Academic answer to sale of aid agency
The Natural Resources Institute looks set to be taken over by a group of universities led by Greenwich. The Overseas Development Administration, which owns the NRI, announced this week that the...
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A regius rumble
The ancient and mysterious institution of crown appointed professors is under attack. It was a cold mid-January morning when the letter from Downing Street arrived at the porter's lodge of Christ's...
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MPs approve framework
A national framework for qualifications for 14 to 19-year-olds should be introduced, says a report from the House of Commons select committee on education. The MPs endorsed a four-level framework...
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Mater matters
A brief word of advice for any youngsters whose ambition is to become acting head of a prominent social science institution. You really have to have been to Manchester Grammar School. Both Ivor Crewe...
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y So which party is really concerned about education? Junior education and employment minister Cheryl Gillan thought she had the answer a couple of weeks ago during a debate initiated by Lib Dem...
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Charity found guilty of racial discrimination
University Settlement, a charity that helps the disadvantaged, has pledged to "assess and upgrade" its staffing rules after being found guilty of racial discrimination. The settlement is run by...
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BSE research in danger
The Government's obsession with privatisation is in danger of seriously undermining research, including research into BSE, scientists warned this week. More than 40 establishments - many of them...
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European shortfall
British universities taking part in research under European Union Framework programmes are receiving insufficient support for overheads, says the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals....
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Computer training
A new centre to promote the use of computers for teachers is to be set up at the University of Brighton. The centre, which will focus on art and design, is the first to be based at a university under...
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Library for Paisley
Paisley University has announced plans to build a new Pounds 6.8 million library and learning resource centre. Around half the costs will be met by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, and...
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Spongiform council beefed up
Kam Patel reports on accusations of 'woefully inadequate' statistics on BSE, and the launch of a new research programme. A shakeup of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) followed...
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Aberdeen anguish
Southern bias in the BBC will accelerate in May when a new programme, In the Blood, repeats an experiment originally conducted by Francis Galton in the 19th century. Galton devised a scale of...
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Few scientists
Still on the subject of sexual selection, Professor Jones reminded his audience that sociobiologists note that rich men tend to be more attractive to women and thus pass on their genes at the expense...
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Political football
At last the real explanation for fierce transfer market activity in political science. Nothing to do with research assessment, but a more traditional provoker of big-money transfers - football. The...