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First impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a Russian novelist whose book had nothing to do with deceased fish: "Into the gates of the inn in...
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Two for the shooting
First-year National Film and Televison School students Gavin Struthers and Sasha Olswang are on a six-week placement at Discovery TV with a brief to come up with three-minute items to fill...
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Honorary degrees
University of WarwickDLitt: Simon Barrington-Ward, former bishop of Coventry and member of House of Lords, prelate of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (1989); Penelope Lively...
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Brits take maths Fields ahead
Two young British academics have won the equivalent of the Nobel prize in mathematics. Richard Borcherds and Tim Gowers, both of whom are at the University of Cambridge, were awarded the Fields medal...
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Hexagen
Hexagen, a biotechnology company that grew out of the University of Cambridge two years ago, has been taken over by Incyte Pharmaceuticals of the United States for Pounds 23.5 million.
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Within these walls
(Photograph) - Brian Booth, vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire, awards Chris Danks with his BA hons degree in fashion at Lindholme Prison, near Doncaster. Photograph: Steve...
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York merger to go ahead
THE merger of York College of Further and Higher Education and York Sixth Form College has been approved by the Further Education Funding Council's regional committee.
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Fact file
HESA findings for 1996-97 reveal that: * Male first-degree graduates are almost twice as likely to study for a higher degree by research (18 per cent of men compared with 10 per cent of women). * 54...
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Outside advice a must for biotech
Biotechnology firms should be required to consult independent experts about drug trials, the Commons Committee on Science and Technology said this week, writes Alison Goddard. The recommendation...
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Institutional arms in arms
FIFTEEN British universities and 21 Oxbridge colleges held shares in major arms-exporting companies last year, according to a blacklist compiled by the Campaign Against Arms Trade. The pressure group...
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Help for the unsure at Pounds 130 an hour
HUNDREDS of students who fail to make the grade this year will put their trust in an educational consultancy charging Pounds 130 an hour. Gabbitas Educational Consultants is expecting to hear from...
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A-level rise starts to slow
The relentless rise in A-level passes showed signs of slowing as university clearing began this week. The number of passes at grades A to E rose by 16,089 to 697,362 this year. This means that...
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South Africa sorted over dinner
SOUTH Africa's first female black vice-chancellor says white males were her biggest allies during a difficult period of sweeping changes at her university. Speaking this week at the Association of...
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Student gripes head for QAA
THE Quality Assurance Agency may take on the role of independent ombudsman for student complaints. At the moment the QAA has no powers to intervene in individual disputes between students and...