Focus on deliverables concerns scientists
Poll reveals science's frustration over Government's concentration on economic outcomes of research. Zoe Corbyn reports. Most scientists think the Government, research councils and universities are...
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Government is open to investing in space flight
The UK could become involved in both human space flight and launching small rockets in the future, it was predicted this week amid signs that the Government is softening its opposition to investment...
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Academic peers
Nicholas Stern, a professor of economics and government at the London School of Economics, and Haleh Afshar, a professor of politics and women's studies at York University, are to be appointed to the...
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EU rewards law expert
The European Union has granted Panos Koutrakos, professor of European Union law at Bristol University, a Jean Monnet chair in EU law. It is worth at least £45,000 over a three-year period.
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Arctic watch
An international team of researchers, including members from the UK, has launched a website to track how climate change is affecting the Arctic. Entitled the "Report Card", it is co-ordinated by the...
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College collaboration
Canterbury Christ Church University is backing plans by Thanet College to build a new £43 million campus on land adjacent to the university's Broadstairs campus in East Kent. The university said the...
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Welsh eco-champion
Cardiff University said this week that its recent creation of departmental "eco-champions" has already paid dividends. In the first six months of 2007 the university's gas consumption fell 15 per...
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MRC chief defended
The Government has rejected the Science and Technology Committee's criticisms of the Medical Research Council's chairman, saying this week it has "every confidence in Sir John Chisholm". The...
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Free speech wins the day
Students at the University of East Anglia have rejected the National Union of Students' policy of excluding organisations perceived to be racist or fascist from campus debates. The "no platform"...
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Cancer charity to partner research
Cancer Research UK is planning to fund a network of 20 research centres in British universities over the next two years, writes Melanie Newman. The centres will focus on research into the disease and...
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Anglia v-c rallies troops
A vice-chancellor has written to his staff urging them to respond "pretty smartly" to a newspaper league table that placed their university at the bottom. In an e-mail message sent out following the...
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Music made for the flipside of The X Factor
Profile - Johnny Marr visiting professor, Salford University. "Absolutely" is Johnny Marr's deadpan response when asked if he wants to be known as "professor", writes Tariq Tahir. It is perhaps...
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Arts get a boost
Canterbury Christ Church and Greenwich universities are using a public library to house course material for students at the joint University Centre Folkestone. The universities are buying books, CDs...
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Nuclear advance
Lancaster University has created a new chair in nuclear decommissioning. The chair is supported by the Lloyd's Register Educational Trust, a charity that funds advances in transportation, science,...
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Forensic science coup
Teesside University is to run a career development scheme for forensic scientists within the Metropolitan Police Service. The five-year contract will involve training for approximately 800 staff.