Creativity of two cultures
Scientists can be just as imaginative and intuitive as poets, and expressive writing allows both to unlock valuable insights, says David Morley. Creative reading is the open secret of creative...
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A global calamity the world forgot
The flu pandemic of 1918-19 claimed at least 50 million lives, yet only recently has its devastation and aftermath been studied. Guy Beiner examines a strange case of worldwide amnesia In 1918 and...
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What's a smile worth?
The Government wants to cut welfare costs by improving people's mental health, but academics have questions about the proposed ways and means. Nic Paton reports A central tenet of the Government's...
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Today's news
University heads warn of £10,000-a-year tuition fees Tuition fees for undergraduates in England will have to rise to £6,000 a year or more to cover teaching costs, according to a Guardian survey of...
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Fellowships
Deadline: 02/03/2007
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Latest research news
Skull shows possible human-Neanderthal link A 40,000-year-old skull found in a Romanian cave shows traits of both modern humans and Neanderthals and might prove the two interbred, researchers...
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Today's news
City names new vice-chancellor City University yesterday announced that Malcolm Gillies, from the Australian National University, will become its next vice-chancellor. Professor Gillies, currently...
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Today's news
Johnson criticised over university funding New universities have accused the Government of favouring research over teaching in the latest round of funding allocations, prompting warnings that the...
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Research Fellowships
Deadline: 22/02/2007
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Industrial Fellowships
Deadline: 25/01/2007
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International collaborative grants
Deadline: 01/03/2007
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Michael Faraday Prize (1986)
Deadline: 21/02/2007
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Today's news
Parents pay £4,000 in top-up fees of their own Parents are spending an average of £4,000 a year per child to help to keep their offspring at university. The money is spent on top-up fees,...
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Hands off those joysticks
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