At sea without a chart
It's high time the UK developed a national policy on marine issues, says Jacqueline McGlade The oceans and seas are of economic and social importance to the United Kingdom: they provide natural...
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Jokes
I say, I say, I say, did you know that the only way to study one people's jokes is to compare them with those of another? Why are the Jews pre-eminent at inventing and telling jokes, in particular,...
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Death shock to a dying council
Why did Argentina's leading cardiologist commit suicide? Domenico Pacitti reports on mounting unrest in a system in dire need of reform The suicide of Argentina's foremost cardiologist, Rene Geronimo...
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How to keep a cat in limbo
Schrodinger's cat may be about to escape the atomic world for the first time. Physicists have designed an experiment to discover whether one of the great conundrums of quantum mechanics is possible...
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We prefer our own smell
When it comes to body chemistry, how does our choice of perfume influence the signals we send out? Manfred Milinski, at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and Claus Wedekind, at the University of...
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Our star would be lost in the constellation
The United Kingdom should not rush into joining the European Southern Observatory, argues David Carter Whether or not to join the European Southern Observatory (THES, August 11) is an important...
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UK spin-offs match US
Large research-led universities in the United Kingdom are as good as their North American counterparts at starting market-leading spin-off companies, according to a report out this week. Between 20...
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Salaries too low to attract top dogs
Low pay for college managers is leading to a recruitment crisis, further education chiefs warned as they released details of top salaries this week. The sector is struggling to fill vacancies in key...
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Cambridge University and the Macclesfield Newton Collection
(Photograph) - Cambridge University has launched an appeal to support its purchase of the Macclesfield Newton Collection, a major archive of Sir Issac Newton's letters and papers, which has been...
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Lab crisis as poor pay hits staff quality
Some British universities are recruiting sub-standard researchers because of a shortage of high-calibre candidates. In a survey of deans of science, carried out by the pressure group Save British...
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'Amateurish' UK must widen access for poor
Universities must significantly increase their intake of poorer students, according to a "watershed" report on access to be published this autumn. The Commons' education sub-committee report, due in...
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Staff are targeted as King's cuts cost
King's College London is expected to shed more than 300 staff in its attempt to save up to Pounds 11 million. The cuts will be made across the board despite balanced books and the sale of some prime...
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Forgo public funds, v-c tells top-up elite
The row over top-up fees escalated this week as the vice-chancellor of Teesside University called for elite institutions to forgo their public funding. In an outspoken attack, Derek Fraser set...
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Greenaway: Natfhe issues a warning
All but a tiny minority of elite universities would see funding cuts if top-up fees were introduced, and one in five universities might close, lecturers' union Natfhe has warned, writes Phil Baty. In...
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Report prompts UHI chief to resign
Brian Duffield, chief executive of the University of the Highlands and Islands project, resigned this week, hours before UHI Foundation members received a report into alleged complaints of...