'Impact' defined: profits for publishers or advice for Sky
'Barrel scraped' as funders strive to delineate REF measure in the arts. Melanie Newman reports
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Six SFC members to decide fate of millions
The Scottish Funding Council has come under fire after overhauling the way large sums of money are allocated for knowledge-transfer and capital projects.The SFC's new investment committee, launched...
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News in brief
Knowledge transferKT pays but IP is a barrierInvestment in research and knowledge exchange pays off, according to research. A report compiled for the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Wary foreigners are in the ghetto
Culture clash sees overseas students flock together to the detriment of learning. John Morgan writes
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Daytime TV: The enemy within
Gary Day is moved by Julie Walters' superb portrayal of Mo Mowlam but finds Hamlet leaves him cold
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Top nations in physics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 1999-October 2009
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University of Sheffield - Them bones find a home
A collection of human skeletal remains is to get a new home at the University of Sheffield, thanks to £25,000 worth of donations from an alumni campaign. The new "Juvenile Developmental Osteology...
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4 February 2010
Read my lips - Truth in a discerning world
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The Imagination of Evil: Detective Fiction and the Modern World, by Mary Evans
For many readers, morbid stories reaffirm a conviction in their own morals, finds Stacy Gillis
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‘Now is the time to invest in science, not to make cuts’
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee hears warnings of danger to the future of research – and the risk of fewer scientists – if planned cuts go ahead
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London South Bank won’t honour 0.5 per cent pay deal
V-c says move is designed to avoid redundancies and believes national bargaining is ‘no longer appropriate’ for the institution
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Yale president stands up for the blue skies
Richard C. Levin says Truman-era principles have profound lessons for the future of research funding. Phil Baty reports
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The insecure scholar: No more Mr Cellophane
As one contract ends, a fresh determination forms to become a departmental fixture in the future
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Sector faces £10 million fine for over-recruitment
Hefce announces penalty for breaching student cap and reveals where First Secretary’s axe will fall. Melanie Newman reports
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Undergraduate places to fall by 3,000-4,000
The Government’s decision to withdraw the 10,000 extra places offered last year will see overall recruitment drop for 2010-11, despite an increase in applicants. Rebecca Attwood reports