Proxy wars amid the groves
Richard Clogg explains the 1920s case of the London University professor forced to quit by his Greek paymasters and why the saga may be repeated elsewhere Some years ago I looked into the...
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Success in the stars
The joint Nasa/European Space Agency Cassini-Huygens mission to the planet Saturn will be launched this autumn. John Zarnecki, of Kent University, has spent the past seven years heading a team...
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Watch this space for a galaxy update
Are we on the verge of a new star trekking age to rival the Apollo era or is all the media coverage of comets, probes and life on Mars just fund-raising hype? Julia Hinde reports From comet Hale Bopp...
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The search for dark matter and answers to planetary puzzles
As understanding ofthe 100,000 million galaxies spreading out from each other to fill acontinually expanding space increases, cosmologists are still searching for the mysterious dark matter which is...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1996/97 reveal that: * 52 per cent of students are female, compared with 51 per cent in 1995/96. * 14.2 per cent of enrolments to engineering and...
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League Tables
Unfortunately some of the data on last week's league tables were wrong and some of the subject tables were incomplete. The table of good honours degrees is reprinted on page along with additional...
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Job axe threat vexes unions
Students have joined academics in their fight against cuts and job losses Union leaders have condemned proposals to axe over 100 jobs at the University of Exeter, claiming the move will fail to...
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Beating the bug
(Photograph) - Endurance athletes are losing out to infections, caused by punishing training regimes. But research at Birmingham University could put them on the fast track to recovery. And on the...
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Dishy joke
Remember Christ's Temptation in the Dessert, a near-winner in the Antithesis howler competition 1996? Once again, exam time means exam howlers aplenty, and the vineyards of Chateau Antithesis are...
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Vote per view
Natfhe conference delegates' work was doubled by some well-meaning organiser who had installed an electronic keypad voting system. Delegates were to press one of three buttons to register for,...
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Treasury told not to pinch cash
CASH from the sale of student debt must be pumped back into universities for the sake of the British economy, vice chancellors have warned ministers. They say quality is at risk unless more money is...
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Abusive emails ignite work fury
The decline of face-to-face contact in favour of electronic mail has led to widespread digital aggression according to a survey to be released at Staffordshire University next week. More than half...
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Hera today, gone tomorrow?
BRITAIN's first role evaluation scheme for university staff could be sunk at the outset by trade unions which fear that it is little more than a backdoor bid to drive down academic pay. The Higher...
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City earmarks Pounds 48m for sector
Varsity Funding, a City consortium, is to make Pounds 48 million available to universities for long-term financing of capital projects. The fund is being made available through a bond issue, a long-...
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Rob higher to pay further, says QC
CASH should be diverted away from universities and into further education colleges, Helena Kennedy QC's inquiry into widening access to education is expected to recommend. A month before publication...