From where I sit - Strategic limitations
What makes some special convocations at the University of Delhi more "special" than others? A few are special because of the occasion they commemorate - as in 1948, when, as part of its silver...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence - Sailor made for a crisis
RAEng captain defends CSR stance and tells Paul Jump about science's economic responsibilities
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Give it to us straight
The coalition must admit the downsides of its reforms, demands Kevin Fong
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Leader: Short-term relief, long-term grief
UUK's readiness to toe the government line ignores the troubling questions at the heart of the coalition's proposals
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News in Brief
CanadaCheers for 310 new chairsA C$5.6 million (£173 million) injection of funds for science and technology research aims to put Canada among the world leaders in those fields. Tony Clement, the...
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Older, wiser, jobless: US adults drawn by degrees
Jon Marcus reports from Seattle on efforts to coax mature students via credit for career experience
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Grant Winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILStarting Grant CompetitionAlmost €580 million (£491 million) has been awarded by the ERC in its third Starting Grant Competition. The awards of up to €2 million each are...
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Blogconfidential: Should I stay or should I go?
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Should I stay or should I go?
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Appointments
University of HullTina OvertonA professor of chemistry education who left "boring" industry for academia has been elected president of the education division at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)....
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Campus round-up
Institute of EducationTake care with their educationMany young people who have been in care fail to get to university because of "an overriding lack of support". A five-country study, led by...
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Odds and quads
This striking black costume was used in The Brilliant and the Dark, a cantata for female voices composed for the National Federation of Women's Institutes by Australian composer Malcolm Williamson to...
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Capital pains: axe to fall as BIS plans to share the losses
Minister expects 44% cut to be shared equally across department's portfolio. Paul Jump writes
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Peer welcomes Browne lead but demands watchdog be let off leash
QAA reform needed to ensure that fees and quality rise in step, Lord Willis tells Rebecca Attwood
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The Week in Higher Education
Fresh from alienating thousands of students and schoolchildren with its plans for higher tuition fees, the coalition government now finds itself with another foe: Miss England. Jessica Linley, who is...