Research councils to give users more say
Greater emphasis on 'economic impact' raises fears for basic and blue-skies research. Phil Baty reports. When you are spending £2.6 billion of taxpayers' money a year, it is crucial to convince the...
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Business acumen will bring third-stream funding payout
Universities that engage the most with businesses will see "significant" increases in state funding for knowledge transfer after proposals by Lord Sainsbury, the former Science Minister, were...
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BRDL reports fraud
Birmingham Research and Development (BRDL), a trading subsidiary of Birmingham University that deals with the commercialisation of academic research, has uncovered a serious fraud in its financial...
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UK scientist gets Nobel
Sir Martin Evans, a British stem-cell scientist based at Cardiff University, has won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Sir Martin, the first scientist to identify embryonic stem cells, was one of...
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Hybrid embryo rethink
The Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill is to be revised to propose that all forms of human-animal hybrid embryos, made by mixing human and animal sex cells, be permitted to be created for research...
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Scots engineers unite
A £50 million graduate school for engineers is to be created by four Scottish universities. The Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering - a joint venture between the universities of Strathclyde,...
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UHI's European bonus
UHI Millennium Institute is to have access to up to £21 million in European funding over the next seven years to help it strengthen its role as a driver of economic growth in the region. Research...
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Good neighbours?
Research on the economic effects of higher education institutions on their regions was launched this week by the Economic and Social Research Council. The £3 million, three-year project will involve...
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'We must work hard at letting people see the opportunities'
Profile: Gerald Pillay Vice-chancellor, Liverpool Hope University. There can't be many academics who have been appointed to a post only to be told that they can't live anywhere near their new...
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Glam-orous adventure
Freshers arriving at Glamorgan University this week are being helped to settle in with a "student experience simulation". "GlamStart" is a web- based game available to all new students, which...
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Bolton's 'wonder' bra
A breast-screening "smart bra" that allows users to detect breast cancer at the earliest stage is being developed by the Centre for Materials Research and Innovation at Bolton University. Elias...
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Scuba louts critiqued
Women are more responsible scuba divers than men, according to a Hull University study. Mandy Shackleton, a masters student from the university's Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences, said...
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Studying inhumanities
Sheffield University is launching a new centre for the study of genocide. The Sheffield Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence will have an interdisciplinary approach, and its concerns...
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Stellar effort unveiled
A new catalogue of stars, believed to be the most accurate ever, has been published as the result of a decade's research by a Cambridge University academic, giving the distances to almost 118,000...
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Student library visits fall 20 per cent in a decade
Study pinpoints need to adapt facilities to reflect increased IT use and project work. Chloe Stothart reports. Universities will have to invest heavily in revamping their library facilities, it was...