Uclan Cyprus campus project
Pension fund that invested £16 million in project at centre of kickbacks case. John Morgan writes

Pension fund that invested £16 million in project at centre of kickbacks case. John Morgan writes

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We speak to the director of the genomics platform at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

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National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Nadine FosterInstitution: Keele UniversityValue: £1,179,586Stratified care for patients with sciatica and...

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In Germany as elsewhere, says Brian Bloch, the economic crisis has shown the limitations of neoclassical economics

A government delegation has been inspired by British funding bodies
Re the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“Reforms seen as ‘radical attack’ on pensions”, News, 18 September): in non-academic terms we are getting done over royally.This is...
In the news story “Plymouth defends ‘£150K spend on seven chairs’ ” (timeshighereducation.co.uk, 20 September), David Coslett, Plymouth University’s deputy vice-chancellor, argues that new...
I have the greatest respect for my colleague Dame Ann Dowling, but I wonder if industry is being entirely straight with her when it claims to need double the current number of graduate engineers (“...