Nasa names probes after Polar explorers
(Photograph) - Polar explorers Amundsen and Scott (below) are being honoured by the American space agency Nasa, which has named its two Deep Space 2 microprobes after them. The vessels are due to...
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Natural history boffins to be put on show
A Pounds million project to bring Natural History Museum scientists into the public eye was unveiled on Tuesday. The Darwin Centre, a modern, eight-storey block to be constructed alongside the...
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Mature learners given greater library access
More than 50 higher education institutions have joined forces to enable part-time, distance and placement students to borrow from libraries near to where they live or work. The scheme, UK Libraries...
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Scots in talks with US college over institute
A Scottish development consortium has approached the University of Michigan to help create an engineering skills institute in the redundant naval base at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth. Gavin Masterton...
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Cardiff University makes friends in China
Cardiff University and the Chinese government have launched a new fellowship scheme that will allow Chinese academics to undertake research at Cardiff. It was unveiled during a visit to China by...
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HIV programme receives Pounds 1 million
A five-year programme to devise ways to boost the immune system to fight HIV infection has been backed by a Pounds 1 million grant from the Wellcome Trust. A team of immunologists led by Rodney...
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Staff go slow over pay at Manchester
Manchester University was hit by industrial action on Tuesday as members of the administrative and clerical union Unison protested about pay. A union spokeswoman said members would now be working to...
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Sound design
(Photograph) - design: a groundbreaking acoustic guitar made from plastic instead of wood has been designed and built by Owain Pledgley, a Loughborough University PhD student. The guitar's...
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Porter redundancies raise safety concerns
Kent students worried about safety are to step up protests over the university's decision to reduce the number of porters on campus. Boycotts and a possible rent strike are planned in protest at the...
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Staff governors must have wider vision
Staff representatives on college governing bodies must resist pressure to represent the exclusive interests of staff, college funding chief David Melville said this week. Professor Melville, speaking...
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25th anniversary for an unanswered message
The most distant of long distance calls celebrated its 25th anniversary on Tuesday but has still gone without a reply. Scientists blasted a three-minute signal from the 300-metre diameter radio...
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Lower classes in majority
Universities and colleges in Northern Ireland are the most egalitarian in terms of social class, according to 1997 figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The majority of accepted...
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Keep commerce out
Business-oriented academics such as Michael Thorne ("Fierce competition in the virtual, global game", THES, November 5) and Marcel Van Miert ("Introducing a truly open market is the only way to...
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Aborigines get campus equality
MELBOURNE Australian universities will be required to establish special employment strategies for Aboriginal academics and general staff under a claim to be served on institutions by the National...
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Photo fury hits war tour
HAMBURG Indonesian Muslim students rally on the streets of Jakarta to protest against a thawing of Indonesia's relations with Israel under new President Abdurrahman Wahid REUTERS A controversial...