Ashdown pledge
Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, has restated his party's commitment to invest an extra Pounds 2 billion in education, paid for with a penny on income tax. Early years learning would be...
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Obscene but not heard
How can international law ensure children are not ill-treated? Chris Johnston reports A 17-year-old boy is punched, kicked and thrown against a wall during interrogation. His captors pull on his ear...
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Animal rights and wrongs
It was a great surprise to see Roger Scruton, a right-wing ideologist and keen hunting man, writing for Demos, a respectable left-wing academic think tank. But it was a shame to see him espouse such...
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Research cash-till rings teaching crisis
Research and teaching at Danish universities are threatened by an increase in the number of lecturers who receive external research funding and no longer need to teach. As a result, the universities...
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Heartening news for equality
Men and women have the same survival rate from heart attacks, according to a study of coronary heart disease. The findings refute the belief that women are more likely to die. Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe,...
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Giant byte
Researchers at Cambridge University are to benefit from a Hitachi supercomputer that will be one of the most powerful computers in the United Kingdom. With a peak performance of 29 Gflops and memory...
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A taste for Moore
(Photograph) - A taste for Moore: is accountability in public art in conflict with aesthetic standards? Psychologist Doug Sandle, reader in visual studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, will chair...
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MEP raises cash alarm
The European Commission should investigate streamlining its funding to promote research into education and training, according to Euro MP Sue Waddington. Ms Waddington, former chair of Leicestershire...
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Polar bores miss multimedia point
Last month a BBC2 series on Public Property featured the building of the learning resources centre at Thames Valley University's Slough campus. Designed by Sir Richard Rogers, the building is both a...
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French archives set for shake up
The French school of contemporary history is in danger of falling behind those of other countries if major disparities over researchers' access to national archives continue. The warning comes in a...
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Top-up fees probe at LSE
Last Friday was the deadline for English universities to file financial forecasts with the funding council. Not all met the deadline. With a cash crisis looming, THES reporters look at the sums and...
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India tries to prevent invasion of campuses
Foreign universities seeking students in India will have to put up with tougher entry rules, the University Grants Commission has announced. It is preparing a set of guidelines to ensure that only "...
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Who guards the coffers?
Last Friday was the deadline for English universities to file financial forecasts with the funding council. Not all met the deadline. With a cash crisis looming, THES reporters look at the sums and...
