Mars probe may hinder science
GROUND-BREAKING space projects planned by the European Space Agency could suffer if the agency also launches a mission to Mars, scientists claim. ESA, which faces a cut this year of about 3 per cent...
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Sir Ron looks to blue chips
A DOZEN top companies have been asked by Sir Ron Dearing to take part in a novel loan scheme to fund expensive university laboratory kit and maintenance. Sir Ron, whose inquiry into higher education...
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Malaysian PM appeals for cyber city partners
ACADEMICS are lagging behind business in taking up the opportunities offered by Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). During his visit to the United Kingdom last month, Malaysia's prime...
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Two more choose smart card
Edinburgh and Nottingham universities are following the lead of Exeter and York in launching a smart card as a move to the cashless campus. The card, which uses the Mondex electronic payment system,...
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Watchdogs lose French court battle to ban English on Web site
Georgia Tech Lorraine, the European platform of the Georgia Institute of Technology, this week won a court case after two French watchdog bodies filed a suit alleging it had violated French law by...
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Trek through space to discover the wholly trinity
3-D photography is the Holy Grail for computer graphics researchers. Toby Howard assesses how far they have come and where they plan to go It is gratifying when undergraduates come to the front at...
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Now is the time for radical action
Skill shortages are here again. Employers are whingeing about lack of suitable staff. There is talk again of recruiting overseas. Salaries are going up faster than inflation. Poaching is back in...
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Overheads must be paid for
FUNDING councils, research councils, companies, charities: they all agree that research needs expensive equipment. They part company, however, on who should provide it. The urgency of this issue,...
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On the up
(Photograph) - On the up: The University of Derby, soon to open a Pounds 7-million learning centre, is likely to be allocated more money and fewer students under the Higher Education Funding Council...
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Cornwall College and South Devon College may merge
* Cornwall College and South Devon College could merge, it was announced this week. Talks have begun on plans that could lead to a new "university centre" in Cornwall, college heads said.
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Replicant
Spotted in Heriot-Watt University's ever-informative Internet Resources (www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html): the peer-reviewed, online Journal of Memetics has been launched at www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-...
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Excellent move
Peter Gibbins is leaving his chair at Exeter University to become director of the Oxford-based Virtual Centre of Excellence in Digital Broadcasting and Multimedia Technology (www. digital-vce.com), a...
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Fact file
* Funding council grants were up 1.3 per cent to Pounds 4,452 million - 42 per cent of all income at UK HE institutions * Academic fees and support grants were up 10.8 per cent to Pounds 2,511...
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EC does it
European Commission member Edith Cresson this week opened an Internet site run by and for EC students (www.campus-voice.com).The web site offers detailed information on universities, job...
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The roaring world
"The Equator is a menagerie lion running around the Earth." Exam howlers, please, to Antithesis by the end of June. Alcoholic prizes to be won.