Trans-Pacific cable speeds up dons' debate
A new submarine trans-Pacific cable network, capable of carrying 40 gigabits a second, will soon give Australian academics faster access to colleagues in North America. The Southern Cross Cable...
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Photonics MSc secures funding
Heriot-Watt and St Andrews universities have won a £2 million, five-year funding package for a new masters programme for Scotland's booming photonics telecommunications industry. The MSc in photonics...
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Equality will lead to a wider talent pool for society
To judge from the bold slogans of employers advertising for staff in this newspaper, equality of opportunity has arrived or is being striven for in a vast range of British universities. But our...
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Existing law on animal use must be enforced
The British statute book contains many laws to protect people and businesses. There are even some to protect animals. Now there is pressure for new legislation to guarantee the safety of people who...
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Selfless or selfish - if you can help, you're in
Despite most VSO volunteers working in education, there is still a shortage of primary teachers, says Mark Goldring. Much has been made in the press recently of Voluntary Service Overseas's new brand...
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Union demands can only damage our institute
Paul Clark regrets calls for changes to a body that aims to support and give status to teaching professionals. The Institute for Learning and Teaching is disappointed by the decisions of the recent...
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Why I believe a moratorium on Hitler is overdue
In April 1945, with the Red Army closing in, Joseph Goebbels addressed his staff after showing them the Nazi epic Kolberg. Looking forward to another film that might be made in the distant future, he...
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Ye olde 1st, 2:1 and 2:2
Catherine Belsey looks back to a time of assessment high priests and magical league tables... Documentary evidence is beginning to emerge of certain obscure rituals practised by our ancestors at the...
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Cutting edge: Tore Soderqvist
You can put a price on the earth's worth to humans, but it does little for understanding its true value or helping us to make policy. Early one morning in May 1997, I was on a train on my way to work...
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Enter advisers, stage left, with facts
Analysing science advice as a form of drama offers insight into its reception, says Stephen Hilgartner. The BSE tragedy demonstrates that the health of individuals and of public institutions depends...
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Painting is an illusion
Rembrandt's celebrated painting, The Anatomy of Dr Deijman , has been revealed as a piece of science fiction, writes Tanya Reed. The 1656 painting, on display at the Hayward Gallery, London as part...
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Earthquakes liquefy cities
Three Egyptian cities met near-biblical fates, as the ground beneath their buildings turned liquid and swallowed them, writes Steve Farrar. A team of archaeologists and scientists have pieced...
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In a weed lurk life's secrets
The sequencing of the first plant genome will herald a new era for plant sciences, writes Mike Bevan. On the face of it, there is little to distinguish thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana , from any...
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No more funny handshakes
In new research for the Hansard Society, Karen Ross argues that the biggest hurdletoequality is a lack of will. A report setting out the extent of women's involvement in the decision-making tier of...
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Gap-year youth exploited Youngsters who work abroad or take a gap placement overseas are often exploited or paid low wages. A survey for BBC Essentials also found that one in 20 people questioned...