American way is the wrong way
In spite of Labour assurances, the privatisation of universities is a real threat, claims Zoe Abrams Both the government and the vice-chancellors of the Russell Group of leading research universities...
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Death by starvation
Universities must be allowed to charge some students more, says Kenneth Baker Since the 1997 general election the best parliamentary debates on higher education have taken place in the House of Lords...
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Cutting edge
Antarctic creatures are supremely adapted to their frozen habitat, but will they survive rising temperatures in the next millennium? Antarctica is perceived as remote, hostile and desolate. Yet the...
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DFEE division head to join training agency
Ralph Tabberer will move from the Department for Education and Employment in February to head the Teacher Training Agency, following the retirement of Anthea Millett. Mr Tabberer is currently leading...
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Spreading the EU science net
Philippe Busquin, the new European commissioner for research, tells Martin Ince about his ambitious plans. If you are one of those people for whom life is unthinkable without a mobile phone that...
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Jet-sized 'bird' found in Spain
The remains of the largest creature ever to have flown, dubbed the "Solana dragon", have been unearthed in Spain by palaeontologists. The enormous pterosaur would have had the wingspan of a small...
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Cave-find proof of hermit's life
The tragic story of John Harris, know as the "English Hermit", has emerged from the realm of myth after investigation by archaeologists. Excavation of the Cheshire cave that the recluse is supposed...
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Tests spawn giant mutant fly
Scientists have created giant fruitflies while uncovering a cell growth gene that may prove significant in the fight against cancer. The inflated size of insects with a mutant version of the PTEN...
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Way the wind blows predicted
Winter cold snaps might be forecast weeks in advance if predictions from the first simulation of the climate-dictating polar vortex are born out by further observations. Oxford scientist Paul...
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NZ government abandons competition for collaboration
WELLINGTON New Zealand's new coalition government has made reducing the loan-interest burden on students a priority. The centre-left Labour/Alliance coalition, which last month ousted the centre-...
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All we want for Christmas is Pounds 5 bn, say v-cs
Intellectual property rights Vice-chancellors have sent the government a Pounds 5 billion Christmas wish list - extra money they say the sector needs to expand while maintaining quality. The...
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Apology
Owing to a production error, some editions of last week's THES failed to contain Whitfield Diffie's review of Getting the Message: A History of Communications by Laszlo Solymar. The full review of...
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Gum research leads to sticky business with sponsors
Michael de Laine reports from Koge on a case that will change the Danish system of research funding New rules for sponsored research in Denmark are planned after a chewing gum manufacturer put...
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Time runs out for UK space lab scientists
Britain must put its money where its science is to be a part of the 2004 space station, writes John Bonner British scientists have been offered a last chance to take part in the research programme on...
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The book as a thing of the past
This may be the age of electronic text, but the printed page is not history yet. Olga Wojtas discovers a new- found interest in the book Setting up new research centres is a well-established means of...