I swear I like taboos
Swearing, epithets and other linguistic taboos are a fascinating yet poorly understood aspect of language, and I have yet to meet a person who isn't intensely curious about the phenomenon. The topic...
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Cheat challenge
Sunny Bains's way forward in dealing with plagiarism cases offers a new slant on handling such offences (Opinion, February 16). However, I find it a trifle naive that an academic department should...
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LSE does not brag
None of the academic staff at the department of government at the LondonSchool of Economics would seriously claim that we are "the best in the UK, no question" (Peep's Diary, February 16). Nor have I...
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Research Grant Schemes
Deadline: 03/04/2007
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Industry Fellowships Scheme
Deadline: 20/04/2007
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Project Grants
Deadline: 11/04/2007
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PUST: small awards scheme
Deadline: 13/04/2007
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Summer Student Scholarships
Deadline: 13/04/2007
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Wolfson Research Merit Awards
Deadline: 12/04/2007
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Does your boss need a spell in prison?
If you have ever thought your vice-chancellor could benefit from a stint behind bars, it just could be about to happen. In a development programme launched by the Leadership Foundation for Higher...
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'My job is to explain the findings and how they'll influence people's lives'
Dorothy Crawford aims to use her new role at Edinburgh to raise public understanding of key medical discoveries Edinburgh University, which has one of the UK's oldest medical schools, has hundreds of...
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On the move...
* Leeds University has appointed: David Cameron , former lecturer at Edinburgh University, director of the National Cancer Research Network and chair of medical oncology; Catherine Karkov , formerly...
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Clinton enters degree dispute
US postgraduate takes lengthy grievance against LBS to the highest levels. Faisal al Yafai reports It started as a routine, if not typical, student complaint: postgraduate Lawrence McCann was unhappy...
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Holocaust experts slam inaction on flawed thesis by Birmingham
Two renowned Holocaust scholars have rounded on Birmingham University for its decision to stand by a "flawed" PhD thesis that argues that a prominent survivor of Hitler's death camps could have been...
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Musical detective and case of the ode
Fans of Henry Purcell, one of the greatest British composers, may be shocked to learn that much of one of his best-loved works was written by someone else. Detective work by Rebecca Herissone, a...