Academic rhapsody in claret and blue
Forget football chants and terrace anthems, the sound of a symphony will reverberate around the ground of a London football club this season. One movement of a piece by Shirley Thompson, of...
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'I do not think i can change the world - my goals are quite modest'
Celia Hoyles, the Government's maths adviser, is keen to inspire more students to do maths and go on to teach it Celia Hoyles does not like the term "czar" to describe her appointment last week as...
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On the move...
* Paul Kerswill , sociolinguist and former senior lecturer at Reading University, has been appointed to a chair in the department of linguistics at Lancaster University. * The Royal Society of...
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Queen bees halt the wannabees
Report says territorial women, as well as men, keep young female scientists down. Martyn Bull reports. Top female scientists may be partly to blame for the lack of women in senior science jobs...
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Centre gives women a boost
A £4.1 million UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology launched this week places the UK at the forefront of initiatives to ensure equality for women in science and...
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Chemistry: the word on the street
As police in Cambridge search for a mystery graffiti artist with a penchant for chemical imagery, the chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry said this week that he would like to spray-...
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DFES reveals pension plan
Thousands of lecturers in new universities could be allowed to draw part of their pension early while continuing to work part time under government proposals for reform of the system. David Miliband...
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Universities to get £2bn more from Government by 2008
The Government will increase its spending on higher education by £2 billion between 2004 and 2008, according to official figures. The Department for Education and Skills released information on its...
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Meeting of minds Our new monthly feature on what's coming up in the conference world from caving to obesity.
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Football club honoured
Norwich City has become the first football club to receive an honorary degree. The honorary doctorate of civil law from East Anglia University was conferred on the club at half-time in the Canaries'...
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Brunel's RAE ambition
Dozens of lecturers may lose their jobs at Brunel University if the institution is to improve its research standing, academics were warned this week. The university is hoping that staff who are less...
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Executive backs down
The Scottish Executive is expected to drop controversial proposals to classify new universities separately from pre-92 institutions. The executive is expected to unveil its bill next week to merge...
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Minister opens portal
A new website to give prospective students advice about the cost of university study, course options and what undergraduate life is like was launched by Kim Howells, the new Higher Education Minister...
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Rent-free prize
Students are being offered the chance to win a term's rent by a London bookshop. Foyles, which has a shop in Charing Cross Road, will pay £1,500 to the student who has answered three questions about...
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Boycott may cost London Met millions, warns v-c
London Metropolitan University could lose millions in research funds, threatening jobs, as the union boycott over new staff contracts becomes increasingly bitter. The union is intensifying action...