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Blair is losing the battle over university fees Tony Blair has failed to build a consensus around his view that half of all young people should enter higher education, according to the latest YouGov...
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Today's news
The THES daily news service is taking a break. Our next round-up of higher education items in the national press will appear on January 5 2004. Wishing you all the best for the festive season - see...
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Today's news
Blair is losing the battle over university fees Tony Blair has failed to build a consensus around his view that half of all young people should enter higher education, according to the latest YouGov...
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Today's news
The THES daily news service is taking a break. Our next round-up of higher education items in the national press will appear on January 5 2004. Wishing you all the best for the festive season - see...
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Prince stands accused in honours row
Prince Charles' scientific prejudices were blamed this week for depriving leading scientists of honours. The chief executive of the Medical Research Council, Colin Blakemore, was considering his...
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Big Brother evicted by academics
Reality TV show Big Brother has won The THES poll to find the programme that most undermines British culture. But former Big Brother contestant Jon Tickle hit back at academic voters, branding them...
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In the news: Monica Grady
When the Beagle 2 probe separates from the Mars Express spacecraft this Friday, a host of British scientists will feel their pulses quicken. Monica Grady will have more reason than most for feeling...
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Appointments
Barry Ife , professor at and acting principal of King's College London, has been appointed principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. David Melville , professor and vice-chancellor of the...
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UK must keep grip on market
UK universities and colleges are in danger of being squeezed out of the burgeoning multibillion-pound overseas student recruitment market, the British Council has warned. Major competitors such as...
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Students to log on during exams within next ten years, conference hears
Students will use computers in exams within ten years because of the changes technology is bringing to assessment in universities, a leading educational technologist has predicted. Tim O'Shea, vice-...
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Stem-cell victory
Moves in the European Parliament that could have outlawed experiments on cloned human embryo cells in the UK have been defeated. The Human Tissues Directive was passed by MEPs on Tuesday. Opponents...
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UK to house superbrain
The world's largest computing grid is to be formed in the UK, backed by Pounds 16 million from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. A prototype grid has been running across ten UK...
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Commonwealth first
The founding director of the Centre for Commonwealth Education at the University of Cambridge is Christopher Colclough, who heads the international monitoring team for Education for All. Professor...
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Student numbers grow
New figures from the Learning and Skills Council show increases in the number of students in further education. Between 2001-02 and 2002-03 there was a 1 per cent increase in the number of further...
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Cosmic venture
British scientists will be hoping to catch some of the primordial stuff of our solar system as the new year begins when the space probe Stardust flies through the comet Wild 2. Tony McDonnell and...