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Natural Environment Research Council- Award winner: J.E.A. Marshall- Institution: University of Southampton- Value: £71,204The terrestrial Frasnian/Famennian mass-extinction event?- Award winner: P.A...
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Media studies is vital and valid, but Mike Kirkup says the death of Michael Jackson shows how its focus is changing
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Appointments
A former senior adviser to the Treasury, Caroline Barr, has been appointed the new head of policy at the Russell Group. As well as having held the post of senior policy adviser, Ms Barr also worked...
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Restructure or die, funding chief tells cash-hit universities
Hard times will force hard decisions as the sector is told to tighten its belt. Phil Baty reports
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Visa proposals could drive academics into arms of British rivals, UUK warns
Visa restrictions are being considered that could limit foreign academics' access to the UK, a move described as potentially "disastrous" by Universities UK.The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC),...
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Anglo-Indian MSc savaged by QAA
Audit identifies string of failures in handling of Cranfield/ICRI masters, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Ker-pow! French passion for comics crosses the Channel
Growth of specialised courses shows greater academic acceptance. Matthew Reisz reports
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Cut estates spending at your peril, sector told
Universities risk storing up problems for themselves if they surrender to the temptation to cut spending on their estates during the economic downturn.The warning was made by Rod Mallinder, secretary...
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Selfish models lose social touch
Scholar says today's universities must rediscover their responsibilities. Rebecca Attwood reports
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News in brief
Science and technology - Spin-offs see capital injectionThe Government has announced a £150 million Innovation Investment Fund to provide venture capital for science and technology spin-offs. The...
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Medics riled by tests of professional behaviour
Efforts to assess students on their 'fitness to practise' causes concern. Hannah Fearn writes
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Original features
Completed a century ago, the Glasgow School of Art recently beat the Eden Project and the Pompidou Centre to be named as the best British-designed building of the past 175 years by RIBA Journal, the...
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NHS trust chief accuses Edinburgh professor of speaking out of turn
University defends outspoken scholar's right to ask awkward questions. Melanie Newman reports
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Clouds on blue-sky horizon
Contra Lord Drayson, BIS' emphasis on applied knowledge may threaten the future of UK science, says Colin Stuart
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Daytime TV: Burning blue
Gary Day learns little about Roy Orbison, finds poetry in space and sees eternal optimism at Wimbledon