Women rise in politics' ranks
GENDER gaps are closing among academic political scientists, a new study has shown. The latest Survey of the Profession by the Political Studies Association shows that, while just over 80 per cent of...
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Top group in top-up threat
The position of this autumn's university applicants is confused by the legal and political situation on fees BRITAIN's top universities may consider top-up fees if the government restricts their...
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Charges blamed for Scots applications drop
The position of this autumn's university applicants is confused by the legal and political situation on fees THE government's student support changes are being widely blamed for Scotland's 6.1 per...
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Dearing under fire from dons
The position of this autumn's university applicants is confused by the legal and political situation on fees "SUPERFICIAL", "cavalier" and "ignorance" are just three words applied to the Dearing...
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Penalties lead to 10,000 extra student places
The position of this autumn's university applicants is confused by the legal and political situation on fees LIMITS on student numbers for 1998 have been set at 738,000 - 6,000 more than the target...
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Setback in Ulster
The position of this autumn's university applicants is confused by the legal and political situation on fees INCREASING cross-border contact in Northern Ireland has been severely dented by the new...
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Elite offensive
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia An elite group of 17 British research universities is giving a series of public lectures in Southeast Asia...
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Strong arm of the law could defeat tuition fees
The position of this autumn's university applicants is confused by the legal and political situation on fees STUDENTS may yet defeat tuition fees this year if universities have failed to spell out...
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Humans budgeted
The lifetime cost to society of each extra person could be anything up to Pounds 60,000, say economists from Yale University. William Nordhaus and Joseph Boyer calculated the lifetime cost to society...
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Gateway clashes
(Photograph) - Gateway clashes: student supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party fought with police at the gate of Dhaka's Bangla Academy earlier this month. They accused the...
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Followships
St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill Honorary fellowships have been conferred on: Lionel Blue, rabbi and regular broadcaster and contributor to BBC Radio 4 programmes; Pete Postlethwaite,...
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DNA courts doubt
The fate of countless defendants may depend on the way in which DNA evidence is presented to a jury, says Jonathan Koehler, associate professor of behavioural decision-making at the University of...
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A bone to chew
Dentists could act as a reliable screen for women at high risk from osteoporosis, Jean Wactawski-Wende of the State University of New York-Buffalo school of medicine and dental medicine, told the...
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Twin peaks of growth
Studies of identical twins at the Universite Laval in Quebec, Canada, have produced evidence to confirm the role of genes in obesity. Twelve pairs of young adult male identical twins were overfed by...
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Cities speak a lingo of their own
LOCAL accents in almost all main North American cities are diverging at an unprecedented rate and new dialects are emerging among white English-speakers, according to linguists. The changes, very...