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Brits want to return to Mars Undaunted by the failure of the Beagle 2 Mars mission or criticism of the way it was managed, the team behind it yesterday urged the European Space Agency to try again....
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Funding chiefs launch course probe University funding chiefs have launched an investigation into unpopular undergraduate courses, as concern grows that students are abandoning traditional disciplines...
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British Renal Society
Deadline: 30/09/2004
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Molecular and Cell Biology Network
Deadline: 30/09/2004
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Today's news
Nobel chemist Kroto joins the brain drain Leading scientist Sir Harry Kroto has announced that he will move to the US. The Nobel prize-winning chemist is leaving Britain for America because he says...
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Science to unlock toxic secrets
The shoals of 3.5m-long Mekong catfish, the denizens of the Komodo dragon enclosure and the dazzling colours of African Rift Valley cichlids will awe visitors to the world's largest aquaria. When the...
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You need a Bob or two to graduate
Chris Johnston looks at the cost of champagne and celebrity-filled ceremonies. As students look forward to graduating, they may be forgiven for thinking that their days of racking up debt are...
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Dash for foreign cash may scupper research
A global scramble by universities to cash in on the lucrative market for overseas students risks hampering diversity, "dumbing down" postgraduate research and excluding poor nations, according to a...
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Quality fears over UK courses taught abroad
There is a "strong case for concern" about the quality of UK courses delivered to overseas students in their own countries, researchers have concluded, writes Tony Tysome. Analysis of the first data...
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Lancaster moves to tape its vivas
Katie Law reports from the annual meeting of postgraduate representatives Lancaster University has become one of the first academic institutions to introduce systematic recording of PhD vivas, amid...
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A lonely life, so knock a few back
Katie Law reports from the annual meeting of postgraduate representatives More could be done to improve the lot of the postgraduate student, who often faces a lonely and neglected life during...
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Bigger is better, insists gung-ho victor
Katie Law reports from the annual meeting of postgraduate representatives Jim Ewing, the newly elected general secretary of the National Postgraduate Committee, this week vowed to increase the size...
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Keeping tabs on market traders
As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide The US university system has demonstrated the characteristics of a free market more...
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Private struggles for recognition
AUSTRALIA. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide Private universities are rare in Australia. The first - Bond University in...
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State retains firm grip on regulation
FRANCE. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide French universities are closely regulated public institutions, accredited and...