Talent needs a sporting chance
Widening participation has given university sports an opportunity that must not be squandered, says Richard Cox. The 18-22 age group is important for athletes in most sports. It may not be when they...
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Why I ...think intelligence cannot be tested
Intelligence is like creativity in that everyone wants it but no one seems able to say what it is. Its high status is confirmed by theories of questionable academic merit that nevertheless achieve...
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Time lords' ticking-off
Academics occupy that higher plane because their secretaries are rooted in reality, argues Valerie Atkinson. See that advancing university academic? The one with the big batch of letters to...
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Student numbers 'fiddled'
Universities have been asked to create ways of counting students that will help the government to reach its 50 per cent participation target, it was claimed this week. Opposition politicians said...
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Professor loses job but gains knighthood
Sir Ian Kennedy who was knighted this week in the new year honours has simultaneously lost his job as professor of health law, ethics and policy at University College London. Sir Ian had secured...
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Government research set for a shake-up
The cultural revolution that is shaking up the way the government handles scientific research is to accelerate in 2002. A review of departmental science and advice is expected to signal further...
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APPOINTMENTS University of Cambridge Nick Tippler , former registrar at Homerton College, has been appointed head of admission at the board of graduate studies. UMIST Tom Hinchcliffe , chairman of...
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Oxford denies press slip
Oxford University denied this week that it leaked details about the failed application of the son of a prominent banker and university donor to the press. The donor, Philip Keevil, has since resigned...
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Lib dem call to end 'army of failures' The English education system creates an "army of failures"and needs radical reform, Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis told the North of...
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Life is not just a beach for the intellectual tourist
Seaside resorts need not be a washout off season, says Victoria McKee. Educational holidays can boost business all year. Tourism centres are turning their attentions to home-grown holiday-makers...
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'I'm just a dyed-in-the-wool scholar'
He's had two careers in higher education, retired twice, but at 78 years Lewis Elton is still going strong. Lewis Elton has retired twice. But few would know it. For Elton is as busy, prodigious and...
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On a 'need to know' basis
US historians are preparing to fight a directive, sneaked through by George W. Bush in early November, that closes the archives on certain presidential papers. Huw Richards reports President George W...
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Living up to expectations
What do you get when you combine old-style doctoring with 21st-century obstetrics? Harriet Swain meets King's College London's 'miracle maker' Kypros Nicolaides. The knock at the door comes just as...
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If we're different, it's for the same reason
In our series on the Big Science Questions, Aisling Irwin looks at the evidence for differences between the sexes beyond the basic mechanics of reproduction. "Why can't a woman be more like a man?"...
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To describe our nature is not to define our natural place
Acknowledging that men and women are not the same is not an argument for genetic determinism, writes Janet Radcliffe Richards. Were traditionalists right about men and women after all? They always...