Bursaries put Oxford in touch
Oxford University is hoping to attract a different class of rugby player with a new bursary aimed at rugby league fans, writes Caroline Davis. Ian Lenagan, originally from Wigan, who studied at...
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Most PhDs desert academe
More than half of UK PhD students quit academia for industry as soon as they get their qualifications, according to the first-ever detailed report on the early careers of those with doctorates. While...
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'The show is a bit naughty, makes people laugh and is memorable'
After a day in the university lecture theatre, Chris Smith takes to the airwaves as the Naked Scientist. By day, Chris Smith is a clinical lecturer and specialist registrar in virology at Cambridge...
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On the move...
Health Professions Wales has appointed Hilary Neagle its chief executive. She was head of human resources at the National Health Service Wales. * Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh has...
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NHSU may lose its bid for title
The Wells review could stifle university status plans. Anna Fazackerley and Claire Sanders report. The National Health Service may be forced to abandon its bid for a university title for its planned...
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Net gain
Stirling University's Institute of Aquaculture this week celebrated 25 years of cooperation with the Bangladesh Agricultural University. The institute, backed by the UK Department of International...
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Oxford budget limits undermine quality status
Oxford University lacks the income to maintain its world-class status, John Hood, the institution's new vice-chancellor warned this week. Dr Hood, who this week replaced Sir Colin Lucas, said in his...
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HAS POSTMODERNISM DESTROYED SOCIAL SCIENCE? Max Steuer and Ed Soja battle it out COMING SOON ICT in ÌÇÐÄVlog supplement
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Degree washed out
Swansea Institute of ÌÇÐÄVlog has scrapped a degree in surf and beach management, it was revealed this week. The course had effectively been branded "Mickey Mouse" this year at a teachers'...
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Nobel winners
Academics from the US have dominated this week's Nobel Prizes, accounting for six of the eight joint winners in the three categories announced. The physiology or medicine prize was awarded to Richard...
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DNA pioneer dies
Maurice Wilkins, who helped unlock the double helix structure of DNA together with Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin, has died aged 88. He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1962. Stephen...
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Harm reduction
Scientists and policy-makers will this week to discuss whether terrorists could use the results of life-science research to engineer deadly viruses. The summit, "Do No Harm: Reducing the Potential...
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Just ask for cash
UK universities must stop thinking it is wrong to ask for donations and become far more active fundraisers, Malcolm Grant, president and provost of University College London, said this week at the...
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The one who stayed and the one who left
Stewart Barr graduated with a 2:1 from Exeter University's geography department in 1998. He then completed a PhD on waste management and was well placed to go into the commercial sector, but chose to...
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Contract staff laid off in preparation for EU law
Fears are growing that universities may lay off academics on casual contracts rather than give them the permanent jobs to which they are entitled under European regulations. Universities have until...