Welcome to the Research is Cool Links Page! Please find a list of research-related links below. We will be continuously adding new links to this page over the next few months, to make it as informative as possible. If you can think of a useful research-related link, it would be great help if you could suggest it to us by filling in the two fields at the bottom of this page. Thank you, and happy searching! Research News EurekAlert! EurekAlert! is an online, global news service. It provides a central place through which universities, medical centres, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organisations engaged in research can bring their news to the media and the public. It focuses on all areas of science, medicine and technology. www.eurekalert.org Education Guardian http://education.guardian.co.uk RESEARCH-TV This is an innovative and unique broadcasting service promoting UK university research excellence internationally. A team of skilled TV producers with considerable experience of working with research organisations handles all aspects of production and distribution including helping to shape stories for media presentation. www.research-tv.com The Times Higher Education Supplement www.thes.co.uk Research-related Entertainment Null Hypothesis This site pokes fun at the world of science and technology to highlight all the weird and wacky stuff out there. Some of the articles are made up, but the site also highlights real research and news stories, with a liberal pasting of opinions and comments from readers. www.null-hypothesis.co.uk PhD Comics This hilarious comic strip deals with issues of life in US graduate schools including the difficulties of scientific research, the perils of procrastination, and the endless search for free food. www.phdcomics.com General Information (UK) Education UK The Education UK web site is the gateway to UK education and provides education information for international students. www.educationuk.org UK GRAD Programme The role of the UK GRAD Programme is to support the academic sector to embed personal and professional skills development into research degree programmes. www.grad.ac.uk Representation (UK) National Union of Students (NUS) NUS is one of the largest student organisations in the world and represents the interests of around five million students in further and higher education throughout the UK. It provides research, representation, training and expert advice for individual students and student unions. www.nusonline.co.uk National Postgraduate Committee (NPC) The NPC aims to promote the interests of postgraduates studying in the UK, while remaining politically non-aligned. The Committee holds an annual conference, and publishes various guidelines and codes of practice. www.npc.org.uk
