Science fails to fill PhDs
About one in five engineering PhDs offered by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in 1998-99 were unfilled at the beginning of the academic year, according to figures released this...
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Bilston blow-out
The position of MP Dennis Turner as chairman of the all-party parliamentary group for further education may soon be untenable. Mr Turner, the well-liked and influential Labour backbench MP for...
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Senate asked to hold up pay and promotions
The senate at Leicester University has been asked not to rubber-stamp this year's round of staff promotions and pay rises until the university's visitor, the Queen, has completed an inquiry into...
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GM debate could hinder crop research
The furore over genetically modified food will lead to an "unofficial slowdown" whether or not a moratorium is introduced, a leading scientist will tell a Dundee University conference on the consumer...
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House of Lords science and technology committee announces an inquiry into non-food crops
* The House of Lords science and technology committee this week announced an inquiry into non-food crops like cotton and hemp. It will consider the genetic modification of such crops.
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Agricultural colleges hit by farming blight
Crises in farming have hit agricultural colleges, with slumps in applications from students and falling profits from college farms. As rows over genetically modified crops rumbled on in the UK and...
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How deep is your learning?
Noel Entwistle, professor of education at Edinburgh University, believes the Southampton findings are "inevitable", writes Olga Wojtas. He has been investigating the difference between "deep learning...
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Semesters handicap students
Law students whose degrees are broken down into units and taught in semesters get lower grades than students studying under the old three-term academic cycle. Southampton Institute's law faculty has...
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Natural cure for bulimia
Women suffering from eating disorders will take part in a wilderness survival programme for a research project being conducted by John Moores University, Liverpool. They will be helping to explore...
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A dash of lemon keeps the salmonella away
An extra dash of lemon juice to home-made mayonnaise could help prevent salmonella poisoning, according to a team of food researchers, at Leeds Metropolitan University. They studied the effect on...
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Hard sell in an Asian market
Tony Tysome reports from Malaysia and Thailand where UK universities are battling for students The press-cutting posted on the reception window at Malaysia's ministry of education pulls no punches....
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QAA forges links to keep Britain ahead of the US and Australia
British higher education is playing the quality card in its efforts to compete with Australia and the United States for a share of the Southeast Asian market. Close links between government...
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The THES Diary
Safety in risk business If plant genetics has proved an ethical minefield lately, human genetics is even more fraught. But it will be less of a worry now for Sir Colin Campbell, vice-chancellor of...
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Dr Deadpan's bag of tricks
The pre-packaged course may be tempting, but beware, when Simon Lilley tried one out neither he nor his students were impressed by the flavour The so-called McDonaldisation of higher education*...
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Give students some credit
WHAT. Universities need to get closer to further education colleges to remove traditional barriers to learning. Christopher Ball explains how credit networks help WHY If we are serious about lifelong...