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3 PhD Studentships | Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering | Heriot-Watt University | http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEW415/3-phd-studentships    Research Associate/ Fellow Research and Development in Energy Efficient Architecture Faculty of Engineering - Division of Architecture & Urbanism University of Nottingham http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AEV862/ Research Associate/Fellow (Two posts, fixed term) Fabrication of Prototype Supercapacitors Faculty of Engineering - Division of Energy and Sustainability University of Nottingham http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AEV863/ Innovation Manager Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AEV864/ Research Assistant / Research Associate Posts (x3) Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Institute of Global Health Innovation Imperial College London http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AEV883/ Senior Research Associate Medical Device/Software Development for Image-guided Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Medical Physics and Bi

Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai,   Email: nasir.elrufai@thisdaylive.com Our aim today is to draw some stylised conclusions from our analysis of the budgets of 10 state governments. The states covered are representative of the six geo-political zones; Bauchi and Gombe in the North-east, Lagos (South-west), Benue and Nasarawa (North-central), Edo and Akwa-Ibom (South-south), Kaduna and Zamfara (North-west) and Anambra (South-east).  These states are governed by five political parties, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) (Akwa-Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, and Kaduna), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) (Zamfara), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) (Edo and Lagos), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) (Anambra) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) (Nasarawa). Thus to a degree, not only are the 10 states representative of the six geo-political zones but also their budgets present the ideological outlook of the leading political parties in the country.  Our analys

Go through the list, click on the links and take your shot. These are jobs in research, scholarships and academia for this week!       Systems Administrator (3 posts) IT Services Institute of Education, University of London http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AET336/ IT (Infrastructure) Project Manager (2 posts) IT Services Institute of Education, University of London http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AET339/ Senior Practice Fellow in Computer Animation Bournemouth University http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AET636/ Postdoctoral Statistical Geneticist William Harvey Research Institute, Cardiovascular Research Barts and The London http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AET736/ Experimental Officer Fluids Research Laboratory Vehicle Engineering Laboratory University of Surrey http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AET767/ Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Gait and Activity Recognition Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment Oxford Brookes University http://jobs.ac.uk/job/AET768/ Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Electronic and Comp

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a traffic cop was so lucrative that you had to pay