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China releases jailed scholars Two United States-based scholars of Chinese origin, Gao Zhan and Qin Guangguang, have been released on medical grounds by China, 36 hours after they had been convicted...
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Daily Telegraph Paul Maxwell Robinson, a law librarian at University College London, was jailed for a year yesterday after a Swedish court found him guilty of violent rioting at the European Union...
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Nigerian delegation refused visas The 78-member Nigerian delegation to this week’s Education International congress is stranded in Johannesburg because the Nigerian Embassy in South Africa has...
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Most trainee teachers are white females Universities have no chance of redressing gender or ethnic imbalances among trainee teachers because they have too little choice about who to take, according...
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Independent Thirty sites around Britain will be sown with genetically modified oilseed rape next month in the latest stage of the government's three-year experiment to measure the effect of...
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US colleges get £4.5m for summer study United States universities and colleges have received grants totalling £4.5 million for summer study programmes, curriculum development and research at...
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Chief inspector criticises slip in training standards Training to prepare young people for the world of work is still not up to the job, according to David Sherlock, chief inspector of the...
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Daily Telegraph An inquiry into the involvement of private business in the delivery of health and education services is being launched by MPs. Stammering is caused by a physical fault in the brain...
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Scotland plans £1m science promotion Wendy Alexander, Scotland’s enterprise and lifelong learning minister, has announced £1 million in funding for the Scottish Science Trust to promote the public...
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Daily Telegraph Prescriptions for sedative drugs have almost doubled in one year, a report by the Department of Health discloses today. A giant storm has wrapped the whole of Mars in a blanket of...
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University of Greenwich Honorary Degrees 2001: HonLLD: Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath was prime minister from 1970-74. He has just retired after serving as an MP for over 50 years and was the longest...
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Yale academic seeks no-strike lecture pledge
The bestselling British author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers has stepped into a dispute between Yale University and its graduate teaching assistants by laying down conditions under which...
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Bright sparks noted by RCA
Karaoke in the shower and texting for the elderly are among the technological advances being proposed by Royal College of Art graduates. Student Cristian Norlin said: "I think as a designer dealing...
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Consortia reject UK favourite
Universities and colleges are upset at no longer being able to buy computers from a British company since its exclusion from three purchasing consortia. London-based Dan Technologies has been selling...
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Gaming scholars come out of closet for revolution
Research into computer games is essential in understanding the digital revolution, according to the organisers of a Bristol conference. Jon Dovey, who ran the Game Cultures weekend, said ludology was...