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Scientists at the University of Auckland are studying the magnetic sixth sense that helps some animals to find their way home. For more than 100 years the magnetic sense seemed a phantom: a sense...
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UK caught in 'degree-sale' crossfire
The British Council has stepped into an escalating dispute in Israel over "British degrees for sale". A senior British Council official in Tel Aviv warned this week that some British universities are...
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Universities 'can go it alone'
Universities would be better off left to their own devices, according to a MORI poll of student attitudes compiled by the Adam Smith Institute. Forty-nine per cent of the 1,000 students surveyed...
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SHEFC reassesses funding for teaching
* The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council plans to revamp its funding method for teaching to give more recognition to lifelong learning. SHEFC has decided in principle to shift to a new system...
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Lib Dem leader vows to improve education
Charles Kennedy marked his victory in the Liberal Democrat leadership contest this week by hailing himself as champion of the socially and economically dispossessed. Mr Kennedy (Ross, Skye and...
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Academics keep eye on Scottish Parliament
Two academics have published the first in a series of pamphlets that aims to prevent members of the Scottish Parliament being controlled by the Sir Humphreys of the Scottish executive when making...
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Case gives lecturers right to holiday pay
David Evans, general secretary of the Lecturers' Employment Action Fellowship, has claimed that a landmark employment tribunal in London, the case of Ralton v Havering College, looks set to do away...
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200 Chinese on the road to Canterbury
More than 200 Chinese financial executives are to train at Kent University's Canterbury Business School thanks to an Pounds 800,000 contract with the British Council and the Department of...
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65-year-old Barker takes over at TVU
The task of rescuing the "failing" Thames Valley University has gone to Kenneth Barker. His appointment as TVU's new vice-chancellor was announced this week, two weeks after The THES predicted his...
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Heriot-Watt project to help Borders folk
Heriot-Watt University aims to help regenerate the Scottish Borders through a Pounds 1.1 million telecommunications project. The area has been hit by substantial job losses in local industries. The...
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UCAS under scrutiny at one-off session
The work of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and the payment of student loans will be held up to public scrutiny at a one-off evidence session to be held by the education sub-...
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Failed Bilston's assets go to Wulfrun College
Ministers have formally approved the dissolution of Bilston Community College, in Wolverhampton, following a collapse of management and governance. Bilston will be closed, its property, rights and...
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Eclipse spotters travel to Bulgarian sea coast
While Britain fretted about the high possibility of cloud cover ruining views of Wednesday's solar eclipse, many scientists travelled to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast to get a clear view of the event...
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Cheating students difficult to detect
A senior tutor at Bristol University has admitted that the university is finding it difficult to police hi-tech cheating in student exams. Bristol's senior physics tutor, Jeff Odell, has conceded...
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The future rides on real commitment to science
In the second of our summer series on education at the century's end, Jean-Patrick Connerade discusses the future for young researchers Is Britain well prepared to remain a leading nation in the next...