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Social and Behavioural Studies
Deadline: 30/07/2001
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Why we think health researchers should be made publicly accountable
The Harold Shipman inquiry and other high-profile cases have brought proposals for changes to make medical professionals more accountable to the government and the public. Such cases have called into...
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To go big, go private
Only the market can give the UK the higher education sector it wants, says Geoffrey Alderman. If higher education in Britain is to expand to meet national recruitment targets and training needs...
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For the record
From lab demonstrator to vice-chancellor Kel Fidler (pictured) has been appointed vice-chancellor of Northumbria University. The professor of electronics at the University of York will take over from...
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Stay up to date the (e)asy way
Alison McNab looks at the best e-solutions for keeping pace with news, research and publications without spending hours scouring the internet. Online access to primary and secondary sources...
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The tonic is in the trees
Ecologist Jingyun Fang brought a new urgency to his studies when he learnt that his home town had suffered a damaging change in climate. My home town is a small, poor village called Anqing, located...
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Cutting edge
If doctors could understand the link between strokes and brain damage, they might be in a position to develop a treatment Imagine waking up one morning unable to move major parts of your body. This...
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Star Turn: Malcolm Parry
David Mosford talks to a charismatic Welshman who wants to see architecture in vogue Malcolm Parry does not believe in teaching. This may seem odd coming from someone who is head of the Welsh...
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Commonwealth bid to promote scholarships to African colleges
Forget Princeton or the Sorbonne - British students will have more opportunities to study at African universities if plans being discussed among Commonwealth student-mobility specialists come to...
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Elite push frontiers in widening access
Harmonica playing could prove as effective as good A-level scores in securing a place at the United Kingdom's most prestigious higher education institutions. The European Access Network, which is...
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'BSE lessons not learnt'
Crucial lessons from the BSE crisis have not been learnt by the government, Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, a former member of the BSE inquiry committee, has warned. Scientific expertise remained untapped by...
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Oxford and Imperial lead in the spin-off age
Oxford University was crowned the most innovative university in Britain in a business competition last week, with Imperial College, London, coming a close second. Dundee was awarded best emerging...
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Journals rebellion in need of support
Librarians and scholars who have been setting up non-commercial alternatives to high-priced journals say more academics need to join the fight to achieve a more balanced marketplace. In recent years...
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Values crushed by compulsion
In trying to push the indifferent to to get a degree, we degrade the university system, Frank Furedi argues. This month's Universities UK statement on widening participation indicates that the...