Safety at Spanish BSE lab queried
Spain's BSE testing centre is fighting allegations that laboratory conditions at its University of Zaragoza base are unsafe. There has been a complaint that dissection equipment is shared with other...
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Campus victory for gay couples Gay couples have won the right to “marry” in the gothic chapel of Duke University in North Carolina. Duke already allows same-sex commitment ceremonies for...
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Researchers guilty of misconduct
The General Medical Council found two researchers from King's College London medical school guilty of serious professional misconduct, both for dishonesty, in separate cases this week. A third...
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Latest UK news
Exam body told to reform The Scottish Qualifications Authority must adopt a culture of openness and cooperation, according to a report published today by the Scottish Parliament’s education committee...
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From today's UK papers
THE GUARDIAN Graduates are an increasingly powerful and demanding group, brimming with confidence and forcing employers to fulfil their expectations or risk losing the war for talent, a survey from...
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Agony aunt
Q: As a tutor, I am the first port of call for students who are unhappy with their courses and want to switch. What advice can I give them? Andrew West , Senior assistant registrar, student services...
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Talking shop: blurring the lines
Jennifer Moon explores how to engender a multi-disciplinary outlook A flood of Quality Assurance Agency papers has poured into higher education this past year, yet most are directed towards the type...
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How to... design mix 'n' match courses
WHAT Ronald Barnett, Kelly Coate and Gareth Parry make sense of study programmes. WHY Curriculum planning is a complicated, yet necessary part of improving degree quality. HOW The undergraduate...
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A human face still beats net
The market for online business courses is booming, says Tony Tysome, but the best maintain the personal touch. When students enrol on Warwick University Business School's 15-year-old distance-...
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Star turn: Lesley-Jane Reynolds
Pat Leon watches a lecturer bring immunology alive with rich anecdote The lecture theatre is packed. Students clamber over seats to take their places. Sweet wrappers rustle, there is a buzz of light...
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Devolution and Constitutional Change - phase two
Deadline: 31/01/2001
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Regional Commissioned Research Programme: Child Health
Deadline: 31/01/2001
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How the starship keeps on trekking
Antimatter
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The third way to error and confusion
This is not just a book. It is part of what Simon Schama proudly calls "the project". When complete, this project will consist of two illustrated books (the second, The Fate of Empire, 1603-2001, to...
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Take a literary Dance lesson
A Writer's Notebook