Laurie Taylor column
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Piercemuller, Doctor Out-of-office reply To: chiefexecutive@popp.ac.uk. Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, I am now out of the office until further notice. Piercemuller, Doctor Out-of-office...
The annual exchanges on the dumbing down of A levels started so early this year that the pundits may be too bored with the subject to summon up outrage at the 0.8 per cent increase in top grades...
The Nirah Project and various universities' contributions to the British Olympic swimming team demonstrate how far higher education has travelled from the old ivory tower stereotype. But...
Top state students miss out on elite places Some 3,000 state-school pupils are missing out on their rightful place at elite universities to less-qualified students from the independent sector,...
Deadline: 30/09/2004
Deadline: 30/09/2004
Boost for paediatric drugs research Drug companies will be encouraged to research and develop medicines specifically for children under new government plans. Lord Warner, the Health Minister, said...
Time to restore shine to gold standard exams Speaking just 48 hours before the publication of this year's results, David Miliband, the Schools Minister, admitted yesterday that while more than 21 per...
Deadline: 15/09/2004
Deadline: 19/09/2004
A-level grades a lottery, says expert Examination results should be treated with caution as an unreliable and insufficient guide to youngsters' overall ability, according to research conducted by...
A-level results spark standards row The annual row over whether A levels are becoming too easy kicked off in earnest yesterday as experts predicted that Thursday's results will show another record-...
Brussels, 13 Aug 2004 Conference results Proceedings DE EN FR (PDF, 485kb) (French and German versions available soon) Session 1: Knowledge production and certification Introduction to the session (...
Brussels, 13 Aug 2004 Commission report: Research and technological development activities of the Union 2003 Annual Report Full Text [...] Brussels, 2.8.2004 COM(2004) 533 final
Brussels, 13 Aug 2004 In March 2004, the CEN Technical Board (BT) created CEN/BTWG 166 'Nanotechnology'. The Working Group reports to the CEN/BT and its secretariat is with the BSI (British Standards...