From today's UK papers
Daily Telegraph Prescriptions for sedative drugs have almost doubled in one year, a report by the Department of Health discloses today. A giant storm has wrapped the whole of Mars in a blanket of...
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University of Greenwich Honorary Degrees 2001: HonLLD: Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath was prime minister from 1970-74. He has just retired after serving as an MP for over 50 years and was the longest...
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Yale academic seeks no-strike lecture pledge
The bestselling British author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers has stepped into a dispute between Yale University and its graduate teaching assistants by laying down conditions under which...
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Bright sparks noted by RCA
Karaoke in the shower and texting for the elderly are among the technological advances being proposed by Royal College of Art graduates. Student Cristian Norlin said: "I think as a designer dealing...
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Consortia reject UK favourite
Universities and colleges are upset at no longer being able to buy computers from a British company since its exclusion from three purchasing consortia. London-based Dan Technologies has been selling...
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Gaming scholars come out of closet for revolution
Research into computer games is essential in understanding the digital revolution, according to the organisers of a Bristol conference. Jon Dovey, who ran the Game Cultures weekend, said ludology was...
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Student's site is a godsend to drivers
A PhD student has developed a website to reduce traffic congestion in Manchester by making parking easier. The site was designed by Ioannis Tsopelas, of the University of Manchester Institute of...
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Alas, devolved projects lack devolved thinking
Regional consortia could offer stability to institutions that are not wannabe Oxbridges. But John Ashworth isn't holding his breath. Twenty years ago the then University Grants Committee imposed a...
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Retention please
Wider participation is important, but so is ensuring that existing students graduate, argues Liz Allen. Week after week, the headlines are filled with initiatives to help open higher education to non...
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Take a look at the evidence
Ann Oakley says it is arrogant of academics to dismiss new approaches. Every era in educational policy breeds its own buzz words and one of today's is undoubtedly "evidence". It is clear that there...
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Why I ...believe in 'Tragedy' by the Bee Gees
Whoa! Rein the horses, stop the wagon train, form a circle. The vandals have come down from the hills and civilisation is under threat. If we lose this one, well, who cares? This is it, the big one,...
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Cutting edge: Robert J. Capon
The magic-bullet drugs of the past century are beginning to tarnish. Today's bugs are smarter and tougher. Indiscriminate use has contributed to the demise of many drugs. The challenge we face is to...
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Never mind the 15m land mines, we must see the eclipse
Nothing was going to keep the world's scientists away from Africa and from trying to solve the sun's greatest mystery. Aisling Irwin reports Scientists still travel thousands of miles to spend...
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Why did hippos miss breakfast?
Because they, like the impala, were spooked when the sky went black. Astronomer Paul Murdin basks in the spectacle of the 21st century's first total solar eclipse and describes its effects on the...
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Marks for the nude artists and beer glass hurler?
Is the external examiner a paid patsy or a fair arbiter? Jonathan Brill reflects on the job he has done for 25 years. I am at the end of 25 years as an external examiner variously in pop music,...