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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFirst Grants• Award winner: R. Ward• Institution: University of Manchester• Value: £195,226Hairdressing, image and body work in care services to older people•...
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Blogconfidential: No flag of surrender
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: No flag of surrender
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Appointments
University of AlbertaEvangelos MichelakisThe work of a researcher examining two seemingly unrelated fields - pulmonary hypertension and cancer - has been recognised by the national advocacy group...
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Eastwood takes aim at conspiracy theorists
Browne panellist labels accusations of STEM bias as crass 'reductionism'. Simon Baker reports
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Odds and quads
This 17th-century door was recovered from the gatehouse at Bath Spa University's Newton Park campus and is now on show at the institution.
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Union accuses West of Scotland of keeping appointments in the family
EIS points finger over professorial post and key individuals' excessive power, writes Hannah Fearn
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Consumer culture will challenge administrators
A heightened consumer culture among students under a new fees regime will mean more demands on administrators, a conference heard.Delegates at the Association of University Administrators London...
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Examples of little relevance
Impact pilot case studies give scant guidance as they bear little relation to most departments' output, argues Peter Barry
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A single voice is not enough for a sector singing different tunes
William Evans argues that UUK cannot represent a fragmented academy, as competing interests require special-interest groups
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Top scientists in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Top scientists in pharmacology and toxicologyData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-31 August 2010Â ScientistTotal PapersTop Papers CitationsCitations...
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The Week in ÌÇÐÄVlog
Brian Cox has revealed that he was taken to task for describing astrology as "a load of rubbish" on a BBC show, but the mild-mannered physicist stuck to his guns. Presenting the RTS Huw Wheldon...
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Wish granted: stifling demand brings result
Research council pleased by fewer grant bids and higher success rate. Paul Jump writes
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Research funding 'black hole'? Fill it with teaching cash, UCL chair advises
As Parliament prepares to vote on the future of tuition fees, the chair of council at one of England's elite universities has said publicly that his institution is looking at using income from future...
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Fees protesters hope as MPs vote
Students step up campaign against coalition plans before Parliament sits. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Sheffield support staff may strike over pensions
The University of Sheffield's lowest-paid, mainly female, workers may ballot for strike action over plans to shut down their final-salary pensions.Sheffield wants to go further than other...