MRC lays out £10m plan for bird flu
The Medical Research Council wants to earmark up to £10 million for research into avian influenza, it told the Government's Science and Technology Select Committee this week. Chief executive Colin...
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Animal lab work back on
Oxford University this week announced that building work had resumed on its new animal research facility. Construction of the biomedical centre on South Parks Road was halted in July after animal...
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Welsh net extra £8m
Welsh higher education institutions will be awarded an extra £8 million over the next two years after opposition leaders this week forced the Assembly to revise its budget. The Higher Education...
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Cranfield to train MoD
Cranfield University has secured £366 million from the Ministry of Defence to train MoD service and civilian personnel. Under the 22-year contract, the university will provide postgraduate courses to...
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Correction
City University is to reduce its council members from 34 to 21, not six as was reported last week. There will be six staff governors plus the vice-chancellor on the council.
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Pop history
From Seven Drunken Nights (1967) by the Dubliners to The Rocker (1973) by Thin Lizzy, My Perfect Cousin by the Undertones (1980), National Express by The Divine Comedy (1998) and Beautiful Day by U2...
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Battle over authorship of welfare policy work
One of the UK's most prominent social policy scholars is at the centre of a dispute over the authorship of his unit's research, The Times Higher has learnt. Peter Taylor-Gooby, who is responsible for...
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Words not web are lure abroad
Word of mouth rather than formal information on the web has the biggest influence on international students coming to the UK, a study has found. University websites were rated second to friends in a...
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TV tycoon backs Cambridge IP bid
A star of the BBC Two show Dragons' Den has weighed into the controversy over Cambridge University's intellectual property reforms, claiming that academics have a duty to hand over a share of their...
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Industry fails to stump up
Government hopes that industry will step up its funding of university research are not being realised, according to a statistical analysis of higher education funding. The Research Yearbook on...
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V-cs split on way forward for applications
Vice-chancellors are at loggerheads over government proposals to reform the university admissions system, it emerged this week. Members of Campaigning for Mainstream Universities (CMU) have condemned...
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Warwick woos new head from Oxford
Warwick University signalled its intention to travel up the world's academic rankings this week by confirming it had poached Oxford University's research chief, Nigel Thrift, to be its next vice-...
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Law schools in dock over race
Law schools have been less likely than other university faculties to offer places to candidates from some ethnic minorities, according to a report. The Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Research stars like talent by their side
Anna Fazackerley looks at a trend for academics to travel in teams to new posts Most universities cannot lure research stars by offering super-size salaries, not least because it would not look good...