No more carry on campus
With more than 200,000 university bed spaces in England alone, one for every first-year undergraduate not living at home, student residences are big business. A further 11,000 spaces are under...
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Wanted: flexible, responsible, all-round genius
There seem to be more and more advertisements for heads of estates. They all say they want the successful candidate to be a seasoned all-rounder, with a proven track record of delivering an economic...
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Tower of strength
(Photograph) - Trainer was re-elected by the National Union of Students conference in Blackpool this week for a second year as president. He pledged to fight against top-up fees, promote wider...
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Graduates resigned to debt
GRADUATES are increasingly accepting debt as a fact of life, according to the findings of a national survey. Only one third of students graduating last year said they were worried, concerned or angry...
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Dolly fails to find warm hello
DOLLY should never have been cloned, Britain's first gene jury has been told. More than 400 members of the public took centre stage last week at the debate hosted by the Wellcome Trust. The audience...
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Poor performers targeted
FIFTY "under-performing" academics are to be axed by Nottingham University in an attempt to improve ratings in the next research assessment round. Lecturers have until May to decide whether to leave...
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College risks Natfhe strike
Sheffield College is facing the possibility of a total shutdown after its lecturers voted for industrial action over plans to cut more than 200 jobs. Members of lecturers' union Natfhe voted 56 per...
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Research papers
Readers can find research papers by accessing THESIS, The THES Internet service at http://thesis.newsint.co.uk
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Skin farm breakthrough
THES reporters review the best of the papers from the Institute of Physics annual congress in Leeds A PHYSICIST has stolen the human skin farming initiative from biologists. Robert Bradley, from...
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Learning power test
A LEARNING accounts pilot running in Gloucestershire is a likely model for the rest of the country should Labour come to power, says Stephen Byers, shadow employment and training minister. The local...
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Colour scheme
(Photograph) - University researcher Stephen Westland presented his findings on how computers can match the brain in perceiving paint colours to the Institute of Physics annual congress in Leeds this...
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Dual support in danger
THE FUTURE of the dual funding system for university research has been called into question by the House of Commons science and technology committee. Increasing selectivity in research funding by the...
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Birkbeck turns physics faculty into gold
BIRKBECK College is to transfer its entire physics department to University College as part of measures designed to tackle a projected Pounds 2.7 million deficit. The transfer, which will take place...
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Dentists set to become more human
The General Dental Council, responsible for laying down basic requirements of undergraduate dental degrees, has completely rewritten its requirements for dental schools. Its report stresses that...
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Surrey appoints ten in schools overhaul
Ten heads of school have been appointed by the University of Surrey as part of its academic reorganisation. Nine of the appointments are internal, but the school of mechanical and materials...