Grant winners
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winners: Peter Davies, Andrew Hogg and Yakun GuoInstitutions: University of Dundee, University of Bristol and University of AberdeenValue: £310...
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Going, going, gongs?
Love it or hate it, the honours system survives and is copied by many - we'd be daft not to keep it, says Adrian Furnham
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Crossing borders can lead to gold - but so can digging deep
Interdisciplinarity is beneficial, but it's not the only way to advance knowledge. Specialisation remains essential, writes Robert A. Segal
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Field rankings for Scotland
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1999-2009
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The week in higher education
The appointment of Sir Alan Sugar, star of The Apprentice, as Gordon Brown's enterprise czar was grist to the mill for David Willetts, the Conservative Shadow Universities Minister. Addressing an...
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Plan eyes incentives to help the economy
Mandelson's talk of sector raising skills in key economic areas worries leaders. John Gill reports
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Masters for less than high-flyers
Business school says poor degree results are no bar to students applying for postgraduate study
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Hefce backs off citations in favour of peer review in REF
Research assessments in hard sciences will now be 'informed' by bibliometrics. Zoe Corbyn writes
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A levels are failing students, says think-tank
Universities should assume control of A levels because the qualification no longer requires candidates to think for themselves and fails to prepare future students for tertiary education.A report...
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Pinker leads international attack on UCL's 'unjust' treatment of scholar
Letter lends support to professor suspended over charges of insubordination. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Queen's Honours gives sector reasons to cheer
The head of the standards watchdog, Peter Williams, and the retired vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, Deian Hopkin, have been honoured by the Queen.Professor Hopkin, who is a member of...
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Deficit leads to plan to shut 16 courses
One London institution eyes job cuts, while others look at losses and pay. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Publisher 'threat' to open access
Elsevier approaches v-cs about taking repositories out of universities' hands. Zoe Corbyn reports
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News in brief
Stem subjectsProject to raise numbers kicks offA £20 million programme to raise the number of students graduating in science, technology, engineering and maths is to begin this summer. Details of the...
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Daytime TV: The personal touch
Gary Day is impressed by Barbara's sales technique but depressed by a less-than-funny satire