Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly joins University of the Arts London
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News in brief - 24 July 2014
Student visasLords’ plea for rethink rebuffedThe chair of the Lords Science and Technology Committee has expressed disappointment that the government is unwilling to review its immigration policies....
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Multidisciplinary departments: do they work?
Tim Hall describes staff and student experiences of interdisciplinary mergers, including an awkward departmental ‘speed date’
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Science: The view from industry
The Technology Foresight Programme is only a stage in a debate which must widen on how science's role in society can best be developed, says George Poste Government desires to develop science and...
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Nanotechnology centre stage at Innovate 2006, UK Technology Strategy Board's annual conference
London, 2 November 2006 A new era with a complete network of 22 Nanotechnology Centres linking up across the UK will be officially ushered in at a networking reception to be held today at the...
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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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Report on the Commission communication on Life sciences and biotechnology - A Strategy for Europe
Brussels, 05 Nov 2002 FINAL A5-0359/2002 23 October 2002 REPORT on the Commission communication on Life sciences and biotechnology - A Strategy for Europe Full text [...] What is the action plan? The...
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Sabbaticals: no longer so open-ended or available?
Five academics detail how taking leave of the grind has turbocharged their work – but can everyone get a break?
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Beagle 2 leads the way for UK strategy in space
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 The UK science minister, Lord Sainsbury, unveiled his government's latest three year space strategy on 16 December, describing the Beagle 2 lander built for the European Mars...
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Beagle 2 leads the way for UK strategy in space
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 The UK science minister, Lord Sainsbury, unveiled his government's latest three year space strategy on 16 December, describing the Beagle 2 lander built for the European Mars...
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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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Prevent language death
In June 2013, the University of Salford announced that it would close its modern languages department. Following the local University and College Union branch’s resolution to support colleagues...
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Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan, by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
Roger Morgan lauds a biography charting Labour statesman’s rise from a colliery to the Cabinet
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Government defends innovation policy
The government has defended its innovation policy after criticisms that the lack of a coherent strategy was harming UK business.
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Industry told to get more adventurous
A study of venture capital in the United States over three decades estimates it now accounts for 20 per cent of total innovative effort and the impact of every venture dollar on patenting is five...