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Academic boycottUCU votes on shunning of SussexThe University and College Union has called a ballot on what it calls the "ultimate sanction" against a university where job cuts are planned. Union...
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Vince Cable's criticism of vice-chancellors' pay last week prompted lively debate online.One reader writes: "The business secretary ought to get his targets right. Although v-cs do earn a lot in...
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTBasic sciencesAward winner: Karl EvansInstitution: University of SheffieldValue: £136,403Can climate change induce trophic mismatches that reduce orchid reproduction?Award winner...
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Unified theory: the academy, united, can never be defeated
As cuts bite, it would be easy for the sector to fragment. But, Keith Burnett argues, it must reject such pressures and work collectively to navigate the storm
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Windows shut on curiosity
Gavin Brown laments the disappearance of the basic programming languages, all but absent in the modern PC
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Daytime TV: Heavenly voices
There are some musical moments that make Gary Day forget class and everything else
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Field rankings for Germany
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999–December 2009
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Cranfield University - Water work
A new project aims to ensure that everyone can get water on tap at all times, at the correct pressure and no matter what may happen along the way. Combining mathematics and risk analysis, the two-...
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Brunel University - Flowery speech
A windproof umbrella and a desktop plant that blooms in response to people's voices are among innovations being showcased at an annual event for design and engineering graduates. The Made in Brunel...
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University of Sheffield - Hot male bodies needed
Hot males are in high demand among female damselflies, scientists have discovered. Researchers from the University of Sheffield used thermographic imaging and high-speed photography to study the...
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Central Lancashire/Birmingham - Energy of youth
Parents left infuriated by teenagers who leave lights on will soon have academic research to back up their case. Computer scientists at the University of Central Lancashire and the University of...
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Odds and quads
In the year 616, Aethelfrith, King of Northumbria, defeated a Welsh army at the Battle of Chester and slaughtered the monks, at nearby Bangor-Is-Coed, who had been praying for his defeat. This...
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Making the unmeasurable visible: philosophers unite to fight back
Threat to discipline stems from an obsession with productivity, argue scholars. Matthew Reisz reports
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By their graduate attributes shall ye know them
In the past students have tended to be identified by their unkempt hair, scruffy clothes and rucksacks full of dog-eared reference books.Now, plans are afoot to ensure that graduates of one Scottish...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesNot seeing the big pictureMost students rule out colleges based on the upfront cost of tuition fees without considering how much financial aid they may receive, a survey in the US has...