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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
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Top nations in neuroscience and behaviour by citation impact
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1999-2009
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The week in higher education
Trendy teaching is producing a generation of "history numbskulls", according to an informal study by an academic at Cardiff University. Over three years, Derek Matthews, a professor of economics,...
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Purdah imposed on vote-sensitive work
Academics decry ESRC's pre-election silencing as restriction on freedom. Melanie Newman reports
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V-cs say extra money is 'essential' to support any rise in student numbers
Vice-chancellors have urged Lord Mandelson not to undermine the unit of resource by expanding student numbers without extra funding. The warning follows a proposal put to the First Secretary that, if...
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Quango cuts put Hefce in danger
Talk of abolition has provoked a spirited defence of the funding council, says Melanie Newman
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Drayson says REF will give points for public outreach
Hefce is taking note of Government's new view of academic performance. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Official: scientists no longer need fear the press
The days when science was blighted by a press interested only in "scare stories" are over, according to the Science Minister.Most coverage of science by the media is now balanced, accurate and...
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Clout of business department will boost sector, committee head says
But higher education will not get dedicated parliamentary scrutiny. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Pas de deux
The splendour of Blackpool Tower ballroom provides a backdrop to Vanessa Toulmin and Philip Esler, chief executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Professor Toulmin, research director of...