Welsh research: punching above its weight
Wales does quite well from its small research base, but it can do better, says Peter Halligan
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Campus close-up: Bath Spa University
West Country campus focuses on student exchange schemes and boosting overseas intake
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CRUK plans to make Britain ¡®go-to place¡¯ for cancer research
UK cancer charity is building on ¡®monumental progress¡¯ in treating the disease with more funding for researchers
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The PhD experience: this far, and no further
Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures
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Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War, by Elisabeth Shipton
Niamh Gallagher on the women who challenged the consensus of who could serve at the front
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Skills and New Labour: inside education policymaking
Andy Westwood, former New Labour special adviser, asks what went wrong with skills policy
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Campus close-up: Coventry University
¡®Captain Cyborg¡¯ Kevin Warwick on how a new research focus and 200 extra staff can help the institution rise up the rankings
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News in brief - 20 March 2014
Research and developmentUK¡¯s spend is below EU averageBritain¡¯s spending on research and development as a proportion of gross domestic product fell in 2012, according to the latest figures. Data from...
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¡®Hard core¡¯ UCU activists urge staff to reject 2% pay offer
Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ¡®damaging defeat¡¯
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Nerc casts wide net for science funding ideas
Council to seek suggestions from industry and the public on grant award decisions
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Fraunhofer head predicts expansion of model in UK
Fraunhofer UK plans to create up to four research centres in its first five years, according to the head of the country¡¯s first centre in Glasgow
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Campus close-up: University of Leeds
Yorkshire powerhouse puts accent on interdisciplinarity, research themes and life lessons for undergraduates
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UCU 'U-turn': some members say leaders are backing off showdown
Some members have branded the University and College Union¡¯s decision to hold a series of two-hour strikes a ¡°shameful¡± attempt to scale back industrial action over this year¡¯s 1?per cent pay offer
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Essex changes tack on strike pay row
V-c acknowledges ¡®agonising¡¯ decision faced by staff over two-hour walkout
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It¡¯s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by Danah Boyd
Tara Brabazon on an attempt to capture and express the voice of young people