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Wealthier Oxford colleges offer ‘better education’ Undergraduates at wealthy Oxford colleges such as Christ Church and St John’s have a significantly better educational experience than those at...
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Brown promises cash injection for science Chancellor Gordon Brown pledged a funding boost for science in the new spending review when he last night opened the National e-Science Centre based...
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Imperial tackles slide of science in schools
The falling popularity of science at schools and universities so worries Imperial College, London, that it plans to employ postdocs who will spend half their time on research and the rest teaching...
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Will taking away maths make physics popular?
University physics departments are to be asked to consider a new physics degree that will not require students to have mathematics A level. An Institute of Physics working group is developing several...
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Lords' stand defends academic freedom
The House of Lords stood up for academic freedom last week when it carried amendments to the Export Control Bill by 150 votes to 108. Universities had worried that the bill would allow the government...
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Scottish bookseller enters Blackwell fold
Scottish academics were relieved by news that Blackwell UK is to buy the 12 academic branches of James Thin, the family-run bookseller that entered administration earlier this year. Blackwell's chief...
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Cash in on knowledge, Welsh institutions told
All Welsh universities and colleges should draw up plans to commercialise knowledge, a report from the Institute of Welsh Affairs says this week. Under the report's proposals, the Welsh Assembly...
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DTI wants more skill in knowledge-transfer
Universities are not spending enough to train their knowledge-transfer staff, says a Department for Trade and Industry report. Although many managers and practitioners have postgraduate degrees as...
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Doctor who assaulted students struck off
Allan Buchan, a doctor jailed for 30 months for sexually assaulting male students from Stirling University during medical checks, has been struck off by the General Medical Council. A jury last year...
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Derwent taps into Glasgow graduates
Derwent Information, the leading patent and scientific information provider, is opening a Glasgow office because of the city's "exceptional pool of graduates". It will recruit more than 50 science...
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Court clears Oxford of discrimination claims
Oxford University did not discriminate against postgraduate student Nadeem Ahmed despite making him sit "flawed" exams that were open to abuse, a court has ruled. Mr Ahmed, 34, said his supervisor,...
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British Academy seeks new field in humanities
The British Academy wants to fund new areas of research in the humanities and social sciences to celebrate its centenary. Up to £150,000 a year will be available for up to seven years for...
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London mayor in fresh call for end to fees
Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, renewed his call on the government to stop charging students for higher education. Mr Livingstone, speaking this week at the launch of two reports that indicate that...
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Sexual confusion puts pests off the wine
Scientists are attacking pests that ruin grape crops by sowing sexual confusion among the insects. Researchers from Southampton University and its spin-off company Exosect are coating the insects...
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Medical school expansion ruled out
There will be no new expansion of medical school places and no new medical schools despite government promises last week of 15,000 more GPs and consultants. Officials at the Department of Health...