Council announces ageing initiative
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has announced a £5 million initiative - Experimental Research on Ageing - to build on the Science of Ageing programme. This will draw on...
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Heriot-Watt extends Malaysian cyber link
Heriot-Watt University is expanding its commercial online activity in Malaysia. It has agreed to provide online study material to the Malaysian Open University. Its maths, physics, chemistry, biology...
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Journal editors plan national network
Editors of 25 education journals met in Birmingham this week to discuss forming a national network that will help keep editorial boards abreast of the latest research news and share ideas on...
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FEFC tells Shena Simon to refocus or merge
Shena Simon College in Manchester has been ordered by funding chiefs to refocus and expand its work, or merge with another further education college. The recommendations, contained in a Further...
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Wooden acting won't cramp reactor's style
The puppets may be wooden and the aircraft propelled on nylon threads but thanks to British physicists, at least the fusion reactors in a forthcoming production of Captain Scarlet will be accurate....
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Scholar attacked for links to junta
Extensive cooperation between the military dictatorship of Burma and a senior London University academic has sparked international controversy over academic ethics. Elizabeth Moore, head of the arts...
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Blunkett pushes bursaries
The government has said it wants universities to raise cash to promote bursaries. "Institutions should not look to public funding alone and I ask the funding council to encourage institutions to look...
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Warning that 50 jobs may go at Hull
A report aiming to transform the fortunes of Hull University could lead to more than 50 compulsory redundancies, union leaders have warned. The "restricted" report was drawn up by the university's...
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Staff are urged to ballot for action ifcolleges do not sign agreement
Up to a fifth of further education colleges could face industrial action by teaching staff over pay next term, lecturers' union leaders predicted this week. This is the proportion of colleges...
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£1m project to make science more accountable
While scientists should seek better dialogue with the public, they must continue to set the research agenda, Sir Aaron Klug told the Royal Society last night. Sir Aaron, in his final annual address,...
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Pay campaign could disrupt students' results
Student assessment systems could grind to a standstill in every new university as early as February after union leaders step up their campaign for better pay and conditions. Lecturers' union Natfhe,...
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EU seeks more research links
Europe's multibillion pound research programme is to be revamped to encourage greater collaboration among universities, research institutes and industry. The European Commission's research council...
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Foundation degrees will offer key skills
Funding chiefs this week released details of the 40 foundation degree courses that will be available to 2,000 students from September 2001. The two-year courses will include subjects such as e-...
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Scottish students snub Warwick University
No Scottish students enrolled at the University of Warwick this year, following the abolition of tuition fees in Scotland. The university saw fewer part-time and mature students enrol, but recorded...
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Top universities retain elitist credentials
Young people from socially disadvantaged families choose less prestigious institutions than their middle-class peers, according to researchers at the University of Glasgow. Alasdair Forsyth and Andy...