More science, less politics
Government decisions must be guided by the best, most open research, says Peter Cotgreave When the minister for agriculture banned the British from eating beef on the bone, there were two elements in...
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Getting into the Beeb
The BBC may be choosy and more keen on experience than degrees, but it also offers many jobs requiring a variety of skills Christmas is approaching rapidly and for many of us that means too much...
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Berhautia senegalensis
(Photograph) - When kissing under the mistletoe this Christmas, save a thought for researchers at Newman College in Birmingham, who spent this summer on the hunt for Berhautia senegalensis, a rare...
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Distant Derby fails QAA test
Quality watchdogs are poised to deal Derby University another blow with a highly critical report on some of its pioneering distance-learning courses. Part-time courses in subjects allied to medicine...
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Red face for red minister over fees to cover admin
When are student fees not student fees? When they are just "administrative contributions", according to Thomas Oppermann, education minister of the state of Lower Saxony, in northern Germany. That is...
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Parents angry at earth's move
Sheffield University's plan to close its earth sciences department has provoked a storm of protest from students and parents. Despite assurances that students will continue to receive high-quality...
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East Midlands gets regional voice
Universities and higher education colleges in the East Midlands have formed an association to represent them on regional issues. This follows disagreement among vice-chancellors over who should...
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Welcome for care paper
The white paper on the regulation of long-term care was welcomed this week by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work. A structure of national organisations for the personal...
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Net fails to close info gap
Despite the internet,scientists in poor countries and even in relativelyprosperous India are still excluded from thescientific community. Subbiah Arunuchalam,in the latest edition of the online...
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Moving the movies
Murray Weston focuses on the epic production of a project that tests the potential for digital delivery of a high-quality film archive Moving pictures have this year taken their place among the...
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Builders move into city of dreams
By the time you read this the city will probably have grown far beyond the few roads and houses that appeared on Monday afternoon. By the end of the month, when building ceases, the place could be an...
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Glittering prizes
Nancy Rothwell will be the 169th presenter of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures this month. Anthony King, 64, professor in the department of government at Essex University, has been invited to...
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In the news
Roman Herzog may be Germany's president but this has not stopped him being rude about Germans, or at least about their education system. The former law professor has called for a thorough reform of...
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Don's Diary
Tuesday Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Wonderful, monastic spot in a house in woods like Virginia Water. The Dutch government pays for it in the name of the international life of the mind...
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The THES Diary
Wizard wheeze No more will further education be the "Cinderella sector", delegates at the Association of College's annual conference in Harrogate insisted last week. Led by Lewisham College principal...