Luke fluke
Good telephone manners at a large provincial university that must remain nameless to protect the guilty. An innocent telephone call from The THES to an academic asking after some of his excellent...
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Malone alone again
Alumnus to be proud of No 149 achieved the worst Conservative result of the year - possibly a greater achievement in 1997 than any other year this century. Gerald Malone, twice loser of Winchester,...
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Big recruiters distort view of jobs market
MAJOR recruiters will offer only a few of the total graduate job openings in future, according to a study by the Institute for Employment Studies. But, says the Sussex University-based research...
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Swansea gives up its attempt to survive alone
Swansea Institute of Higher Education is to abandon the battle for survival as an independent institution and seek a link-up with the University of Wales, Swansea or the University of Glamorgan. A...
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Candid camera
(Photograph) - Glasgow University scientists have developed a three-dimensional camera that could help catch criminals. The 3D-Matic system allows 3-D models to be built from 2-D images, enabling...
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Cambridge bows out
A ROW over "academic snobbery" has erupted in Cambridge, following an 11th-hour decision by the university's board of continuing education to pull out of a collaborative pact with Anglia Polytechnic...
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Lab chiefs rule out Iraqi-style chemical thefts
Security in Britain's university laboratories is now so tight that the theft of dangerous chemicals as allegedly occurred in the 1980s by Iraqi students would be almost impossible, it is claimed....
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Bath backs regional university link
Bath University has joined forces with the University for Swindon and Wiltshire Project, set up by the Wiltshire Training and Enterprise Council, local authorities and businesses, to fill a gap in...
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St George's takes the fast-track lead
A BRITISH medical school is presenting plans for the first fast-track degree for would-be doctors to the General Medical Council this week. London's St George's Hospital Medical School hopes to admit...
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Europe moves on patents
European ministers were yesterday expected to back the controversial European biotechnology patent directive. The directive, rewritten to take in amendments from the European parliament in July, was...
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Drink problems lurk behind closed doors
People who live longer do not have to fear a decrepit old age if they just keep active, say scientists Alcohol misuse among the elderly may be a "hidden and undiagnosed" problem, say researchers at...
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Nuclear waste inquiry on stream
AN INQUIRY into nuclear waste management has been announced by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Prompted by what it calls "the failure of the UK to adopt a strategy for...
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Betjeman's books find home at Exeter
EXETER University has acquired Sir John Betjeman's personal library with Pounds 123,750 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The 4,000-book collection of the late poet laureate will be housed in the old...
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Windfall for genes farming probe
THE BIOTECHNOLOGY and Biological Sciences Research Council is putting Pounds 4.5 million into a project to exploit developments in genome analysis of crops and livestock. Genome Analysis of...
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Hopes of new meningitis vaccine
A SOUTHAMPTON professor gave his inaugural lecture on meningococcal meningitis this week less than a month after three first-years at the university died of the disease. John Heckels, professor of...