Helping the mummies return
Female academics returning to work after maternity leave face particular problems, but innovative return-to-work programmes are on the increase. Harriet Swain reports First the good news: about 70...
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Reports of the death of journalism are exaggerated, says Adrian Monck, who sees a new generation employing new tools to speak truth to power Does journalism have a future? It's a question I hear more...
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London Met 'wasted' £250K of public funds
Academic union leaders have urged funding chiefs to intervene after claims that London Metropolitan University has "wasted" £250,000 of public money on fighting and losing an employment appeal...
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Study 'deserts' blight UK
Core science and language subjects are disappearing altogether from some regions, Anthea Lipsett writes. Swaths of the country are at risk of turning into "deserts" in which the study of key academic...
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Cuts creating science and languages 'blackspots' Some UK universities cannot offer students courses in key subject areas such as core sciences and modern languages, according to two reports released...
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Human skin is a zoo of bacteria, scientists say The first detailed survey of the microbial "zoo" living on the human body has found far more species than expected, with a significant proportion being...
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Students better off despite fees, says research The latest intake of students at English universities will be better off financially than previous generations who did not have to pay the new £3,000-a...
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Media Fellowships
Deadline: 18/04/2007
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Senior Research Grants
Deadline: 01/05/2007
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University to ban gay marriages on campus The heads of a university closely aligned to the Church of England plan to ban civil partnership ceremonies on campus. The vice-chancellor, chair of...
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European Collaborative Research Projects in the Social Sciences
Deadline: 27/04/2007
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Daiwa Adrian Prizes
Deadline: 05/02/2007
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Open Funding Programme
Deadline: 29/06/2007
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Technology Development Research Initiative - Call 2
Deadline: 28/03/2007
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Students return to Lebanese university Police and soldiers ringed a university today as students returned for the first time since a political spat in the cafeteria mushroomed into street riots that...