Small research stars deploy RAE gains to shine brighter
The pockets of excellence picked out last year are putting their windfalls to good use, Zoe Corbyn finds
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David Phillips Fellowships/Research Development Fellowships/Professorial Fellowships
Deadline: 16/11/2006
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Contractual errors 1
Elizabeth Barlow is indeed one of the lucky ones ("Life for PhD students is on the up", August 11). The Roberts review may have benefited researchers in the sciences and engineering and social...
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Chemical bonding in the pool
Polly Arnold is happy to have traded MIT's 24-hour stress for Scottish teamwork. Olga Wojtas reports
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There's the rub...
A postgraduate student, a postdoc and a professor find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a genie emerges in a puff of smoke. The genie says: "I usually grant only three wishes, so I'll give each...
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Long academic holidays 'a myth'
Many academics take only two weeks' holiday a year, according to a Loughborough University academic who says it is 15 years since he had more than a fortnight's leave. Russ Bowman, professor of...
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Who got that job?
Michael Willis, chemistry lecturer, Chemical Research Laboratory, department of chemistry, Oxford University. Job advertised in The Times Higher , June 16, 2006 After two weeks of unpacking and...
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PhDs fail to sell their skills to employers
Postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers are failing to make employers aware of their skills, according to analysis carried out by the UK Grad programme. UK Grad presented a new meta-analysis of...
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Cancer charity to partner research
Cancer Research UK is planning to fund a network of 20 research centres in British universities over the next two years, writes Melanie Newman. The centres will focus on research into the disease and...
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Academics fear PhD quality is slipping
Staff say that pressures to get more students through quickly are harming standards. Phil Baty reports
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Sexing up the science
Journals want 'no ifs and buts' research, but Tim Birkhead wants honesty
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Particle-perfect
James Stirling relishes his return to research as he anticipates the dawn of a new golden era of particle physics
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It's the faculty, stupid!
Officials must not forget that staff are responsible for a university's success, says Philip G. Altbach
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Physicists fail to stall cuts despite subject review
Physicists and astronomers battling with their research council over plans to cut funding heard this week that there would be no reprieve while the Government-initiated Wakeham review of physics...
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Teaching: Superficiality breeds contempt
Tim Birkhead challenges a state of affairs where academics are too busy chasing research grants to inspire their students