Grant winners 鈥 3 December 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 3 December 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Germaine Greer: having her speak at Cardiff University was the right thing to do
The eminent scholar鈥檚 views are controversial, says v-c Colin Riordan, but providing a forum for debate is core to universities鈥 mission
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TEF may open door to student litigation
I was interested to read the outcome of the litigation initiated by a student who claimed that the teaching she had received in her two-year MSc course in nutritional therapy at the University of...
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In magic we trust
I currently live in Manchester and have read a lot in the newspapers about a 鈥渕iracle material鈥 called graphene. I was therefore interested to read that a grant has been awarded for a research...
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Governing diversity
We could not agree more that women are most affected by workaholic cultures, but our evidence shows that diversity is a concern for governors (鈥淔emale academic leaders suffer more from 鈥榳orkaholic鈥...
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Emeritus perks
It would be easy to moan about emeritus status, citing numerous complaints about poor facilities and the absence of engagement with younger colleagues and students, but even with these caveats it is...
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Asset sharing
I note with interest the publication of the Science and Technology Committee report on the science budget 鈥 and your coverage of its recommendations on the underuse of major facilities (鈥淣ew labs 鈥...
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Nurse review offers broad-spectrum remedy for UK research funding
David Price, Graeme Reid and Andrew Clark applaud the wisdom of creating Research UK