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From today's UK papers
Guardian Nasa is preparing a $200m (£120m) robot spacecraft which will catch a piece of the sun and bring it back to Earth. Genesis will collect pristine 'building material', providing scientists...
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Latest UK news
Shell targetted Oil giant Shell is set to become the latest target for an animal rights group trying to shut down Huntingdon Life Sciences, the pharmaceutical testing firm. The Stop Huntingdon Animal...
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When epic boys meet Hardy girls
Is our ability to tell stories as much a product of evolution as our ability to make tools? So say the Darwinians set to explode conventional literary theory. Jerome Burne reports. Revolution was...
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Cutting edge: Kenneth Baillie
Six Edinburgh University medical students were literally on top of the world when they researched why altitude affects humans. "Breathtaking expedition. Inspired science. Brilliantly conceived." That...
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Rectors voice basic research fears
The heads of Europe's universities are concerned about the planned European Union Sixth Framework Research Programme being focused on large targeted studies. They fear there could be insufficient...
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Space unit is on launch pad
Leicester's National Space Centre could rocket the country's space science into a more visible orbit. Tony Tysome reports. Leicester University's ten-year ambition to create a National Space Centre...
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Ready for take-off
Sally Brown's enthusiasm is contagious. She is membership director for the Institute for Learning and Teaching and, despite the bad press since the ILT's conception in 1998, she is undaunted by the...
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Lessons from learners
Lancaster saved money by hiring students as consultants, Nicki Household writes. Lancaster University has hit on a novel way to address some of its thornier management problems. Instead of employing...
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Cambridge is worth 170 Guildhalls
Cambridge University is worth 170 London Guildhalls or four Edinburgh Universities, according to a THES analysis. Cambridge, followed by Oxford, tops the tables for assets, endowments, reserves and...
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Bradford calls on peace experts
Alison Utley looks at the fall-out from flare-ups in multi-ethnic communities Bradford University is applying its expertise in conflict resolution in the international arena to help resolve...
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City riot leads to student worries
Alison Utley looks at the fall-out from flare-ups in multi-ethnic communities . Bradford University received calls from anxious parents within hours of the break-out of last weekend's riots in the...
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'Race myopia' in universities
Alison Utley looks at the fall-out from flare-ups in multi-ethnic communities. Institutional racism is rife in British universities, according to a sociologist researching the problem for the Higher...
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Scots promised a radical review of lifelong learning
The Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee has pledged the most fundamental review of post-compulsory education and training since the Robbins report nearly 40 years ago....
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Business schools under fire
The United Kingdom lacks world-class business schools, universities are failing to produce the skills business needs and management research is of limited relevance, according to a government panel....