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Newby to be Hefce chief Sir Howard Newby, vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton, has been appointed chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Sir Howard...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Supersonic aircraft could fly faster and farther at less cost with the simple addition of small flaps to jet engine inlet ducts, say researchers at the University of Illinois. A frog-...
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The British National Bibliography Research Fund
Deadline: 12/01/2001
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TV & radio guide - Thursday
Routes of English (9.00 am R4). Cornish versions of English. » The Routes of English CrossingContinents (11.00 am R4). Andy Kershaw in the USA, on the deportation of "criminal aliens". EUtopia &...
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Latest international news
Spanish BSE lab faces inquiry Spain’s BSE testing centre is fighting allegations that laboratory conditions at its University of Zaragoza base are unsafe. The laboratory is accused of sharing...
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Latest UK news
Wellcome Trust closes Oxford centre The Wellcome Trust is disbanding its Oxford University-based Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, because its search for a new director had...
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From today's UK papers
DAILY TELEGRAPH The British Library is to cull its senior management and switch resources to electronic information gathering Thirty years of effort by America's universities to attract more women...
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TV & radio guide - Wednesday
When Knights Were Bold (3.45 R4). Michael Rosen with part three of his survey of history in children’s fiction. "Empire’s Finest" - Henty, Kipling, etc. Thinking Allowed (4.00 R4). Fred Halliday of...
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Latest international news
Extra cash helps plug Russian brain drain Russia is to pump an extra $60 million (£41.5 million) into salaries and technical facilities, housing and conferences next year to help plug the under-40s...
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Latest UK news
Staff take action to protest pay offer Academics and university support staff from five trade unions are taking part in a national day of action against the latest pay offer from vice-...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The government has decided against bringing forward new measures in the Queen's speech to crack down on militant animal rights activists THE GUARDIAN John Gray, professor of European...
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TV & radio guide - Tuesday
Solitude - Choosing to be Alone (11.00 am R4). Peter France with the first of two programmes on hermits, monks and others who have experienced solitude. When Knights Were Bold (3.45 R4). Michael...
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Higher education appointments
University of Portsmouth Wolfram Kaiser has been appointed professor of European studies. He has previously been a senior research fellow and lecturer at the Universities of Edinburgh, Vienna, Paris...
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Higher education grants
The University of Huddersfield The following have received research grants: P. Barnes , £181,294 from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (new metal carbon coated ceramic...
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Latest international news
Italian men shirk from shrinks A study by Rome’s La Sapienza University has revealed that 75 per cent of Italian males between 25 and 55 who sought psychiatric treatment were accompanied by...