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Yale offers incentive to foreign students Yale University is to extend its "need-blind" admission policy to foreign students, guaranteeing that it will financially support successful applicants. The...
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Latest UK news
Cubie warns of 'graduate tax' Andrew Cubie, convenor of the independent inquiry in Scotland that proposed a £25,000 earnings threshold for contributions to a graduate endowment scheme, has warned...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Edinburgh University will announce a groundbreaking deal to borrow £40m through an unsecured loan - a possible blueprint for similar moves at English universities THE GUARDIAN Private...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Wednesday
(All times pm unless stated.) Natural Design – Robocritters (8.00 am, repeated 11.00 am, 2.00, 5.00, 8.00 BBC Knowledge). How robot designers are learning from the natural world. Meridian: The...
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Latest international news
British pretender collects cash in Paraguay The chairman of an allegedly British institution, The England and Wales University, has obtained an undisclosed sum from private universities in...
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Latest UK news
OU opposes limits on bursaries The Open University in Scotland has condemned the Scottish Executive’s plans to limit mature students’ bursaries to full-time students. In a submission to today’s...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Nycomed-Amersham, a British drugs company, is set to conduct genetic research in China and Brazil in a money-saving move that will also help sidestep protests in the United Kingdom...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Tuesday
(All times pm unless stated.) Ian Hislop's School Rules (1.15 am C4). Hislop's education series recalls the dawn of comprehensive education (repeat). Bernstein (2.10 am C4). Leonard, that is (repeat...
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Latest international news
Durban don loses dismissal fight An anthropology professor at the University of Natal has been recommended for immediate dismissal by a committee of inquiry that found her guilty of serious...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The perception that MBA programmes turn out ruthless, power-hungry egoists whose only attitude to business is how to make money could be true, according to the latest research from...
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Latest UK news
TUC backs paid study leave The Trades Union Congress has added its weight to a push for paid training leave for all employees. Labour MP David Chaytor launched a bill last week...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Monday
(All times pm unless stated.) Composer of the Week (9.00 am R3 and rest of week) is Szymanowski. Book of the Week (9.45 R4) is Mauve by Simon Garfield. What If? (10.00 am, repeated 1.00, 4.00, 7.00,...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Sunday
(All times pm unless stated.) Any Mother's Son (11.45 am R4). The story of Westminster Abbey's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, dedicated 80 years ago this year. Icons of the 20th Century (12 noon C5)....
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Daily TV & radio guide - Saturday
(All times pm unless stated.) The Century Speaks (2.30 R4). Part six: "Getting Older". Another dip into the BBC's oral history archives. Will the Real Aaron Copland Please Take a Bow? (6.30 R3). A...
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Accountable body to oversee genetic data
* An independent body will be set up by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust to look after the proposed UK population genetic database. The move follows the first round of public...