Oil pollution monitor wins top green prize
A team of scientists developing a device for monitoring oil pollution has won the top prize in a new environmental award scheme. The instrument makes use of the latest advances in opto-electronics...
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Sister act
(Photograph) - Sister act: A celebration of women being played out at Bolton Institute of Higher Education last week as part of a voyage of creative discovery for six female access students. The...
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Universities set to flex economic muscle in battle to stave off cuts
Scottish higher education institutions are preparing to battle against funding cuts, armed with a report which shows higher education as a key player in the Scottish economy, writes Olga Wojtas. Iain...
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Genes on the mind
The identification of genes that contribute to mental diseases, such as schizophrenia and manic depression, is one of the biggest challenges facing geneticists, according to Sir Walter Bodmer,...
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Darwin's house waits for windfall
The campaign to save Down House, the decaying home of Charles Darwin, failed to win money in the National Heritage Lottery Fund's latest announcements made last week. The delay brings the Natural...
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Wakey, wakey
Graeme Davies, former chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, is a tornado in his new job as principal of Glasgow University, not least because of his speedy dispatch of...
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Postgrad's war on principal
A former Aberdeen University postgraduate could face imprisonment after being found guilty of breaching a court order banning him from disseminating defamatory information about the university. Peter...
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Fast-track physios
Glasgow Caledonian University has launched the country's first accelerated postgraduate degree for physiotherapy. A qualification to practise physiotherapy usually comes through a three-year degree...
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The great balloon debate
Seven scientists are plunging to earth in an overloaded hot air balloon. Six of them must jump out if the balloon is to be light enough for just one to float to safety. But who should be the lucky...
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Diving to an early death
Improving the health of Filipino divers is the aim of research under way at Bangor University's department of radiography education. Decompression sickness is a major problem among Asian divers who,...
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Vatican theft: accused prof goes on trial
Retired professor and art expert Anthony Melnikas, the veteran researcher accused of cutting pages from a Vatican manuscript with a penknife and later attempting to sell them to a rare book dealer,...
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Privates face privation
Ireland's expanding private college sector has been dealt a second blow within a year by Northern Ireland education minister Michael Ancram's announcement that fees and maintenance grants for...
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Junior academics strike for pay deal
Israel's universities have again been hit by strikes. Several thousand junior academic staff say they will not return to work until the university heads committee recognises their union. Laboratory...
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US-type training urged to up output
Britain should develop an American-style mass education system if it is to match the economic productivity performance of the United States, says the National Institute of Economic and Social...