Space woman in new orbit
French premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin has enlisted a female former astronaut as minister for research and new technologies in his new government. Claudie Haigneré, 45, has been on board two space...
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IoE may abandon teacher training
One of Britain's top teacher education centres is considering abandoning training because it is no longer cost-effective. This would deal a blow to the government's drive to ease the teacher...
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Europe seeks spotlight with research conference
Plans for the largest interdisciplinary research conference in Europe are being drawn up to highlight the continent's academic cutting edge. Euroscience 2004, to be held in Stockholm in two years'...
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Latin is no longer <i> sine qua non </i>
More than 800 years of scholarly tradition will end when the last Oxbridge course to insist on Latin fluency begins admitting students who have not learned the language. Cambridge University's...
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V-cs' gravy train hits buffers
Universities are to be ordered to clamp down on vice-chancellors' pay following an investigation triggered by The THES . Payoffs for poorly performing vice-chancellors will be abolished along with...
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News Ten years of new universities: an expensive vanity? Features Baruch Blumberg: from hepatitis B to astrobiology Stephen Devereux debates the role of academics in preventing famine Rewriting the...
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New universities go for award to woo students
New universities are far more likely to aim for the Investors in People award than old ones, according to research from the University of Hertfordshire. But they want the award, intended to show...
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Aberdeen and Robert Gordon may merge
The governors of Robert Gordon University were this week debating a confidential report that could lead to merger with neighbouring Aberdeen University by 2004. Aberdeen's court will consider the...
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Scottish colleges still in dire financial straits
Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, says there are still severe concerns about further education's financial health. Mr Gray warned the Association of...
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Analysis: So what are you good at?
UK universities have great brand names and are good at research but not much else, a conference heard. Alison Goddard reports Universities and colleges should play to their strengths and stop trying...
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Pilot web project nets BBC science shows
Lecturers will be able to use innovative television science programmes as part of a pilot web project among four universities to see whether broadband video is a useful teaching and learning aid,...
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Scots aid student firms to file patents
The Scottish Institute of Enterprise has launched a £200,000 patent fund for student start-up companies. The SIE, which aims to instil an entrepreneurial spirit in science and engineering students,...
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Findings: Step forward for animation
It takes only a few minutes for the stumbling animated figures displayed on Torsten Reil's computer screen to learn how to walk. But by the time one has gained a confident gait, it will have gone...
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Findings: End to dancing in the street
The Restoration has gone down as a time of merrymaking after the Puritan austerity of the Commonwealth. The return of Charles II in 1660 meant theatres reopened, carol singing was decriminalised and...
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Bid to create online learning standards
The boom in online courses has led to a campaign for global agreements on e-learning standards. The project, eLearn Accredit, was launched at the annual meeting of the Open and Distance Learning...