Labour pledges NHS university
Higher education is one of Labour's top ten manifesto priorities, underlining Tony Blair's commitment to increase investment in universities and create a National Health university if elected for a...
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Research in tropical animal health
Deadline: 31/08/2001
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Oscar's winning way
One-stop clinics, or Oscars, could revolutionise NHS care. Claire Sanders reports There is only one Oscar in the National Health Service but there could soon be a lot more. Oscar, or the One Stop...
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Victoria's tropical marvel
An explorer seeking El Dorado found 'a vegetable wonder' that amazed Britain and helped inspire the Crystal Palace, writes D. Graham Burnett. This month is the 150th anniversary of the opening of the...
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Cutting Edge: Anti-Stalinist youth groups
Anti-Stalinist youth groups challenge the notion of Soviet citizens as either atomised individuals or willing parties to state policies. In Stalin's Soviet Union, youth was the symbol of progress,...
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The green role of whitecaps
The white horses that cascade from breaking waves play a role in determining global climate. A study has found that as the brilliant, foaming products of wave crests reflect sunlight, they reduce the...
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A passion for the 3 p's
Pat Leon meets two academics who believe teaching should be seen as a scholarly activity. Vaneeta D'Andrea and David Gosling share a passion. It is a passion that has bound them since they met one...
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Plagiarism: think before pointing finger of blame
Sheldon Weeks says teachers in southern Africa must use their detective skills to stop students cheating. Plagiarism is a growing problem among students in southern Africa. At some universities,...
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Last-ditch action averts strike
University employers have narrowly averted a summer of industrial action by offering pay rises of up to 5.1 per cent for lecturers and 6.7 per cent for manual workers. The Universities and Colleges...
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Former prostitute wins learners' award
Former prostitute Angela Brook left school at 16 with two O levels. Eighteen years later, having worked in prostitution virtually all her adult life, she picked up an Adult Learners Award this week...
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Intifada deters students
Israel's universities are losing overseas students as a result of fears over the intifada . New York University last week emailed its Jewish students warning them not to visit Israel because their...
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For the record
Scot college numbers grow Almost 30 per cent of Scottish higher education students are taking courses in further education colleges, says the Scottish Executive. Student numbers in higher education...
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Dutch rule out chimp research
Vaccine research to fight HIV, hepatitis C and parasitic infections will suffer after the plug was pulled on Europe's sole chimpanzee research facility. The Biomedical Primate Research Centre in...
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NHS gets little recognition for funding
More than half of biomedical research in England is funded by the National Health Service, yet less than half of the papers published acknowledge this funding. These are findings of the first...
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Colleges fear for status in consortia
Further education colleges may lose as much as they gain by joining consortia offering foundation degrees, college leaders warned this week. While education secretary David Blunkett has predicted...