Discourse and discourtesy
Conferences should be occasions for sharing and engagement, but Charles Husband too often sees only selfish and impolite behaviour
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Jack Pridham, 1929-2012
A leading plant biochemist who delighted in scientific outreach - and practical jokes - has died.Jack Pridham was born on May 1929 and educated at Thornbury Grammar School in Gloucestershire, where...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
Imperial College LondonBugs check in but don't check outA centre for the study of some of the world's most life-threatening bacterial infections has been launched. The Medical Research Council Centre...
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Research intelligence - The prodigal returns to open arms
Impact makes Australian comeback after successful UK tour. Paul Jump reports
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Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities, by Howard P. Segal
Utopianism is in a bad way. Stalin’s Soviet Union, Hitler’s Germany and Pol Pot’s Kampuchea are regularly disinterred as terrifying examples of humanity’s attempts to actualise ideal societies, with...
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Record donation to support poorest Oxford undergraduates
The University of Oxford has received a record £75 million donation that will be used to support disadvantaged undergraduates.
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No U-turn ahead on overseas students, says Green
The immigration minister has told a cross-party group of MPs that any reports suggesting that the government will remove international students from net migration figures are not true.
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Animal use in experiments continues to rise
The number of animals used in scientific research in the UK rose by 2 per cent last year, figures from the Home Office show.
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You only live twice: Bond girl's painful journey to time renewed
An academic psychologist has joined forces with a former Bond girl and her film director husband to create a television documentary about the after-effects of brain injury.
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Framework 7 goes out with an €8 billion bang
The European Union will tomorrow launch a call for bids for €8.1 billion (£6.4 billion) in research funding as part of the final year of its Framework 7 programme.
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Decline and fall: Ucas confirms big drop in applications
University applications by English students have dropped by 10 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
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Inside Higher Ed: Google at the gates
By Steve Kolowich for Inside Higher Ed
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New powers of refusal announced for student visas
The government has announced plans to give border staff new powers to refuse international students a visa as part of a programme of targeted interviews for applicants.
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Cornwall revisits local authority funding link
Students in Cornwall could receive up to £3,000 each from their county council to support their university studies in a first for local authorities under current funding arrangements.