Dino saw
Neil Clark, curator of paleontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian museum, has a reputation as a leading commentator on dinosaur fossils and eggs. So much so that the Bearsden and Milgavie Courier...
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Short-sighted
Those wanting to know how the Association for Colleges got that way now have a simple answer - they are all visionaries. A staff training day devoted to finding the best ways of working together...
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Class Act
(Photograph) - Class Act: Savourna Stevenson taking one of a series of master classes with the clarsach, a traditional Celtic harp, at the Celtic Connections festival run by the University of...
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College closures floated in Ulster
Ulster's further education colleges - already reduced from 24 to 17 after a series of mergers - should be cut again, a report from the province's economic council has urged. The report on Northern...
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Rise of a SuperTEC
The break-up of the bankrupt South Thames Training and Enterprise Council has prompted a restructuring of TECs that could lead to the creation of a super-TEC for London. Employment minister James...
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Ministry probes cost of hip surgery
The Department of Health has awarded Pounds 250,000 to medical researchers at Leicester University to carry out a two-year investigation into the popular but costly hip replacement operation. Around...
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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...