History shows geographical bent
Geography is becoming more important to history departments, with a growth in more regional degree programmes, according to a survey by the History at the Universities Defence Group. The survey...
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Team plans to take IT to market
The government is teaming up with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to stop academic research in information technology gathering dust on a "virtual shelf". Research carried out...
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Germans make mark on high-earners list
German graduates earn the highest salaries in Europe, according to the largest ever survey of graduates in 12 countries. The survey, which questioned those who graduated in 1995, found that Germans...
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Brits get cash for star role in Chile
Astronomers have applauded the government's announcement that the United Kingdom will be joining the European Southern Observatory. Sir Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, said: "The UK has slipped...
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Analysis: Trying to refresh a sullied image
With the BSE crisis, the unknown risk of radiation from mobile phones and unexpected floods attributed to global warming, science has had a rocky ride in the past few years. Few would deny that the...
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Analysis: The age of 'strategic alliances'
Bids for funding for new collaborations are growing faster than the funds. Claire Sanders reports. In a footnote to the government's announcement on widening participation in September, an extra £15...
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Don's Diary
February Film contributions to a BBC Horizon programme on Lake Vostok. Hours of questioning for a few minutes airtime. Lake Vostok is an enormous lake discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet only...
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In the news: Catherine Cesarsky
For United Kingdom astronomers, joining the European Southern Observatory would mean coming under the jurisdiction of ESO director general Catherine Cesarsky. She was appointed in September last year...
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Peer pressure for dons
So can we expect a few profs among the "people's peers", to be appointed next year? A spokesman for the House of Lords appointments commission confessed that a number of applications from academics...
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Sending out signals
It is a hard life being an academic. Take John Lycett, an evolutionary psychologist at Liverpool University, who selflessly dedicated three weeks, with his researchers, to observing the behaviour of...
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Shame about the name
After lengthy consultation, Beaver College, Philadelphia, has decided on a new name "to better describe the vibrant and respected institution that we are today". From next July it becomes Arcadia...
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Lessons in true value
If paying tuition fees has taught students something, it is the value of money. So at least some of the students who poured into London to protest against fees last week must have recognised a...
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Glittering prizes
J. K. Rowling , author of the Harry Potter books, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Napier University . The Political Studies Association has awarded the following to commemorate...
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On the move
Richard Susskind , author, IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and an independent consultant to global law firms, has been appointed professor of law at Gresham College . Victor Burgin ,...
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World View: Students speak Franklin
A bit of r-e-s-p-e-c-t is on the wish list of every student, but what exactly does that mean? Harvey Kaye asks. Ever wondered what students want and expect of their professors? We regularly read...