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25% of SA undergrads are HIV positive A leaked South African department of education report says one in four university undergraduates, one in eight postgraduates and one in five technikon students...
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Doubts raised about overseas operations Concerns have been raised about the Spanish operations of five of six British universities surveyed by the Quality...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Technologists of the future could be hampered in their early learning by glaring inaccuracies in basic science textbooks, warns John Hubisz, visiting professor of physics at North...
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New year's honours: more
OBE Patricia Greenhalgh , senior lecturer, department of primary care and population science, University College London, for services to evidence based medical care. CBE Ljubo Sirc , former...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Thursday
Moral Notes (11.30 am R4). Victorian popular songs and their values: Simon Brett begins a new series by showing how family life was reflected in the songs of 150 years ago. The Material World (4.30...
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Georgia marks civil rights milestone Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the first two black students to enrol at the University of Georgia in the face of violent opposition from white segregationists,...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Mike Tomlinson, chief inspector of schools, has called for companies to play a central role in developing the new skills-based GCSEs and A levels. THE GUARDIAN Vague...
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Revamped National Grid unveiled Michael Wills, minister for learning and technology, will today launch a revamped National Grid for Learning. The site, at www.ngfl.gov.uk , includes links to...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Wednesday
Patient Progress (11.00 am R4). Stress (repeat). Dream Lives (7.00 BBC1). In the Tomorrow's World slot, a new series about "using the latest technology to change people's lives" begins in a Leeds...
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Student "poisoned by lesbian lover" A psychology student at Rome’s La Sapienza University has been arrested for allegedly murdering her room mate with cyanide-laced soup last February. The victim was...
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From today's UK papers
THE GUARDIAN The top freshers are again female and the gender gap is still growing. Stephen Court of the Association of University Teachers reports on the fallout of devolution, which in 2001-02 will...
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London Business School dean to leave John Quelch, dean of London Business School, is to step down at the end of the academic year for personal reasons. He and his wife, who is American, will return...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Tuesday
Adventures in Science (9.30 am R4). Ben Silburn offers an atom's-eye view of a proton in a particle accelerator. The Mayfair Set (9.50 am, also 12.50, 3.50, 6.50, 9.50 BBC Knowledge). Repeat of the...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Ministers should rescue the closure-threatened government laboratory at Daresbury in Cheshire, according to a confidential report. Companies have welcomed guidelines issued by the...
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Tennessee seeks equality through scholarships Racial quotas at Tennessee's public colleges and universities are to be abandoned. Under new arrangements, the state will instead invest up to $75...