Take the wrap for presents imperfect
The perfect giver of Christmas presents rarely gives money, always wraps gifts and draws attention to the "ritual sacrifice" of shopping they endured in order to find them, say psychologists. The...
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Naval contemplation
Greenwich University's bid to take over the 300-year-old Royal Naval College in Greenwich will be examined by an advisory panel announced this week by Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. A shortlist...
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Horses for resources
Bidders for the Natural Resources Institute have been whittled down to three: Cranfield University; a consortium of Edinburgh and Greenwich universities, Imperial College and Wye College, both part...
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Overtime fears
Forty-one per cent of men and 20 per cent of women work overtime in Britain, according to the world's largest ever study of overtime. Bob Hart and David Bell of Stirling University have found that...
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Postgrad says sorry
A former Aberdeen University postgraduate has had his sentence deferred for a year after promising to end a defamatory campaign against the university. Last month the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh...
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Employers reveal no interest in NVQs
Employers are rejecting national vocational qualifications, with over half saying they are "not interested" in them, according to a survey by the Sussex University-based Institute of Employment...
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Science sweeteners fail to move women
The old pattern of a poor take-up of science and mathematics by women aged 16-19 is stubbornly persisting, according to researchers at the Policy Studies Institute. In a report for the Department for...
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Welsh lose Pounds 20 million
Welsh universities and colleges will suffer cuts amounting to more than Pounds 300 per student over the next three years, under spending plans announced by the Government this week, writes Tony...
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'Safety net' funding has strings attached
Next year's funding safety net will come with strings attached following a decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Meeting last week for their preliminary post-budget...
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Older is wiser for degrees
The best degree results are coming from mature students who began their degrees with no A levels, a study at Plymouth University has found, writes Aisling Irwin. The worst results are from male...
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Beak to beak
(Photograph) - Beak to beak: exhibition organiser Mike Ambrose admires "Corvous Coruium", a sculpture by artist Emily Mayer, at a show held to celebrate the new exhibition space at the John Innes...
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Scots heads warn of cuts
The heads of Scotland's 21 universities and colleges are drawing up plans to bring their financial difficulties into the public spotlight. The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals said...
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Targets jeopardise teacher training
Many universities may consider pulling out of the teacher training market because of new funding pressures in the system, it was claimed this week. Cuts in funded places for primary teacher training...
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Oxford faculties revert to tests
Oxford University faculties are in danger of re-inventing the entrance exam - abolished this year to encourage more applications from state school pupils, student union leaders have claimed. Some...
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Rolling bunk
A similar ethos was in evidence in the department of international politics at Aberystwyth where the Christmas party was replaced by a programme in interpersonal and social skills. This featured a...