Greece in harmony with EU
Greece is to relax its tight controls on the operation of private and overseas universities to try to escape heavy fines for contravening European Union law. Its legislation governing private...
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Hard shell
(Photograph) - University of the West of England engineers Christopher Melhulish, Ian Horsfield and Alan Winfield with replicas of the first autonomous, mobile robots in the world, on display in the...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Justine Stephens argued that students were right to occupy the DFEE over tuition fees Paul Mackney General secretary Natfhe Goldsmiths College Students Union is to be...
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Gag on lab talk among friends
The THES reports from the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting in Washington. An era of greater secrecy among bioscientists is beginning as more turn to corporate cash...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk. DIGESTIVE DISORDERS FOUNDATION www.digestivedisorders.org.uk...
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Engineering degree that is all in a day's work
Glasgow Caledonian University's workplace degrees have won praise from secretary of state for education David Blunkett as a model for the future. The university's department of engineering has...
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Art and design review
Robert Newton, senior lecturer in the school of information and media at Robert Gordon University, is being funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board to review worldwide websites used for...
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Sheffield sharp
The graduate school of computing and management services at Sheffield Hallam University has added a new partner to the career Msc programme. Last week an Msc in business intelligence was launched,...
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Irish Opac
A fully translated version of an Irish-language online public access catalogue (Opac) is providing full web search facilities in English and Irish for students at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra,...
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Direct approach
Users of the 68 pilot learndirect centres established by the University for Industry will be able to acquire and develop skills in all major Windows applications, with the addition of a tailored...
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More in store
Researchers are developing storage technology that may lead to miniature devices with 100 times the density of present hard drives. The Millipede system uses an array of minute sensor arms to read...
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Lifelong challenge
Practical challenges to higher education posed by lifelong learning political strategies are the focus of a conference hosted by the University of Bergen from May 4-6. "Death and rebirth of...
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First impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Pulitzer prizewinning novel: " To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma the last...
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All Souls can't speak to all souls
The First and the Last - First and Last Things
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