Higher education appointments
University of Portsmouth Wolfram Kaiser has been appointed professor of European studies. He has previously been a senior research fellow and lecturer at the Universities of Edinburgh, Vienna, Paris...
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Higher education grants
The University of Huddersfield The following have received research grants: P. Barnes , £181,294 from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (new metal carbon coated ceramic...
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Latest international news
Italian men shirk from shrinks A study by Rome’s La Sapienza University has revealed that 75 per cent of Italian males between 25 and 55 who sought psychiatric treatment were accompanied by...
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Latest UK news
Health professionals get £6 million boost The government has announced a £6 million package to support the training and careers of health professionals. The National Health Service plans to increase...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Harvard Business School and Stanford University are exploring plans to develop and deliver online courses in executive and management education. DAILY TELEGRAPH Scientists from...
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TV & radio guide - Monday
Composer of the Week (9.00 am R3 and rest of week) is Brahms. Start the Week (9.00 am R4). Featuring Margaret Drabble on George Orwell, and Peter Linebaugh on early American history. Book of the Week...
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TV & radio guide - Sunday
The Two Cultures? (2.25 am C4) What science can tell us about our appreciation of art. Oxford art historian Martin Kemp and UCL psychologist Chris McManus are among the experts. (Interesting repeat...
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TV & radio guide - Saturday
The Medieval Ball (2.30 R4). Terry Jones (ex-Monty Python Chaucer enthusiast) begins a four-part series examining how the medieval world saw itself through its maps, with Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa...
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V-c departure angers staff
Staff at the University of Northumbria say their vice-chancellor has destabilised the institution by announcing that he will be leaving next year, following a clash with his board of governors....
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Peer finds way to modify man
Powerful techniques to create transgenic animals and humans and to isolate stem cells from their tissue have been patented by Lord Winston, the Labour peer and Imperial College scientist. The new...
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Hefce risks run-in over board
Funding chiefs risk the wrath of the government after last week's appointment of three white men to the board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. By April 2003, women should form 45...
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Exit CVCP, enter Universities UK
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals relaunched itself this week as Universities UK as part of a corporate strategy to raise the profile of higher education. Several projects have been...
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Alexander delights v-cs by reducing top slicing
Wendy Alexander, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has ordered the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to reduce its level of top slicing, delighting vice-chancellors....
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Bournemouth's Tillman takes Turner treasure
The Bournemouth Arts Institute this week celebrated Wolfgang Tillmans's success in winning the £20,000 Turner prize. Mr Tillmans studied photography at the institute between 1990 and 1992. The judges...
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OU launches postgrad research school
The Open University today launched a research school to provide training for its postgraduate students, postdoctoral and research staff. Project staff and financial management training will be...