The appliance of extra science is no economic panacea
Analysis finds no correlation between number of STEM graduates and growth. John Morgan reports
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Students raise the stakes on whether they make the grade
Academics worried that their students are spending too much time in the pub and not enough in the library might consider pointing them in the direction of the betting shop.Responding to news of the...
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Forum calls on lovers of verse to find muse in genomics
Shall I compare thee to some DNA? Or to paraphrase Wordsworth: "Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: Genomics hath need of thee."Biologist bards have been invited to take inspiration from...
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Alternative medicine council ousts critic
'Ofquack' dismisses professor who claims 'reflexology is bollocks'. Paul Jump reports
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A bridge too far? Western life sciences and chinese medicine 'ludicrous' bedfellows
David Colquhoun has poured scorn on a vacancy advertised by the University of Westminster for a systems biologist with an interest in "bridging the gap between Western life sciences and Chinese...
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It's in the stars: new grade spurs good students to do even better
Admission-offer data suggest A* A level is an incentive to work harder. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Hotlines, Help signs and hello minister A-level results day at UCAS
Standing in front of a bustling Universities and Colleges Admissions Service call centre in Cheltenham, David Willetts is being quizzed by Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy via a live...
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Durham lifts veil on plight of student held in Iran
Fears over health of PhD candidate lead institution to abandon discreet strategy. Simon Baker writes
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Edinburgh creates record number of spin-offs
In a move that defies the chilly financial climate, a Scottish university has set a new record for the number of spin-off companies it helped to establish.During 2009-10, the University of Edinburgh...
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Aim for best in regional show to win the international recruitment prize
Study suggests universities need to 'develop a niche' to attract applicants. Hannah Fearn reports
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Daytime TV: The art of the word
What makes a novelist? Irritability? Unhappiness? Gary Day wonders whether in future it will matter
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National rankings in materials science
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-April 2010
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Another Bumper Holiday Special
Hope you're finding time between Clearing duties to relish our new Holiday Special series, in which we invite leading figures from "the Poppleton scene" to tell us about their vacation adventures....
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Point of impact
Researchers need the freedom to take risks, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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