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  1. Charitable connections keep our science strong

    Proposals to remove charity income from funding formulas bode ill for vital research, says Mark Walport This time last year charities were feeling rather upbeat about the future funding of university...

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  2. Alison Wolf

    Entry decisions based on points are a minefield and will not work in an admissions system run on a shoestring A few years ago, at an Australian sandstone (read Russell Group) university, I was...

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  3. Don's diary: games and gold medals in Mind

    Friday All keyed up for tomorrow's start of the Mind Sports Olympiad - an annual games festival in which all the contests are thinking games and competitions using other mental skills. Anyone may...

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  4. Honoured with a whipping

    Hats off to Bob Stone. The professor of interactive multimedia systems at the University of Birmingham has received the unusual distinction of being made an honorary Cossack for his services to...

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  5. A way ahead for wayward birds

    A novel application has emerged from the work of Yohsuke Kamide, from Nagoya University in Japan, who has developed a system that tracks variations in the Earth's magnetic field caused by subatomic...

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  6. Can cook, won't pay

    TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright, the student-elected rector of Aberdeen University, has an unconventional solution to student debt. The star of Two Fat Ladies - who is filing for bankruptcy - is...

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  7. Cheers! Students are back

    Drinks companies are counting their takings after hundreds of freshers' week events up and down the country. Last week, Inventive Leisure, the company behind the Revolution vodka-bar chain, announced...

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  9. Don't lose MSc magic

    Undergraduate top-ups lead the news but masters students will be hit harder, says Bruce Yardley Mention "fees" to most people and the first thing they think about is the cost of undergraduate courses...

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  10. Top billing for bad creditors

    While universities have learnt to generate income, they can be slow to collect the cash, says Peter Buckle English universities earn more than £2 billion each year from commercial activities such as...

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  11. How to avoid falling into the parent trap

    Students today come with mum and dad attached. Valerie Atkinson offers some advice on how to deal with them. Sometimes, when a student's parent contacts a departmental office, there is no alternative...

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  12. Jobwatch: Lancaster begins Rae push

    The university's history and English departments are revving up their recruitment drive in pursuit of the much coveted 6* status in the next research assessment exercise. Caroline Davis reports....

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  13. Who got that job?

    Carol Granger, 42 Job advertised, THES, November 22 2002 DE MONFORT UNIVERSITY UK Human Tissue Bank (UKHTB) Customer Liaison Manager Circa £35,000  Fixed term - One year contract The UK...

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  14. Plotted progress that will benefit all parties

    Progress files are benefiting tutors and students. Angela Smallwood describes a growing assessment initiative. It all started in 1993. That autumn I took on the job of director of studies at the...

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  15. Teaching: on the front line

    What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Guglielmo Volpe Age : 38 Job : Senior lecturer in economics, London Metropolitan University. Salary : about £24,000...

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