EU project develops user-friendly e-polling system
Brussels, 10 Jul 2003 An EU funded project has developed a remote polling system aimed at simplifying polling procedures for both electors and administrative authorities across Europe. E-Poll '...
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Kew crippled by lack of funds
Peers have accused the government of crippling the science that helped Kew Gardens win World Heritage status last week, writes Caroline Davis. The Royal Botanic Gardens were given the accolade by the...
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Red tape threatens research cash
Universities may have to turn down research grants from the £12 billion Framework Six programme because they cannot comply with new bidding criteria imposed by the European Commission. The changes...
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Fifth of Australian intake is foreign...
Foreign students comprise more than a fifth of all enrolments in Australia's universities, and the 175,000 studying on and offshore contribute A$4.5 billion (£1.83 billion) a year to the national...
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... but US overseas enrolments set to fall
Intensive English-language summer programmes in the US have suffered a dramatic drop in enrolment - a possible sign that terrorism-related visa restrictions may be affecting the number of...
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German students to learn by phone
Students in Germany will soon be able to access lectures via their mobile phones, allowing them to stay in bed and keep up with the latest knowledge. The technology was developed by Franz Lehner of...
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Grant rulings 'are skewed' claim
Academics fear the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's peer-review system is skewing grant applications, it emerged this week. The Commons science and technology select committee...
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Becks, step aside for star fellows
As their numbers grow, national teaching fellows are finding a voice and realising their worth, says Pat Leon. National teaching fellows may not command the salary nor sponsorship deals of footballer...
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Fellows' views
Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds (2001 winner) Director of microbiology and biomedical sciences undergraduate programmes, University of Surrey "A few months ago I'm not sure I could have said I was very...
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MPs maul ministers' blueprint
The select committee has marshalled the concerns of higher education to savage the white paper. Alan Thomson contrasts its verdict with the government's vision. Research What the white paper says •...
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Findings: Geese flocks use egg timer
Flocks of domestic geese synchronise egg laying in the same way that women's menstrual cycles can come into sync, according to new research. Psychologist John Kent and colleagues at University...
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Big purses attract men
"Financially independent and ambitious" females seeking males on the internet for friendship and possibly more are much more popular than their "attractive and slim" rivals, according to researchers...
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Focus on history: What future for study of past?
In the first in a series on the state of academic study, Anna Fazackerley asks how the government white paper has affected history The government's preoccupation with science is jeopardising the...
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Focus on history: On the agenda: staff sentiment, struggling students, employability and national Identity
Staff morale Hannah Barker, senior lecturer in modern history at the University of Manchester "I think people feel beleaguered. They feel they have fewer resources with more students. The department...
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Focus on history: The case for popularisation
Tristram Hunt, lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and presenter of English Civil War series on BBC2 "It is enormously important for history to play a role in the media, partly because it...