Students at risk after meningitis advice
National guidance against the routine administration of meningococcal C vaccinations is putting students at risk, it was claimed this week. Health officials are having to make special arrangements to...
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More money to attract Fulbright scholars
From next year Fulbright scholars will receive roughly double the amount of money they do at present. Changes to the US-UK Fulbright Program have been brought about without an increase in funding....
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Genetics commission explains its role
In the past week, the Human Genetics Advisory Commission has had its first meeting with Tessa Jowell, the minister for public health, to discuss the commission's work. HGAC chairman Sir Colin...
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Fight sectarianism on campus, say unions
Student unions in Northern Ireland have launched a campaign to stamp out sectarianism on campus. Maurice Dickson, convenor of the National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland, said: "We...
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12 lecturer jobs may go in cash crisis
Ten finance and law lecturers and at least two language lecturers in the business school at Bournemouth University face redundancy after their departments ran up deficits. University and college...
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Course teaches about life on The Street
Tameside College in Manchester has launched a ten-week course on soap operas. Society Through the Soaps will look at how characters are portrayed in TV series such as EastEnders and Coronation Street...
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Gene discovery causes rise in firm's shares
Shares in biotechnology company Chiroscience soared this week as it announced it has discovered the gene that controls the human autoimmune system. The discovery could help with development of...
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Students press for a sporting chance
Natasha Loder reports on the NUS campaign for Wednesday afternoons Traditional Wednesday afternoon sports at universities are under threat despite growing demand for more professional facilities from...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES James Mahoney argued that money should be provided to save chimps used in scientific experiments from euthanasia and to pay for retirement homes Pam Kershaw These unfortunate...
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Double science doubts
Edgar Jenkins, of Leeds University, will consider whether GCSE double award science is an adequate preparation for A-level science in a lecture at the university's centre for studies in science and...
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Undergraduates can't spell
Undergraduates still suffer from "terrible standards of spelling", the latest survey by the Queen's English Society has found. The list of howlers from science undergraduates includes "ejucation" for...
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Poor overseas links damaging British names
The reputation of British higher education continues to be damaged by universities with overseas collaborative arrangements, says an analysis of overseas quality audits by the former universities'...
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UK marked by diversity
Striking differences in the student profiles of Britain's higher education institutions emerge in figures just released. Variations in numbers of overseas, part-time, mature, disabled and ethnic...
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You pay more to do it your own way
Students who choose less well-worn paths to higher education could end up paying more of the costs, warns a report out this week, writes Harriet Swain. Latest analysis of education policy in 29...
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Goodbye to 'hellos'
The Association of Graduate Recruiters has warned that employers are not queuing up to offer "golden hellos" to new graduates. A survey of 264 of its members carried out last autumn by the Institute...