Grant bids see mixed results

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Figures for grants awarded by the eight research councils in 2005 have been released, showing that researchers in some fields have seen improved chances of winning project grants, which other areas are more difficult to get funding for. More than one in three arts and humanities academics are successful in their applications, while only one in five medical researchers are successful.

Reports

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Hardship cash funds 'sprees'

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Middle-class students in the UK are exploiting university hardship funds to finance holidays, shopping sprees and their social lives, according to admissions from former students. The admissions point to widespread misuse of the UKPd97 mil university hardship system, which is taxpayer-funded and designed to support less well-off students, the disabled and single parents.

Usage, Behavior, Surveys

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Fees killing the radical spirit, academics told

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Tuition fees are helping to kill off a tradition of student radicalism, according to Esmee Hanna, PhD student at Leeds University, speaking at a Brtish Sociological Association conference. Hanna compared student activism in the 1960s and today.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Influence, Market trend/market analysis, Education, Educational finance

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