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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHAward winner: Elizabeth MillerInstitution: Health Protection AgencyValue: £179,994Assessment of baseline age-specific antibody prevalence and incidence of...
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A higher calling
Renate Simpson has employed 'outstanding detective work' in her lifelong study of postgraduate education
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Appointments
Ian Diamond, chief executive of the Economic and Social Research Council, has been announced as the next principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Aberdeen. Professor Diamond, a social...
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Rankings 09: Asia advances
America's superpower status is slipping as other countries' efforts to join the global elite begin to pay dividends. Phil Baty reports
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Sponsor's message
To mark the worldwide launch of the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic, Pearson is proud to sponsor the 2009 Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings
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Rankings 09: Talking points
The World University Rankings are compiled using a mixture of quantitative indicators and informed opinion
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Rankings 09: The winning spirit
Harry Lewis reflects on how Harvard's unique ethos, constructive confusion and unreconciled tensions ensure its continuing success
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Rankings 09: Areas of expertise
Universities in East Asia are showing strength even in the humanities, a subject in which they traditionally have fared poorly
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Rankings 09: Beacons of excellence
UK Universities are highly regarded around the world. They must not allow complacency to set in and endanger their enviable position, says David Lammy
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Rankings 09: Measures matter
Rankings are here to stay - the challenge is to make them more accurate and useful, argue Jamil Salmi and Roberta Malee Bassett
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Overseas briefing
United StatesNo sex please, we're room-matesStudents at Tufts University in Boston have been banned from having sex in undergraduate halls of residence while their room-mates are in. A spokeswoman...
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The sleeping giant is rising to challenge global order
India's increasing productivity may lead to a 'new geography' of research worldwide. Phil Baty reports
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Top countries in space sciences
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999 through June 2009
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The week in higher education
He has demonstrated a fondness for luxury in the past - not least on summer holidays in Corfu - but now it has emerged that Lord Mandelson also has very expensive taste in watches. The First...
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UK boosts standing but Asian countries 'snap at our heels'
US dominance slips, UK improves position but China and Korea close the gap, writes Phil Baty