What Labour has done so far
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country May 1 1997: Labour elected with 179-...
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Awards
Paul Ehrlich Foundation, Frankfurt The Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Award 1998 has been presented to David Lane, director of the Cancer Research Campaign cell transformation group, University...
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Grants
University of Birmingham Research contracts Professor A. Stevens, Pounds 235,350 from NHS Exec. (health needs assessment) and Pounds 49,625 from National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology...
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Chairs
University of Cambridge Andrew Hopper, director of the Olivetti and Oracle Research Laboratory, professor of communication engineering; Robert Mair, co-founding director of the Geotechnical...
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Fellowships
London School of Economics and Political Science An honorary fellowship will be awarded later this year to Kim Dae Jung, president of South Korea and founder of the Kim Dae Jung Peace Foundation,...
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Euro-research budget storm
SCIENCE minister John Battle announced a "quantum improvement" in the management of Europe's multi-billion pound research programme this week. A meeting of European ministers in London on Tuesday...
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Student death rocks peace
THE SLAUGHTER of a University of Ulster student has hit hopes for peace in Northern Ireland, just weeks after the historic political breakthrough of the Good Friday agreement. Ciaran Heffron was shot...
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Female scientists lean on Framework
A European observatory for women in science is being proposed as part of the Fifth Framework research programme, Edith Cresson told a joint European Parliament/Commission meeting on women and science...
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Japanese duo refuse to go solo
JAPAN's top two universities are under pressure to become self-governing with full responsibility for administration, spending and development. Tokyo and Kyoto universities at present come under the...
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Scots to access Pounds 6m aid
SCOTTISH education minister Brian Wilson is today expected to unveil a Pounds 6 million package, including tuition fee waivers, to boost access to higher education for part-time students. The move...
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Computing privatised
DURHAM University is planning to hand over its computing services to a multinational firm in a deal that is stirring deep resentment among academic staff. They fear that academic freedom could be...
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Top-up fees back in frame
STUDENTS are alarmed after the government said last week that it would not necessarily penalise universities for charging top-up fees. The National Union of Students sought immediate clarification...
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New woman
(Photograph) - A conference in Europe this week lamented the lack of women in science and engineering. Mother-of-two Jane Towse is one of the few to have made it. The 1998 Site Engineer of the Year...
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Tribunal adjourned
Last week's industrial tribunal of John Giddins, a former Doncaster College lecturer claiming unfair dismissal, ran out of time after three days in Sheffield. It was adjourned until September 28.
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Engineering site
The web site for the n+1 engineering exchange scheme between Britain and France (THES, April 24) is at http://n+1.angers.ensam.fr