Oxford review snag
Responses to Oxford University's first wholesale review in 30 years have signalled concerns over the style and direction of the exercise. A report from the eight-member commission of inquiry says...
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Child prodigy is sent home
Adam Dent, a 15-year-old "child prodigy" who is just finishing the first year of a chemistry degree course, has been sent home until the end of term following allegations about his behaviour made by...
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Mine's a Napier
Academics at some Scottish higher education institutions have taken to referring to a gin and tonic as "a Napier", a reference to the High Court case this spring, when Napier lecturer Paul Agutter...
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Alarming tale
Perhaps Mr Widgery could set his mind to the design flaws in the fire alarm system installed at Imperial College London. The alarms are not triggered by cigarette smoke . . . unless the naughty...
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Mollusc mussels in on pollution
Pioneering work by British scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory looks set to place the mussel at the heart of a novel pollution monitoring system for the North Sea. Action to develop a consistent...
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Widgery pokery
And another hello to master of electronic gadgetry and final-year design student at Loughborough University, Richard Widgery.
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Aberdeen University may sell Marischal College
(Photograph) - Aberdeen University is considering a plan by Scandic Hotels to turn part of its city centre Marischal College into a 194-bedroom hotel. In recent years, academic and administrative...
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Lib Dems plan new HE sector
A unified further and higher education sector with a new and completely modularised qualifications framework has been proposed by the Liberal Democrats. All current qualifications, from A levels and...
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Unions fight pension plan
Higher and further education unions are opposing the Government's plans to privatise the administration of the Teachers Pensions Scheme, to which tens of thousands of their members belong, on the...
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Keeping mum
(Photograph) - Keeping mum: the secrets of the mummy of an Egyptian priestess, Tjenmutengebtiu (Jeni) dating from about 1000BC, have been revealed by computer tomography (above and right). Stephen...
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Low-grade recruiters blamed for job gaps
Human resources managers blame shortfalls on bad students but they are at fault too, writes Simon Targett. "You would be mortified at the sheer ignorance of some of the recruiters at really top-notch...
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Halt rugby violence
As the rugby world cup moves into its final stages in South Africa over the next ten days, referees should take firm action against those committing violent offences, according to researchers from...
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Malaysia plan hots up
Canada has announced plans to increase the number of Malaysian students enrolled in its universities from 2,000 to 5,000 next year. John Bell, Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia, says that in...
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Cartier jewels meet at St Louis
The Cartier heirlooms, containing unusual diamonds, rubies and emeralds have been bequeathed to a small and relatively unknown university in St Louis, Missouri, writes Lucy Hodges. The jewels,...