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* Oxford University has appointed the following: Stephen Davies , professor of chemistry, Waynflete professorship of chemistry and a fellowship of Magdalen College; Phillip Ligrani , professor of...
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Watchdog eyes scientific fraud
New panel calls on researchers to blow whistle and stamp out complacency over cheating A new watchdog to promote research integrity was launched this week with a scathing attack on the "good chaps"...
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Few face censure by agency in US
Criticism of the US federal agency charged with investigating scientific fraud is growing as allegations of wrongdoing have reached an all-time high. However, fewer than one in five cases has led to...
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Two-year degrees may hold key to wider participation, says Rammell
Two-year degree courses could provide a way of luring more students from poorer backgrounds to university, Bill Rammell, the Higher Education Minister, told university heads this week. Mr Rammell...
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Exam action to hit distance learners in 130 countries
The London School of Tropical Medicine may have to postpone its tests for 1,600 students because of the AUT's boycott. Lydia Stockdale reports More than 1,000 students in 130 countries could have...
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Dispute dispatches
* The presidents of up to 20 student unions including those at Bristol, Southampton, University College London, Newcastle, Kent and King's College London have signed a petition condemning the...
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Docking bungle stings workers not strikers
Union leaders hope that the complexities of calculating how much pay to dock from boycotting academics may prove too much for managers after an administrative bungle by Bradford University meant that...
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He's Notre Dame clever, not in Seine
In a scenario that would not look out of place in The Da Vinci Code , a French professor has used secret codes to arrange meetings with students amid the protests in Paris, making him a potential...
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Red faces at Cambridge gala
V-c sits through attack by Singapore's ex-PM over treatment of foreign alumni Cambridge University has suffered an embarrassing attack its treatment of overseas students from Singapore's founding...
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Rank-and-file challenger to join race for new top job
The race to lead the forthcoming merged lecturers' super-union was thrown open this week as the first grassroots union member declared his intention to stand in the election for general secretary....
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Ministers concur on EU research budget
A political deal in Strasbourg has at last revealed the likely budget of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme. The European Parliament, the EU Council of Ministers and European Commission...
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Wildfowl threat on campus
Universities with lakes and waterways populated with ducks and wildfowl and institutions with farms that keep poultry are on high alert after the arrival of bird flu in the UK. Estates and grounds...
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Universities stall takeoff of spin-offs
Spin-off companies are not as successful as they could be because universities take too large a proportion of shares for themselves, a conference heard last week. Researchers are given shareholdings...
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Lax control still dogs partner schemes, QAA says
Some UK universities are still failing to control what is being done in their name when they offer their degree courses in collaboration with outside partners, quality watchdogs have said. In an...