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Oxford and Princeton form research alliance Oxford and Princeton universities have announced collaboration on research and student exchanges, giving both access to new funding bodies and a...
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Imperial awaits sentence for GMO breach Imperial College was today awaiting sentence after it admitted breaching health and safety legislation regulating the use of genetically modified organisms. At...
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Ethiopian campus reopens after riots The University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia reopened today after last week’s disturbances in which 40 people died. Student demands for police to leave the...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian The days of the global email virus may be numbered after Ministry of Defence scientists developed software that could prevent worldwide, mail-borne infections such as the...
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Latest international news
Students held in detention camps Thousands of Ethiopian students are being held in detention camps following last week's riots in Addis Ababa in which 39 people died and 250 were wounded. The...
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Latest UK news
Dons come together for genetics debate Animal geneticists are to join the public for a Question Time -style debate in Edinburgh tonight. It will be hosted by the Agriculture and...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Fiona Harvey says that scientists are learning how to build tiny machines a few atoms wide; industrial applications may be a decade or more away but progress has been astonishing....
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China given warning on jailed three
The detention without trial of three academics of Chinese ancestry is threatening China's links with the rest of the world, President Jiang Zemin was warned this week. Two of the academics were...
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For the record
Minister hits back at AS level flop claims Education minister Baroness Blackstone has hit back at claims that the new advanced subsidiary qualification is a flop with universities, schools and...
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Give extra maths or dropouts will rise, says engineers body
Universities should provide additional maths and science tuition to engineering students or risk higher dropout rates and dumbing down, industry regulators said this week. The Engineering Council...
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Women who study technology more likely to stay singletons
Women with degrees in technology are less likely to cohabit or to marry than non-graduates. They are also more than twice as likely to be childless, according to research announced at the recent...
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Stats tool fills census gaps
A statistical model devised to estimate wildlife populations will be used in this year's census to make it the most accurate ever. Ian Diamond, professor of social statistics at Southampton...
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A post-16 challenge
Further education colleges and training providers must provide cheap and easy access to courses that learners and employers really want, says a new report. The report by the Further Education Funding...
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Scots one-stop shop aims to end 'blind date' job search
Scotland is set to lead the UK with a pioneering one-stop careers advice shop for people of all ages. Wendy Alexander, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, today unveiled plans...
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Former church college in merger talks with Birmingham University
Birmingham University is negotiating to complete a merger with the former Westhill College of Higher Education. The two institutions had already entered into a strategic alliance and set up a joint...