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Two weeks ago in The THES... I have just analysed a survey of teachers' views on PRP in schools for a major teachers' union. About 30,000 teachers and headteachers from England and Wales responded....
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Complain, please
Students are ready to 'name and shame' universities that ignore their grouses, writes Andrew Pakes From next October vice-chancellors had better watch out because students in every university in the...
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No jobs for the boys... or girls
Are we educating too many arts postgraduates? asks Rebecca Stott The number of postgraduate students in British universities is climbing steadily. The Higher Education Statistics Agency reported...
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Brits play role in Italian job
In its quest to reform its research funding, Italy has turned to the UK for advice. Paul Bompard reports The venue was a small villa surrounded by thick vegetation on the outskirts of Rome. The...
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College spin-offs win DTI support
A new report calls for tax cuts and grants to aid entrepreneurs. Kam Patel reports A Department of Trade and Industry report out next month will call for better rewards and more support for academics...
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Wellcome art
The image which appeared on page three of The THES on July 2 was a detail from The Hinge, a series of inkjet prints by artist Ian Breakwell. It featured in a project by the Wellcome Trust's Sci-art...
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French launch genomique project
France is tackling its poor research record in the life sciences with a ¤46 million genome programme. Jane Marshall reports The French government is prioritising research in the life...
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Dopeheads hinder cannabis research
Research has already provided clear evidence that compounds related to cannabis that occur naturally in the body play a fundamental role in normal body function and could therefore be developed...
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Winging it
(Photograph) - Inspired by the Hindu tradition of scattering live spiders, like confetti, over brides, Winchester School of Art textile student, Clare Griffin, works insect wings and maggot...
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BT Higher Education awards
UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE Pounds 66,300 Connecting to Success Seeks to use information and communication technologies to help to raise aspirations among ten to 14 year olds in central Middlesborough,...
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University report gives supermarkets seal of approval
Researchers from Manchester's universities have rejected accusations of profiteering among Britain's supermarkets. Kam Patel reports The accusation that the United Kingdom's elite supermarkets are...
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UK benefits from brain drain
Foreign academics are flocking to work in the United Kingdom to fill posts left by a rise in staff turnover, according to research for the European Commission. Analysis of figures from the Higher...
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Euro-women find Archilleas's heel
Conferences held at the behest of the European Commission tend to have laudable aims, but few concrete outcomes. Last week's women and science conference in Brussels was no exception. Archilleas...
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Prodi tries changing faces and places
European Commission president Romano Prodi this week named his proposed team of commissioners as well as their responsibilities and departments, writes Alison Goddard. Two new faces take over...
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Ethnic minority increase at uni
More students from Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian backgrounds started degree courses in 1997-1998, according to Higher Education Statistics Agency figures. Ethnic minorities accounted for 14 per...