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A Travel Guide to Scientific Sites of the British Isles
A Travel Guide to Scientific Sites of the British Isles
The department of psychology at Reading University has embarked on a three-year research project on the mental health of young people, looking particularly at the factors that contribute to...
UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND Honorary fellowship: Stephanie Yearnshaw, commander of the South Tyneside Area, Northumbria police; William Dunlop, chief fire officer of Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire...
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Research grants. Dr M J Downie, Pounds 122,838 EPSRC (teaching company scheme between Tyne Dock Engineering, engineering Design Centre & Department of Marine...
SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE A conference focusing on the experience of soldiers in the major combatant armies in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East during the second world war has been organised by...
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Adrian Cruise, deputy director (space technology) British National Space Centre to the chair of astrophysics and space research; Kenneth Harris, lecturer in physical...
UNIVERSITY OF HULL David Lock, university secretary, has been appointed registrar and secretary; Carl Baron, fellow and senior tutor at St Catherine's College, Cambridge, has been appointed academic...
Jenny Wallace talks to Marilyn Butler, erstwhile journalist and English professor and the first female rector of formerly all-male Exeter College. Exeter College is tucked in between the scholarly...
The expense of a NASA space toilet inspired a group of young scientists to reach for the stars. Ayala Ochert met them When he heard that the toilet on the Space Shuttle had cost $90 million to...
Most universities want one,many are developing one, butopinion on how to run them varies. Graduate schools are in vogue aspostgraduate education grows apace. David Charter examines the opportunities...
British postgraduate applicants are attractive to US universities but few apply. Kate O'Neill explains why and gives some application tips. Applying to graduate school in the United States,...
Teaching postgraduates how to give their first lectures is the aim of a course at Lancaster University. Claire Sanders reports . Taking your own pulse before giving a lecture may sound a little...
Moves are afoot to clamp downon scientific dishonesty. Olga Wojtas reports. A white mouse and a black felt tip pen ushered in the modern era of scientific fraud. Campaigners now think the problem is...
Evolution may be driven as much by attraction as by fitness, Ayala Ochert reports. Skim the personal ads of any newspaper and you will find people looking for partners with a "good sense of humour",...
The role of research assistant can leave little time for postgraduate research. David Charter examines the dilemma. Former postgraduate Jayam Dalal believes the collapse of her studies shows the...