VLT eyes up a dark horse
Astronomers have been able to catch a glimpse of the most distant galactic neighbourhood discovered by taking a peek through a gravitational "porthole". Their findings are helping to illuminate what...
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Stem cell cure works on mice
Scientists have delivered the first therapeutic cloning gene therapy in work that further raises the prospect of the controversial technology sparking a revolution in medicine. The experiment was...
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Housing to attract staff
Subsidised housing for university staff is being considered by Brunel University in a bid to attract the best recruits. Steven Schwartz, who became vice-chancellor last week, wants to develop...
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'Increase clout of regional authority'
Learning and skills should become the responsibility of beefed-up regional governments, according to a Liberal Democrat blueprint for devolution in England. Party members, who met in Manchester at...
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FE fraud runs to 'millions', says skills council Investigators are probing dozens of fraud cases involving millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money in further education colleges and vocational training...
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Danes appoint critic to green think-tank
Denmark's environmental scientists have been thunderstruck by the appointment to a new environmental think-tank of a statistician known internationally for his critical approach to "phantom problems...
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Italians plead for research funding
Three of Italy's most respected academics have published an open letter to education minister Letizia Moratti and treasury minister Giulio Tremonti appealing for more financial support for scientific...
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Finn postgrad plan approved
Finland's polytechnics are to offer postgraduate degrees for the first time. A total of 53 degree programmes were submitted for a pilot assessment last October, but just 21 were approved. The...
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Spain 'drags its heels' over university reforms
Spain's government has pledged that education will be a priority during its presidency of the European Union, but it stands accused at home of dragging its heels over university reform. Education is...
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Students share gripes
Austrian students are being invited to contribute to the "longest letter of complaints in the world", which they plan to send to the country's education minister. The campaign has been launched by...
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Australian universities set for audit
A new round of Australian university audits has begun with ten institutions to be audited this year. Over the next five years, every university and the government higher education department will be...
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McGill bids to draw UK students
Montreal's attractions as a bicultural, inexpensive and cosmopolitan city have given McGill University a significant competitive advantage in the campaign to recruit international students. The...
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US grade rise 'unjustified'
Grade inflation is diluting the effectiveness of American higher education, according to a report that has heightened a debate about whether universities are coddling their students. The report, by...
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Kenya plans to tap own market
The Kenyan government is so concerned about the number of students being recruited by foreign universities that it is to hold an education fair to market the courses offered in the country's own...
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In the news: Jonathon Moyo
Jonathan Moyo, Robert Mugabe's controversial information minister, is the man behind the difficulties faced by the international media covering this week's chaotic presidential elections in Zimbabwe...