Awards
Louis Jeantet Prize The 1997 prize for medicine from the Fondation Louis Jeantet has been awarded to the following: Philip Cohen, professor and director of the Medical Research Council protein...
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Revolution required to keep boom on track
Graduate education needs to be broadened to meet the needs of the 21st century Graduate education is one of the main successes of United Kingdom higher education in the 1990s. But the increased...
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Scent of excellence attracts banks
Top research centres should help their students secure cheap loans When more than 40 per cent of your students are postgraduates, as at Warwick, one gains a clear understanding of the financial...
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Equality is best policy
Postgraduate study should be funded across the board like first degrees The recent announcement of a loans scheme for postgraduates organised by the '94 Group of universities and the Midland Bank has...
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Older grains of sand add to sum of knowledge
After 30 years as a journalist Ann Corbett transforms herself into a research student I spent a lot of time last year wondering if after 30 years as a journalist I could change overnight into a...
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A sea of books and no compass
The first year of a PhD is a daunting journey of discovery, however help is never far away, Richard Ford explains. What is it like being a doctoral research student? Many people who have enjoyed...
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How to avoid reaching beyond your grasp
AN INNOVATIVE graduate training programme at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology is helping to improve PhD submission rates and aid job hunting. The Graduate Support...
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Participation boom
DEPARTMENT for Education statistics show a 160 per cent increase, from 102,000 to 267,000, in full and part-time postgraduate students between 1980/81 and 1994/95. * The numbers of full-time...
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LBS offers scholarships to match US competition
LONDON Business School is to relaunch its PhD programme in September, providing full scholarships for students and more research training. The school, part of the University of London, has diverted...
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Research run down puts patient care under threat
STANDARDS of care in United Kingdom hospitals could slip if the erosion of the clinical medical research base is allowed to continue, according to the British Medical Association. The BMA's Junior...
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Science women aim for the top
EIGHTEEN young female scientists at Edinburgh University met their mentors for the first time last week as part of a new initiative to encourage more women to reach senior academic posts in science,...
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NPC wants more access but opposes top-up fees
THE NATIONAL Postgraduate Committee's submission to the Dearing Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education focuses on seven main points. * The NPC supports broadening of access, subject to quality of...
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Writer's block on enquiry
The research assessment exercise has replaced the art of learning with that of publishing agrues Svava Bjarnason It would be interesting to find out how many research students are aware of the Higher...
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Lectures
University of Exeter "Life is a Liquid Crystal!" Duncan Bruce, professor of inorganic chemistry will deliver his inaugural lecture on Monday March 17 at 1.10pm in the Newman LTC, Peter Chalk Centre.
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Short-termism damages research, says AUT
The AUT wants an end to fixed-term contracts Fixed-term contracts are the norm for young academics starting their careers but the short-termism they breed is damaging both staff and institutions,...