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A-level results expected to improve This year’s A-level results, published tomorrow, are expected to show another rise in the number of students passing and gaining the top grade. Last year, the pass...
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Latest UK news
SQA claims success with Higher results The Scottish Qualifications Authority has claimed a success rate of more than 99 per cent in getting accurate and prompt results to Higher examination...
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From today's UK papers
The Independent The A-level results of about 250,000 candidates, due on Thursday, will show a rise in the pass rate for the 19th year in succession. Human skin cells may have the ability to transform...
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Latest international news
Brazil to boost research investment Brazil’s science and technology minister, Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, has announced government plans to increase scientific research investment from 1.4 per...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Laura d'Andrea Tyson, former head of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Bill Clinton, is leaving Haas School of Business in Berkeley, California, to be dean of London...
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Latest international news
China aims for 16 million students China is to increase the number of university students to 16 million over the next five years, up from 11 million in 2000, the People’s Daily reports. Wary...
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Latest UK news
University hopefuls prove discriminating customers University candidates discriminate between old and new universities, according to research. Barkers Education, a recruitment advertising and...
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Science researchers demand higher funding
The Association of Researchers in Medicine and Science (Arms) this week called for fundamental changes in the organisation and funding of university research. The association said the current...
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'Disillusioned' postgraduates call for new complaints system
Postgraduate researchers feel increasingly isolated and disillusioned by a lack of proper procedures to deal with their complaints, according to a student leader, writes Cherry Canovan. James Groves...
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RAE under fire for 'pressurising' researchers
Young researchers feel under pressure to choose topics to suit the perceived preferences of the research assessment exercise, according to a study published this week. More than a fifth of those...
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Science opts for GM animals
The use of genetically modified animals in scientific procedures increased by 14 per cent last year, according to Home Office figures published this week, writes Caroline Davis. The annual Statistics...