UK space dreamers prepare for lift-off
British scientists are reaching for the stars, but without funding they could stay grounded. Chloe Stothart reports. A good way to gauge public perceptions of your subject is to ask a taxi driver,...
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Study reports instances of 'inadequate' support for staff and students after suicides
The levels of support that universities give to students, parents and staff in the aftermath of a student suicide range from excellent to "woefully inadequate," according to a new report. The first...
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King's gets 5th centre
King's College London has been awarded the contract to host another Medical Research Council research centre, taking the total number of MRC centres hosted by the university to five. The latest...
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Imperial plans for H5N1
Imperial College London has confirmed that it will host a £6 million Medical Research Council centre aimed at ensuring that the world is prepared for outbreaks of infectious disease - the first of...
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£3.5m to enrol workers
Coventry University has been awarded £3.5 million to create a new way for universities to engage full-time employees as students - as part of the Government's mission to widen participation in higher...
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Collaboration inquiry
The House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee is set to consider the effectiveness of the research councils' policies in promoting international collaboration and mobility of...
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Bid for better world starts here
Bloomsbury Centre pools diverse talent to tackle key global issues, write Chloe Stothart and Jessica Shephard. More than 200 academics, from geographers to vets, will unite to tackle some of the...
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Lancaster gives business a boost
Lancaster Univer-sity has opened a centre to boost business performance with £1.1 billion in private funding for the next five years. The Centre for Performance-Led Human Resources will work with up...
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Tutor with a talent for putting erotic sex into cerebral stories
Mitzi Szereto was at a party in her native US when a fellow guest insisted on showing her his crude efforts at erotic fiction. "I think he genuinely wanted opinions on it. It was really horrible,"...
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Anti-cancer pioneers
Two Dundee University mathematicians have been awarded £160,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to develop a new breed of "targeted" anti-cancer drugs. Fordyce Davidson and...
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Doctors' champion
Ruth McDonald of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre at Manchester University has been awarded a Harkness Fellowship in health care policy to take forward her work on the UK's...
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Movie great goes north
One of the world's most revered film-makers has been appointed to a professorship at Aberdeen University Chilean director Raoul Ruiz has been appointed professor of film and modern thought.
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Maestro retires
Edward Gregson is to retire as principal of the Royal Northern College of Music in July 2008, after 12 years in charge. His legacy is a new library building, refurbishment of the main building and,...
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Knight of soccer
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, has named Sir Tom Farmer, founder of the Kwik-Fit chain of garages, its founding chancellor. Sir Tom, a devout Roman Catholic, was made a Knight of St Gregory,...
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Fair do's for Durham
Durham University has been awarded Fairtrade status by the Fairtrade Foundation, the charity dedicated to helping disadvantaged producers in the developing world to get a better deal for their...