Have a million for nothing much
Why should the old universities receive more funding for doing less? asks Paul Mackney It is not often that you get rewarded for poor performance, but last Friday Tony Blair decided to make an...
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Next week: Max Perutz reviews Richard Lewontin
Nobel prizewinning molecular biologist Max Perutz reviews a book by genome sceptic Richard Lewontin, It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome , and asks "What does the human genome...
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Commercial cultures
As the human genome is finally revealed, a THES survey reveals how genes are becoming an academic commodity. Steve Farrar reports on the new drive to exploit our DNA. Julian Hopkin, professor of...
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Would-be wonders
What potential blockbuster gene patents are waiting to be exploited by universities? Steve Farrar reports on eight that could make the grade. HSP 90 gene Treatment of candida infection WO9100351,...
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How to... Put life into languages
Whether it is talking to dinner ladies or the blind, students can learn more on their year abroad if they stop, look and listen. Pat Leon looks at the benefit of understanding more than just a...
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Agony aunt: videoconferencing feasibility
Q: I have been told that videoconferencing might help me to support my off-campus learners, as sending staff out is just not feasible. Is it a good investment? A: Videoconferencing is particularly...
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Latest UK news
NHS medic training boost Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced an 11 per cent increase in the training budget for National Health Service doctors, nurses and other professionals. Murphy...
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Latest international news
Gore lectures 'on the record' Columbia University's graduate journalism school has reversed a ruling that former vice-president Al Gore’s lectures are “off the record”. Students may now talk about...
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From today's UK papers
The Times In Times2: Queen's Anniversary prizes for higher and further Education (16 pages). The Independent One of the world's leading experts in skin cancer has developed a treatment for malignant...
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Higher education appointments
University of Melbourne Mary Galea , currently associate professor in physiotherapy, has been appointed to the inaugural chaor of clinical physiotherapy which will be located in the Austin and...
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Higher education grants and awards
International Society of Electrochemistry Roge Parsons , of the University of Southampton, is the first recipient of the society's Frumkin Memorial Medal for his 'outstanding contributions to many...
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Labour tightens central grip
Prime minister Tony Blair and his ministers have spelled out the shape of things to come in higher education if Labour wins the general election. A clutch of policies and initiatives launched this...
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Next week
NEWS: Nottingham Trent gets entrepreneurial. FEATURES: Peter Singer on the ideal United Nations. RESEARCH: European universities in research competition; growing an ink garden. TEACHING: The Russian...
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FE college debt level on rise
Debt levels in the further education sector are expected to peak this year, according to an analysis published by the Further Education Funding Council. But the borrowing is set against an expected...
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Strike threat over as pay talks resume
Trade unions formally called off industrial action in the new university sector this week as talks on pay and conditions resumed. The unions have given employers until the end of March to improve on...