Boot goes in
But what was the question? The British Medical Association's news review includes a column in which Carol Cooper "clears up those thorny matters of etiquette that so often trouble GPs". The final...
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Economy at risk from cash cuts
The threat to higher education quality from underfunding imperils the entire Scottish economy, the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals has warned. COSHEP has made a submission to the...
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Muslim course network collapses
West Midlands colleges have been advised to be extra cautious about course franchising after the collapse of a Birmingham community class network. The warning came from the Further Education Funding...
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Gene test will cut animal research
A test being developed by scientists at the University of Paisley promises to help pharmaceutical firms avoid using animals to try new drugs for the treatment of angina, toxic poisoning and other...
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Bobbies join pollution fight
Environment experts in universities have joined forces with authorities in London to help reduce pollution and health risks associated with road traffic in the City, writes Kam Patel. The three-year...
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Russian wants free speech
A dissident Russian scientist, who spent two years in prison after revealing his country's production of chemical weapons, plans to set up an organisation for Russian scientists to campaign for...
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Gospel according to Newt
Every Saturday Newt Gingrich, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, steps up to the podium at a small private college in rural Georgia to teach his course "Renewing American...
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Frontline states look for brains trust
South Africa's neighbours are hoping the country's transformation will revitalise higher education throughout the region, but also fear the build-up of a new, regional brain drain to its better...
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A case of kicking over those French traces
Events involving Eric Cantona in the past few weeks have encouraged considerable discussion in common rooms and even in classrooms. Is it possible to teach a course on French culture without the...
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Semester pessimists
I feel compelled to challenge the indiscriminate criticism of semesters expressed by Jennifer Craven-Griffiths (THES, February 24). The problems which she associates with semesters, and by extension...
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Crime-busters take care
The articles on genetics and crime by Adrian Raine, Krebs and Kacelnik, and Michael Rutter (THES, February 10) give an excellent picture, while the comments by other contributors add interesting...
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Inquiry backs course fees for postgraduates
Australia's universities are expected to earn more than Aus$150 million (Pounds 75 million) this year by charging postgraduate students course fees. Since 1989, when universities were allowed to set...
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Crumbling the daily bread
In "Grant us our daily bread" (THES, January ) Paul Morris, a student at the University of Central England, survives the year on a full student grant alone. I do not wish to enter into a political...
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Library service appeal
Librarians from a group of British universities, which together produce a significant proportion of the total national output of research theses/dissertations, would like to invite comment on...