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Science in schools gets £1m boost The first wave of schools that will specialise in science to help reverse the decline in the number of pupils taking physics and chemistry at A level has been...
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Nanotechnology project gets €2 million from EU
A team of scientists led by experts from the British BTG Nanotechnology Network has been granted €2 million (£1.28 million) by the European Union to develop a nanoscale biological switch. Six...
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Computer game comes to aid of dying tongue
Linguistics staff at Manchester University are trying to save Tofa, a language spoken by just 40 ageing Siberian reindeer hunters, by translating computer games into it. Tofa could be lost in 50...
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Clarification
The Student Loans Company has asked us to clarify a point in our story ( THES , June 7) about loan payments at Stirling University. Loans to other non-Scottish UK students will be paid on the...
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Standards proposal threatens PhD cuts
Universities that cannot provide supervisors from departments with research assessment exercise ratings of 3a or above will get no cash for PhD students under Higher Education Funding Council for...
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RAE plunges Bristol medics into crisis
Bristol Medical School, one of the oldest in the country, is in financial difficulties after its poor result in the research assessment exercise resulted in a loss of £1.2 million. The school teaches...
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Student joy poll reveals some home truths
Forget all-night parties and binge drinking. The happiest students live in their family home and drink modestly, according to a survey of 21,000 undergraduates. The survey, thought to be the largest...
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Decrepit buildings must get £5bn, v-cs demand
An immediate investment of more than £5 billion to modernise teaching buildings, libraries and information technology provision is vital, according to a report published yesterday by Universities UK...
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V-cs 'wasted cash for pay'
Lecturers' leaders this week accused vice-chancellors of squandering scarce resources desperately needed for staff pay as the first round of talks began over the trade unions' demands for a 15 per...
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Support staff may strike too
Further education union leaders forecast an "autumn of discontent" for colleges this week after support staff threatened to join lecturers in strikes over pay. An increased offer from employers of 2....
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£47.5m for Glasgow in student digs partnership
Glasgow University has finalised a multimillion-pound deal to lease the majority of its halls of residence, despite widespread opposition from students. It has signed an agreement with the Sanctuary...
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Pressure on Pimlott to go
Goldsmiths College's governing body is reviewing the appointment of its warden, Ben Pimlott, as the Association of University Teachers increases pressure on the high-profile royal biographer to stand...
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Outlook program ban as virus hits
Microsoft's Outlook email software, the target of a new computer virus, has been banned by a Cambridge University college. Newnham College took the step after a number of users were affected by the "...
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Findings: Monkeys drink to wind down
A group of laboratory monkeys startled scientists when they adopted distinctly human patterns of drinking and chose to consume alcohol in the evenings and at weekends, writes Steve Farrar. Dee Higley...
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Findings: Mystery mass fills universe
The vacuum of space is teeming with a mysterious "dark energy" that accounts for 70 per cent of the universe yet is a complete puzzle to science, writes Steve Farrar. High-precision images of the...