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Deadline: 30/11/2003
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Deadline: 30/11/2002
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Academic blacklisted over threat of invasion
Ecologists have been accused of allowing emotions and aesthetics to colour warnings about the environmental threat posed by non-native species. The scholar at the centre of the dispute said he had...
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Oxford college in survival fight
Oxford's newest college has become mired in financial controversy with a question mark hanging over the size of its endowment and even its name. Serious questions have been raised about the college's...
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In the news: Steven Schwartz
Steven Schwartz's media profile has rocketed since he became head of the government task force on fair university admissions, which produced its initial discussion document this week, writes Alison...
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Appointments
The government has appointed the following to the six research councils. • Biotechnology and Biological Research Council: David Brightman , chair, Arable Research Institute Association, and of the...
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Bologna threat to masters plan
Enhanced four-year degrees designed to take undergraduates to the "cutting edge" of disciplines such as engineering, chemistry and physics may be left out in the cold by the Bologna process despite...
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Cooper quits Umist over merger
Cary Cooper, media pundit and one of the most high-profile academics at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, is leaving after 29 years, citing the institute's merger with...
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Pay snub puts strike on cards
The prospect of a winter of discontent in universities loomed large this week as lecturers' union Natfhe joined the Association of University Teachers in rejecting the national pay offer as "...
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Top-ups are real enemy, say Scots
English top-up fees are potentially "much, much more problematic" for Scottish universities' competitiveness than more concentrated research funds, the chairman of the Scottish higher education...
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Next week
THES PROFESSIONAL How do you collaborate on research topics, deal with a bullying boss, salvage a career or survive a media onslaught? We'll address practical professional problems such as these in...
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RS backs cloning ban
The Royal Society has backed calls for a worldwide ban on human reproductive cloning. More than 60 science academies around the world have endorsed a statement urging the United Nations to agree on a...
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Cardiff to lecture online
Students at Cardiff University may soon be able to access lectures and seminars without leaving halls of residence, thanks to a £4.5 million computer network.
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'Ban extremists' call
A study by a University of Leicester professor is calling on the government to ban religious extremists from entering the country. Richard Bonney, professor of history at Leicester and an expert on...