Brown's starter for Pounds 20 million
THES reporters spell out what the budget means for universities and colleges THE CHALLENGE FUND AND TAX CHANGES The budget announced: A Pounds 50 million venture capital fund to help universities...
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Boxing clever
(Photograph) - Simon Roberts, a photojournalism student at The Sheffield College, has won the 1998 Ian Parry Award for photography for his 12-picture study of a local boxer, 15-year-old Daniel...
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Physicists get teeth into jaws
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week A PHYSICS-based technique is being used by Loughborough University researchers to provide insights into the...
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Battle for cash hots up
Latest submissions as the RAE consultation closed last week AUT AND NATFHE In an ideal world the unions would like to see the research assessment exercise scrapped. The Association of University...
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Hair-do
(Photograph) - Teresa Heady of the Textile Conservation Centreworks on a yak's hair earring from Assam in India, part of a collection at Kew Gardens. The centre joins Southampton University this...
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Maths to reduce pesticide wastage
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week PHYSICS and mathematics are coming to the rescue of agricultural researchers working to develop more efficient...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: Of unemployed UK first-degree graduates, seeking employmentor training: 3.9 per cent had first-class degrees 38.4 per cent...
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Burn victims get skin fast
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week ADVANCES in materials engineering could soon result in remarkable new ways of growing human tissue, Sheffield...
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Employers' influence monitored
A SHIFT in the undergraduate curriculum away from a traditional academic model to a more applied one is under scrutiny at the Institute of Education. Atwo-year project, funded by the Economic and...
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Subjects scramble to attract students
THIS summer's clearing looks set to be the fiercest scramble yet for students as some university and college departments have a lot of ground to make up to meet recruitment targets. Although...
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Womb waves
A microwave treatment for women who suffer from abnormally heavy periods is being developed by Bath University researchers. They have been working with gynaecologists at the Royal United Hospital...
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Ethnic challenge
New research from Lancaster University challenges the success of modern apprenticeships, revealing that they continue to be the preserve of white males. Roger Penn, of the university's employment...
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Wide-awake rhubarb
A NEW red-stemmed rhubarb, which does not become dormant in the autumn, has been successfully cloned by researchers and named "Livingstone" after MP Ken Livingstone. Marks and Spencers and Waitrose...
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Engineering change
(Photograph) - Laser technology is coming to the aid of conservationists at the Tate Gallery to help them accurately assess change and damage to paintings. The laser technique is being developed by...
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Shock horror? Clothes to blame
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week Fed up with getting a nasty electrical shock as you climb out of your car and touch the vehicle body? Blame...