Thinkers divided over role in media

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The British Psychological Society (BPS) is facing a debate between clinical and academic psychologist members, with the clinical practitioners wanting the BPS to be more of a professional body prepared to engage with and comment on all aspects of society. The academic psychologists view the BPS as an academic learned society which reserves judgement and commentary.

Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Psychologists, Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians), Membership, Strategic aspects, Learned institutions and societies, Learned societies, British Psychological Society

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Major grant shake-up on cards under new metrics

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The Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) has analysed the possible impact of Treasury proposals to use metrics as an alternative to RAE results and found that some universities would lose large amounts of their grants. The amounts gained and lost by different institutions would depend on the type of metrics used to determine grants.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government expenditures, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Administration of Education Programs, Institutional Grants, Laws, regulations and rules, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Education, Government finance, Educational finance, Education grants

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It's the Earth's future, stupid: Al Gore rallies UK academics to spread word about

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U.K. academics are involving themselves in an interdisciplinary crusade against global warming. Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore has urged academics to spread the message and urgency of climate change even to people who do not understand the science behind the phenomenon.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Study and teaching, Global warming, Climatic changes, Climate change, Gore, Albert, Jr.

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