Diamond sets sights on a sparkling future
The ESRC's new head is determined to revitalise social science with fresh blood. Anna Fazackerley reports on his plans for a £1m pot to give researchers a helping hand up the career ladder. Young...
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Scrap the RAE, says report
Academics should bid for all research cash rather than expect money to be dished out according to scores achieved in a "flawed" research assessment exercise, according to a think-tank report. The...
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Freedom for many is tyranny for the few
Rights in a new Act are worrying for researchers. Anna Fazackerley reports. Researcher anonymity remains a worrying grey area for universities despite the fact that many have spent years gearing up...
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Bristol website statement pre-empts the act
Bristol University recently became one of the first universities to issue a public statement about its research using animals in anticipation of the new freedom of information laws. "We debated...
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Dundee award to aid 'silver surfers'
A Dundee University researcher has won a Royal Society of Edinburgh research award for a project to harness the power of computers to help old people who are lonely, housebound and fazed by...
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Take Cardinal Newman approach, lecturers told
Academics must work together more closely in the design of degree programmes to ensure that teaching methods help students develop the personal attributes employers are looking for, the head of a...
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Wales targets China market
Welsh universities are guaranteeing degree places for promising Chinese students in a bid to secure a foothold in the world's most rapidly expanding higher education market. They have joined forces...
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Young lured by sharing culture
Fears that Scottish research might miss out after the English White Paper have been allayed, due to the Scots' ability to work together. Olga Wojtas reports. Young academics are flocking to Scotland...
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Scots team up to fend off global competition
Fears that Scottish research might miss out after the English White Paper have been allayed, due to the Scots' ability to work together. Olga Wojtas reports. Scotland's academics and universities are...
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Partners master rough seas to win £20 million
Fears that Scottish research might miss out after the English White Paper have been allayed, due to the Scots' ability to work together. Olga Wojtas reports. Glasgow and Strathclyde universities...
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When a bit of a blether brings breakthroughs
Fears that Scottish research might miss out after the English White Paper have been allayed, due to the Scots' ability to work together. Olga Wojtas reports .Scots may be temperamentally suited to...
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Bush targets campus fan base as JFK gains votes
University Republicans have chosen not to join traditional non-partisan student voter recruiting drives leading up to the American presidential election because of Democrat John Kerry's lead over...
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Incentive pay plan
The state of Hamburg is planning to introduce performance-related pay for its university professors as part of reforms that could also include student tuition fees. The new system will run alongside...
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College closure row
Irish Education Minister Noel Dempsey is in hot water over a decision to close a training college for home economics teachers in Dublin and transfer its course to Sligo, on the west coast. Documents...
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Rector's job to fill
Plans to turn Luxembourg University into a European centre of research excellence have taken a back seat as the institution seeks to find a successor to its French-Canadian rector, who died of a...