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(Photograph) - If you cannot find the time to write up your PhD why not leave it until you are less busy - for instance in your seventies? Holly Clyde Wagner found he had too many interruptions...
(Photograph) - If you cannot find the time to write up your PhD why not leave it until you are less busy - for instance in your seventies? Holly Clyde Wagner found he had too many interruptions...
John Bosnell gives a guided tour of EU grants for research. Money to go somewhere else in Europe to work, attend conferences or visit large facilities is available from the European Commission's...
(Photograph) - Guilty verdict: After his death Cyril Burt, the former Galton professor of eugenics at University College London, was found to have fabricated much of his data on twins.
What is the point of a PhD? Is it a step towards an academic career, or simply a contribution to knowledge, asks Alan Macmillan. Social science PhDs need a clearer purpose. At the demand of the...
The graduate scramble for places on the controversial MRes degree has taken the research councils by surprise and been cautiously welcomed by other higher education bodies. The embattled MRes was the...
It is the first day of the new intake for Bob Daniels's masters in research. Unlike many other courses, this one chucks all the students in together regardless of their disciplines. There are...
Academics and industrialists charged with assessing research proposals for Realising Our Potential, a multimillion-pound Government award scheme, are worried about the quality of work being funded....
The Health and Safety Commission has dismissed as "science fiction" fears that genetic engineering will lead to the creation of "mermaids and dinosaurs", writes Kam Patel. Launching a report by the...
(Photograph) - Student digs: A team from Glasgow University Archaeology Research Division is excavating a very rare Neolithic settlement thought to be more than 5,000 years old in the middle of a...
At least six colleges in the south-east were targeted by a sophisticated fraud operation over the summer vacation, it emerged this week. The Further Education Funding Council swung into action on...
Should we recycle paper? Roland Clift and David Pearce disagree about the most economical and environmental way of getting rid of rubbish. The paper industry is investing in recycling. The recent...
The fascists are back - but the old thugs have been joined by new activists sporting blue blazers over their black shirts. Roger Eatwell reports. As the Russian armies neared the Fuhrerbunker in late...
There was a time when you knew it was August. Its start was signalled by the publication of a major document by the old Department of Education and Science on which comments were required by the end...
FRIDAY. Cycling to the airport, I remember at least five important things I did not do before finishing work. Make two phone calls from departure lounge sorting out three of them. On the plane relive...
I am a chauvinist regarding my academic home, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, United States, and, in spite of the nasty budget cuts we are suffering, the 30th anniversary of its creation by...