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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...
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Advisers can opt out of new law
Universities and colleges have won an 11th-hour exemption from statutory registration to regulate immigration advisers. Student advice services, however, will still have to conform to a strict code...
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Scots fear budget reforms upheaval
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council seems determined to plough on with teaching and research funding reforms despite widespread calls for a moratorium while a strategic review of the sector...
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Tories to levy 13% on loans, critics say
Academics, students and Liberal Democrats claim the Conservative Party's plan to "privatise" universities would mean graduates paying 13 per cent interest on their student loan debts. The Tory...
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Doctor quits Imperial over fees
A senior consultant responsible for admissions at Imperial College Medical School, London, has resigned because of tuition fees, cutbacks and bureaucracy. Sarah Burnett, a consultant radiologist at...
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Analysis: Plunged into poverty then pulled back out
Student support designed to aid access and cut dropout highlights a system failure, say critics. Claire Sanders reports in the second in our series on student poverty. "Some cases of student hardship...