Old classics find new life in webworld
Stuart Lee reports on Oxford's e-Lit option, which takes English students on a nine-week trip into cyberspace. When a student tartly said she knew how to write essays but "just tell us how the...
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Luton 'failed to act' on auditors' warnings
'The directors of LUE cannot demonstrate that effective control is being operated over the company' Luton University failed to act on repeated warnings from its auditors about the mismanagement of...
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Forensic courses cut open for analysis
The growth in forensic degree courses has been so phenomenal that forensic scientists are piloting accreditation schemes. The number of courses with the word forensic in the title on the Universities...
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AUT to debate Natfhe merger
Plans to form a single trade union for more than 110,000 lecturers could finally be given the go-ahead at next week's annual conference of the Association of University Teachers. After resisting...
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Students' letters home strike gold
When 22-year-old Yimon Aye first arrived in the UK from Burma four years ago, she had never seen a test tube or switched on a bunsen burner. With prizes for excellence at chemistry from Oxford...
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Findings: Cats' chorus to choir of angels
If you sound like a cat being strangled when singing, help could soon be at hand, writes Natasha Gilbert. Mark Smith, head of Purdue University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the...
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Findings: Hormonal help for the obese
Research by the group that discovered the gene that tells people they have had enough to eat could lead the way to a more practical treatment for obesity, writes Martin Ince. Steve Bloom of Imperial...
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'A lot of female scientists don't dare take a break'
Chemist Carolyn Carr took a ten-year career break to look after her two children. She said many women in her position felt it was impossible to break back into science. "One big problem is getting...
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Science centre sets sights on keeping women in work
An £800,000 science centre will be the keystone of the government's new strategy to encourage women to pursue careers in science. Its tasks will be to recognise and reward good employers, raise the...
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FE warning over foundation degree
Further education college heads have warned that foundation degrees are being developed too quickly and are in danger of being hijacked by universities eager to pocket funding for expansion. A...
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'We can't be on call for firms'
Industry is making unrealistic demands on universities, researchers have told the Treasury-initiated Lambert review of links between business and higher education. The Association for University...
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High-flier aptitude tests reveal alarming gaps
The first national aptitude test for UK entrepreneurs and prospective businesspeople has identified serious knowledge gaps that could contribute to commercial failure. The test was devised by Colin...
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French reform 'elite' school
France's elite Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) is to lose its monopoly on recruiting and training top civil servants and senior diplomats under reforms proposed by a committee appointed by the...
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Stellenbosch is top of the pops
South Africa's school-leavers rate the University of Stellenbosch as their most desired study destination in South Africa, according to a survey of popular campuses. Stellenbosch was picked by 22 per...
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Cash boost for EU e-learning
Extra funding for a European Union scheme to create virtual campuses will increase from €5.4 million (£3.7 million) to €8.1 million if changes made by the European Parliament to a planned 2004-06 e-...