Much-deserved fillip for veterans and pioneers
Lisa Jardine has lost count of the number of times people asked her if winning The Times Higher Lifetime Achievement Award meant she was about to retire. "There were a number of occasions after I...
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Hunt to attack Labour's manipulating agenda
The Government is exploiting academics to further its economic policy, the new general secretary of the University and College Union was due to warn this week. At the UCU's inaugural congress in...
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How green is your university? The first environmental league tables PLUS Rapley of the Antarctic A seasoned crusader against global warming
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Iraqi scientists suffer both here and at home
Academics in Iraq face violence daily, but the international community offers little help, Melanie Newman reports Karem al-Zubaidi does not want to claim benefits from Britain or to class himself as...
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Imperial and RCA draft blueprint for innovation hub
When Sir James Dyson was a student at the Royal College of Art, he would sneak across the road to listen to the lectures of the structural engineer Anthony Hunt at Imperial College. He was inspired...
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London arts alliance set to unlock potential
The three smallest colleges of the University of the Arts London are to boost their links by forming a new strategic alliance, writes Rebecca Attwood. Under the plans, Camberwell College of Arts,...
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Liverpool v-c to retire
Drummond Bone, Liverpool University vice-chancellor and president of Universities UK, has announced he will retire next summer. Professor Bone told staff last week that his five-year contract with...
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NHS training funds rise
Training budgets for National Health Service staff in the next academic year will increase by 3.6 per cent, the Government has said. The Department for Education and Skills said it had allocated £4.3...
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Eyes on the prize
Research Councils UK has launched this year's business plan competition. Researchers from all areas supported by RCUK are invited to submit ideas with commercial potential. All entrants receive...
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Hope for Crichton
Staff at Glasgow University's Crichton Campus in Dumfries, threatened with funding-related closure, say they are optimistic following talks with John Kemp, deputy director of strategic development at...
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Lecturer honoured
The Vilenica 2007 International Literary Prize will be awarded to Goran Stefanovski, a senior lecturer in screenwriting at Canterbury Christ Church University. The award, for outstanding achievement...
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Clinical recognition
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has announced 38 new clinical senior lectureships at 12 universities as part of a scheme to support senior clinical academics. A summary of university...
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ESRC language grant
A psychologist at Swansea University has been awarded a grant of more than £95,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council to study how people acquire language and vocabulary during the course...
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Chelsea garden gongs
Universities are celebrating successes at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. A team of scientists from Reading University's School of Biological Sciences won gold at the show by showing how plants can...
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Anglia Ruskin expands
A joint venture agreement between Anglia Ruskin University and the College of West Anglia has been signed this week. It marks the beginning of a new stage of collaboration to expand higher education...