Jobwatch: Designs on UK academics
Art schools in the Asia-Pacific region are offering lecturers unlimited prospects and a better quality of life. British schools should watch out. Martyn Bull reports. Art and design higher education...
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Who got that job?
Andrew Warnes Lecturer in American Literature and Culture Leeds University School of English Job advertised in The Times Higher March 5, 2004 After two and a half years of part-time teaching,...
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Tyne is ripe to hatch some high aspirations
A partnership between Newcastle University and a local school is aiming to raise the aspirations of pupils from deprived areas. Ross Davies reports. What happens when a university takes a hand in...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Mark Griffiths Age : 38 Job : Psychologist, professor of gambling studies. Salary : £46,000 Qualifications : BSc psychology, Bradford University; PhD...
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Schwartz: tests key to fairer access
The use of admissions tests to help lure more pupils from underprivileged backgrounds into higher education was endorsed this week by the head of the Government's inquiry into fair access - just days...
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Call for probe into takeover of Japanese specialist
The Charity Commission has been asked to investigate Reading University's planned takeover of a unique college specialising in British degrees for Japanese students. Reading intends to take over...
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Postgrad code won't favour elite, QAA says
A code of practice for research students will not impose a "one-size-fits-all" model on universities, a conference on the UK doctorate was expected to hear today. The Quality Assurance Agency's long-...
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Next week
Exclusive Don't miss the first-ever survey of young academics. We reveal what they really think about their careers, their students and their commitments. Also The Voynich Manuscript : Jacques Guy...
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Today's news
Aptitude test best to find brightest Just days before he is due to publish his final report, Professor Steven Schwartz threw his weight behind a universal aptitude test so that universities may spot...
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Belgium and Luxembourg have failed to transpose biotech patents directive: two judgments (C-454/03, C-450/03)
Luxembourg, 9 September 2004 C-454/03, Commission des Communautes europeennes contre Royaume de Belgique Judgment of the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) on 9 September 2004 (link to English version...
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EU blueprint for Security Research programme
Brussels, 9 September 2004 The EU should launch a fully-fledged European Security Research Programme by 2007, with a sufficiently large budget. This is the core message of a Communication on "...
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European clinical guidelines for 10 bioterror agents
Brussels, 09 Sep 2004 [...] Of the numerous agents that may be used as biological weapons, a first set has been identified as deserving immediate attention in the context of this EU action. Ten...
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Parliament reveals questions for Commissioner hearings
Brussels, 09 Sep 2004 The European Parliament has published the questions that it intends to put to the newly nominated Commissioners during September and October. Questions for Janez Potocnik, the...
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UK government figures reveal rise in animal experiments
Brussels, 09 Sep 2004 New statistics published by the UK Home Office reveal that the total number of scientific procedures carried out on animals in the UK in 2003 was just over 2.79 million, a rise...
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Mixed reaction to Commission approval of GM seeds
Brussels, 09 Sep 2004 A decision by the European Commission to allow farmers to commercially grow up to 17 different types of genetically modified (GM) maize seeds across Europe has received mixed...