A hothouse for tropical study
The Smithsonian Institution was established in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the United States by the English scientist James Smithson. It is now the world's largest museum complex, comprising 16...
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Work is just a snake-pit
In the last in our series on where academics congregate in the summer, Elizabeth Capaldi reports from an island by the Panama Canal - home to sloths, snakes, monkeys and ecologists On Barro Colorado...
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Cutting Edge: Eric Dorfman
When people think of storks, most usually picture the summer influx of large white birds with bright red bills and airborne babies taking up residence on roof tops, churches and trees across Western...
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The friendly face of policy
The BBSRC's new head will be one of the most influential women in British science. Julia Hinde finds out what she has in store. In between the computers and books crammed into Julia Goodfellow's...
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Colleges predict student shortfall
The government's flagship foundation degree is struggling in the face of recruitment shortfalls and validation delays, according to a report leaked to The THES . And under-recruitment may be...
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Tuition fees focus minds on finishing theses
Austrian students are trying to avoid paying newly introduced university tuition fees by finishing their studies and registering for exams before the end-of-November deadline. While some are busy...
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Randall's exit imperils light touch regime
John Randall's resignation has sparked a backlash from students, employers and politicians against universities' plans for a light-touch quality assurance regime. While lecturers' leaders rejoiced at...
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NEWS Financial performance: how strategic is your university planning? FEATURES Why are students from Muslim countries flocking to the United Kingdom to learn about Islam? BOOKS Jean Renoir: was he...
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For the record
Chairs seat IT and genomics at same table The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced four new chairs in bioinformatics as part of a £3.4 million drive to boost the interface...
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Lay off indebted students, says NUS
Universities that pester students for unpaid tuition fees are subjecting them to undue pressure, according to the president of the National Union of Students. Many institutions send regular letters...
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Mackney: I'd quit for merger
Paul Mackney is offering to step down as general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe to smooth the way for a merger with the Association of University Teachers. His announcement came this week as a...
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Staff fear jobs may be shelved at King's
Staff and students at King's College London fear that the institution's £30 million new library will mean possible redundancies and has already led to slashed book budgets, writes Cherry Canovan. The...
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Quality kitsch
One of Scotland's leading contemporary artists has been appointed to a new chair at Dundee University in the faculty where he was a student 20 years ago. Calum Colvin will professor of fine art...
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Ucas looks to record intake
Admissions tutors have got off to a flying start in filling the extra places for the coming academic year. The number of students accepted on full-time courses is up 7 per cent on this time last year...
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Academics set to sell more expertise
Academics' commercial consultancy work is set to join teaching and research as a core university activity, vice-chancellors predicted this week. The Universities UK good practice guide Optimising...