Lifelong learning suffers a setback
Britain has taken "two steps forward and one step back" in its journey towards creating a learning society, adult learning chiefs said this week. Launching its tenth Adult Learners Week, Niace, the...
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Findings: Mummy lied about her age
It was supposed to be the archaeological find of the century - the gilded mummy of a Persian princess. Yet when the first carbon-dating results emerged from the coffin, Wolfgang Kretschmer knew...
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Findings: Droid learns to get in line
Engineers have equipped a robot with the one social skill essential to British society - the ability to queue politely, writes Steve Farrar. The droid uses stereo vision, a sophisticated navigation...
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Royalties bonanza is still up for grabs
Academic authors have failed to claim more than £750,000 of royalties from photocopying. The money comes from the licence fee universities pay to the Copyright Licensing Agency, the subject of the...
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Term-time jobs can be good for students
Students forced to work during term time can gain considerable benefits, such as enhanced management skills and increased confidence, and the negative effects on their academic work are marginal,...
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Cambridge fears 'dictator v-cs'
Cambridge University's plans to hand new executive powers to its vice-chancellor are dangerous and ill-conceived and will undermine its dons' historical right to democratic self-rule, the university'...
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Analysis: Theatre of the absurd
Surgical apprenticeships are disintegrating. So what now, Claire Sanders asks Keeping human and sheep heads in separate rooms is just one of the many challenges faced by Paul O'Flynn, a lecturer at...
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Students take to skis to net prize
Two Edinburgh University postgraduates who hope to create a ski that reacts to the texture of the snow are among 15 student teams in the final stages of competing for a £10,000 business plan prize....
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Lab gloom mars hi-tech opening
Cambridge University celebrated a milestone in its ten-year masterplan for a 66-hectare science and technology complex to the west of Cambridge last week when it officially opened its multimillion-...
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Software to predict share values
Dundee University applied computing student Luke Wilson has developed software that will predict whether the value of shares will go up or down. Mr Wilson takes share prices from the London Stock...
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Owners scupper floating classes
Merchant navy sailors have been denied the chance to test interactive online courses because ship owners will not pay for the equipment needed to receive learning materials by satellite. North West...
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Ambitious Americans struggle to pay fees
The cost of college tuition is increasing at a time when a college education is becoming more important to Americans - and when more Americans are likely to have difficulty paying for it - according...
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Oz minister: no reform, no cash
Australian universities are facing their second major upheaval in little more than a decade with a new education minister declaring the system of funding and higher education organisation...
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Students suffer as sanctions kick in
European Union sanctions imposed nine years ago on Togo are finally having damaging effects on the country's higher education system with a 500 per cent increase in tuition fees. The falling value of...
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SA merger plans put on ice
South Africa's cabinet has sent plans for widespread mergers between higher education institutes back to the drawing board. It says that although it broadly agrees with the proposals, more...