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ChinaA most inventive nationChina is set to patent more inventions than any other nation by 2012 if current trends continue. In the 20 years after the country's Patent Law took effect in 1985, China...
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Digital pirates cause havoc in academic publishing
Self-styled 'crusaders' find a receptive audience for illegal copies of textbooks. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTThe Leverhulme Trustees have announced the results of the 2008 competition for Philip Leverhulme Prizes. These prizes, with a value of £70,000 each, are awarded to young scholars...
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The rights stuff
Globetrotting lecturer Alice Edwards has won a major prize for her research into legal responses to violence against women
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Appointments
Jonathan Breckon has joined the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as director of policy and public affairs. Having previously headed up the policy and public affairs team at the Royal...
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In deep water? He can help to engineer your rescue
Olga Wojtas meets an engineering lecturer who has doubled as a volunteer lifeboatman for 20 years
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Honours for the sector's movers and scholars
John Gill on the New Year's awards recognising work in leadership, policy, research and industry links
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No case to answer as misconduct claim halted
Misconduct allegations against a senior academic whose fitness to practise was called into question after a marking row at De Montfort University have been thrown out.The disciplinary procedures...
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On the origin of sharing and its role in Tory view of a fairer society
David Willetts wants a debate on the evolutionary role of co-operation. Melanie Newman reports
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Love could be the death of women's life in research
UUK says mobility requirements can force female scientists to quit careers for family. John Gill writes
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Original features
Although less well known than its namesake in Cambridge, the chapel of King's College London is a Grade I listed building designed by the eminent Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott.It was...
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Muffins hold the key to victory
Rebecca Attwood hears about student union campaigns that have scored notable successes
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20 years ago
Next week, the Treasury will be told the full extent of a multimillion-pound deficit that universities claim has been caused by its moving the goalposts. The University Grants Committee (UGC) has...
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News in brief
ScotlandTime to talk about top-up feesTop-up fees could be about to become an attractive idea for Scotland, according to one of the country's education chiefs. David Caldwell, director of...
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High time for co-operation
In a turbulent year, says Bill Wakeham, academic unions should join forces with institutions to survive the downturn