A fine balance - but not all can manage it
Study says department heads are a mix of jugglers, strugglers and copers. Melanie Newman reports
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STFC could lose oversight of international links
Responsibility for subscriptions to international facilities could be taken out of the hands of the Science and Technology Facilities Council and given to central government.The shift is being...
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UHI's principal aims to deliver a healthy next-generation university
James Fraser wants more cash to benefit students constrained by geography. Olga Wojtas reports
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Odds and quads
Although it was his polymath brother Frederick who was known as Britain's answer to Leonardo da Vinci, George Lanchester was an eminent engineer in his own right.He hand-whittled this striking...
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'Wow' students to maintain the library's central position
Professor calls for radical rethink to give 'digital natives' what they need. Matthew Reisz writes
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New Year Honours 2010
The following figures from higher education have been recognised in this year’s list:Knights BachelorRobert George Burgess. Vice-chancellor, University of Leicester. For services to local and...
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Grant winners: Hot Papers from India
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1999-31 August 2009
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A good shepherd guides gently
Graeme Harper says postgraduates need good supervisors, but they also need more recognition from universities and the GovernmentWhat makes a good supervisor? Do you want a no-holds-barred answer? OK...
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Battered but unbowed
Bahram Bekhradnia discusses his experiences as an observer of Palestine's universities. Despite the manifold dangers posed by the Israeli occupation, they continue to succeed against the odds unbowed
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Journey of the sole - My Eureka moment
A photography student's holiday snaps and a trip to the traffic-free streets of Mozambique led Caroline Knowles to embark on a project tracing the route to market of the common plastic flip-flop
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Don’t allow ‘climate of fear’ to develop
NUS calls for calm as investigations at UCL continue into radical Islam claims. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Podcasts can lead us into the world of Supervision 2.0
The new decade offers exciting technological developments that can transform our learning environment and bring multiple benefits to all university students
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A serious turn makes a smart fit
Effort to squeeze maths into problem of parallel parking earns praise. Zoë Corbyn reports
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The insecure scholar: The calm before the storm
It’s difficult to relax and enjoy the holidays with unemployment looming ever closer.
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Opinion: The spectre at the lecture
As he was wrapping up for the year, Peter Slater witnessed a disturbing vision of the future