[pounds sterling]8m pot to coax wary publicists

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Academics who are keen to publicise their work and boost their profiles will benefit from an GBP 8 million initiative launched by the UK funding councils, the research councils and the Wellcome Trust. A generation of young researchers are being prevented from communicating their work to the public due to fears of disapproval from peers and time constraints.

Government expenditures, Scholarly publishing, Government finance

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Dr/DJ samples two sides of life in career mix

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Hillegonda Rietveld, a senior lecturer in the Arts and Media Scheme at London South Bank University, balances her career as a lecturer with a second career as a DJ. She argues that the lifestyles involved in the two jobs are actually very similar, with a similar amount of time put into the work and a need to 'publish' work to be recognised.

Labor force information, Analysis, Personal narratives, Employment, Interview, Lecturers, Disc jockeys, Rietveld, Hillegonda

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Egghead who goes to work on students

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Fay Weldon, professor of creative writing at Brunel University, will have her latest book' What Makes Women Happy' 'marked' by a panel of academics as it has been entered for the 2008 RAE. Professor Weldon's entry into academia came in March and so far has remained a sideline.

Evaluation, Novels, What Makes Women Happy (Novel)

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