Medieval narrative through stained glass
Churches with painted windows cast light on life in the later middle ages. THE MEDIEVAL stained glass of Europe provides a rich insight into the devotional life of the later middle ages, largely...
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Asian peril
ONE in five British Asians will develop diabetes, heart or kidney disease before the age of 40, Leicester University researchers have warned. The incidence of the diseases is much greater among...
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Smart wheelchair
A WHEELCHAIR which can be driven with switches, joysticks, a scanner or by the occupant using their voice has been developed by Edinburgh University. The "smart wheelchair" is for children and adults...
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On the spots
NATIONAL guidelines for treating acne could be available in three years, following a study into treatments of the condition. A team of health economics and microbiology researchers from the...
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Labour's evolution
"IS NEW Labour a new political party?" and "has ideological content been lost in the presentation" are two of the hypotheses being tested by an historian at Kingston University. Brian Brivati, a...
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Most grads well skilled for jobs, bosses say
Three out of four graduate employers feel universities produce graduates who have the skills they need. Employers who thought graduates ill-prepared cited graduates' poor practical skills and "...
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Workers require lifelong learning
Changes in the world of work will increase demand for lifelong learning, according to the author of a report published this week. Valerie Bayliss, director of the Royal Society for the Encouragement...
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Plea for early budget data
Scottish academics want the government to help institutions plan better by giving advance notice of forthcoming budgets. David Bleiman, assistant general secretary of the Association of University...
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Scots fight fee proposals
The student presidents of 13 Scottish universities and colleges are lobbying the government against its "morally indefensible" proposals for tuition fees for Scottish honours degrees. The Scottish...
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Draft dodgers unearthed
Armenia's ministry of defence is clamping down on young men who have enrolled as postgraduate students in order to avoid military service. The tiny land-locked country in the turbulent Caucasus is...
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Fee refusniks take to the tennis court
Protests over a surprise rise in tuition fees at Belarus State University in Minsk have taken a sporting turn after the presidentially-appointed rector accused students of playing at politics....
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Student poverty data disputed
FRENCH students are not so badly off, some interpreters of a large-scale survey have claimed. The survey by the Observatoire de la Vie Etudiante, which monitors student conditions, looked at student...
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Italians lash out at lazy lecturers
Italy's universities have come under fire from Luciano Violante, president of the chamber of deputies and a key political figure. "The universities cannot just be machines that churn out exams and...
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Cult violence hits campus
AT least seven students from Nigeria's Federal University of Port Harcourt have died within a year in mysterious circumstances. They are believed to be victims of warring between secret campus cults...
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Oz government promises more money for R&D
The Australian government has promised to spend $555 million (Pounds 225 million) on industrial research and development over five years as part of a $1.26 billion aid package for the nation's...