'Bitter' feud stalls hunt for CJD cure
Attempts to find a cure for the fatal brain disease CJD are being hampered by a longstanding feud between two academic teams. The CJD surveillance unit at Edinburgh University and the Medical...
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Access universities with empty seats pay the price in Hefce cuts
Some of the leading access universities in England are braced for major cuts after this year's funding allocations, signalling the increasingly cut-throat market for extra student places....
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In the news: Michael Carr
'The next few years will be momentous for higher education. The Russell Group will have a significant role in shaping events, a role that we intend to play to the full' As the first executive...
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Appointments
John Beringer , pro vice-chancellor of Bristol University, has been invited by the prime minister to become a member of the Council for Science and Technology. David Balfour , professor in...
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Axe hangs over top UEA school
Education secretary Charles Clarke's desire for a more market-driven higher education system looks set to claim two prestigious departments at the University of East Anglia, which lies in his...
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Culture clashes 'set to worsen'
The judiciary and police are ill-prepared to deal with the rise in the number of honour crimes perpetrated in some migrant communities, an expert has warned. Usha Sood, senior law lecturer at...
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Image dogs UK science, say leaders
A growing anti-science culture in the UK threatens to undermine attempts to make the country a world leader in research, scientists and government ministers agreed this week. At a much-publicised...
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Swansea goes under hammer
Swansea University students who put the institution up for sale on eBay were stunned when bids broke all records, reaching nearly $100 million (£55 million) in one day. Student union welfare and...
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Next week
Stars and strips How the number 322 and a call to appear naked link Yale alumni George W. Bush and John Kerry Also Dubya's distortions : How the Bush administration is skewing academic research; John...
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UK called on to 'save to study'
It's not just the state that now pays for post-school education. Tony Tysome reports. A national debate should be held on what can be done to help people save for further and higher education in the...
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Stellar horn plays the music of stars
The music of the spheres is being heard for the first time thanks to a unique collaboration between an astronomer and a composer. Every note in the five-minute composition is "played" by an...
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EU influx to push for places in UK
School-leavers could find it harder to get into UK universities because of competition from thousands of candidates from the new European Union member states, according to an independent think-tank....
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Big cuts punish poor student enrolments
Stability and consolidation were the watchwords this week as the Higher Education Funding Council for England set out how much money it will distribute to universities for teaching and research in...
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Animal zealots target Oxford
Animal rights activists are to target Oxford University, raising fresh fears that academics will become the primary focus of extremists. Stop Primate Experiments at Cambridge, a coalition of animal...
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Sober standing committee avoids falling down fate
Ministers this week conceded that MPs needed extra time to scrutinise the HE bill. Paul Hill witnessed the latest Commons deliberations. The Tories smelt a rat, Labour smelt tripe and one backbencher...