From today's UK papers
Bank gives $50m as a green gift to the globe Fifty million dollars over five years (£35 million) for the environment was promised yesterday by the HSBC bank, in what is believed to be the biggest...
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APPOINTMENTS Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences Lawrence Freedman , professor and head of the school of social science and public policy at King's College, London, has been elected...
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Why I ..deplore the waste of Britain's women scientists
While a few academics may bemoan their lack of promotion from a good position to an even better one, spare a thought for the senior women who have worked alongside them for decades without a position...
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New-Tech Society: Where all citizens should be free to meet
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. An ever-growing number of people have access...
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New-Tech Society: The rumour machine that fills a need
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. The power of the internet in spreading rumour...
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New-Tech Society: Advance in leaps and boundaries
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. China's dream of access to world markets has...
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New-Tech Society: Finns keep friends at arm's length
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. Despite the popularity of mobile phones in...
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New-Tech Society: A good dose of derring-do
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. Manuel Castells tells Martin Ince that...
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New-Tech Society: Why China's great firewall may not be so great after all
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. There is growing political and commercial...
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Fake verifiable degrees offered on internet
Fake degrees for universities in Britain, America and Australia that are claimed to be verifiable with correct serial numbers and student IDs are being offered across Asia. "Verifiable" degrees are...
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NUS: 'Students would be better off on benefits'
Thousands of students are being forced to survive below the poverty line, the National Union of Students said this week. Releasing new figures to coincide with Wednesday's national demonstration in...
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Student leaders in Northern Ireland
Student leaders in Northern Ireland have condemned a series of apparent Loyalist paramilitary attacks and threats against students living in South Belfast, writes Olga Wojtas. Two students were...
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Expansion set to cost billions
The government says an extra 400,000 students will be needed to meet its higher education expansion target by 2010, signalling growth that could cost billions of pounds. The Department for Education...
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Next week
News Joint effort: merger plans of the University of North London and London Guildhall University Features Masculinity under the microscope Plus : Three academics argue their corner on privatisation...
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For the record
Lower-rated research to be cut by a third Funding for lower-rated research is to be cut by a third, according to funding chiefs. Departments that received a grade 4 in last year's research assessment...