants despite fears of insufficient training
But revised system prompts concern over lack of specialist scrutiny. Melanie Newman reports.
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10,500 sign petition to reverse cuts to science
Academics say research will suffer as fear of job cuts and privatisation grows. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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Researchers raise questions over validity of REF citations criteria
Omission of papers listed in subject databases worries some academics, writes Zoe Corbyn.