Oxford endorses Muslim theologian
An Oxford University inquiry is expected to endorse the controversial appointment of a Muslim theologian who has been accused of being an apologist for religious murder. Jean Michot, who has written...
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Queen's senior staff rally to fight job losses
The big guns at Queen's University came out fighting this week in a war of words after a rebellion by academic staff over a radical restructuring plan. Pro vice-chancellor Malcolm Andrew said Queen's...
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Students in dark about complaining
Universities are rushing to put in place formal procedures for student complaints to conform with new guidelines, but many are not publicising them properly, the National Postgraduate Committee has...
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'Talented' American loses case against Cambridge
Cambridge University has kicked an American postgraduate student off her course despite a tutor's admission that she was not adequately supervised. Her tutors described Kate Price as a student of "...
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Teaching checks streamlined
The Teacher Training Agency has had to re-draft its framework for quality assessment after consultation revealed that universities have been rejecting students with non-traditional qualifications for...
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Lecturers put science on agenda
Lecturers are calling for an "investors in scientific people" award as part of the government's "investors in people" scheme. The Association of University Teachers will put a motion to next week's...
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Union trainees sent on a recruiting drive
Next week's annual meeting of the Trades Union Congress will be a chance to review the TUC's organising academy. Set up in January and funded by the TUC and 17 sponsoring unions, it has sent out 36 "...
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Search for secret of creative engineers
British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce are linking with the universities of Southampton, Sheffield and Cambridge in a Pounds 1.5 million research programme into engineering design processes for the 21st...
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The rise of the mega-competitor
Corporate universities Unipart "U": Established in 1993 by the Unipart Group of companies, based at the group's head office in Oxford. Led by the Deans Group chaired by Dan Jones, professor of motor...
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School science teaching 'should be dumbed down'
Science education, ethical concerns about scientific developments and new areas of research were all highlighted at the British Association's annual science festival in Cardiff this week. More than 4...
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Witch-hunts on agenda at conference
The fear of being branded a witch has not featured in western research into the barriers to women studying science, but it has emerged as an obstacle among female students in Ghana, writes Olga...
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Alzheimer's advance
Alzheimer's disease could be treated successfully by vitamin supplements, according to preliminary work by researchers at the University of Oxford. They plan to conduct clinical trials that could...
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Working farm women
Archeologists have unearthed evidence that women living in the Outer Hebrides in the 16th century did all the heavy farm work. Joanna Sofaer-Derevenski of the University of Cambridge examined the...
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Fornix and forgetting
Scientists at the University of Cardiff have identified why it is that amnesia can be caused by damage to either of two quite distinct parts of the brain by studying the role of the fornix, a pathway...
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Sense of self sets human beings apart
Pride, guilt and self-consciousness are uniquely human characteristics, the British Association annual science festival heard this week. Uta Frith of University College, London, made the claim after...