Toxic menu for marine life
Unknown quantities of microscopic plastic from discarded products are being washed up on British shores and probably ingested by marine life. While no definite hazard associated with the pollution...
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Bacteria could help find ET
Scientists have recovered clumps of petrified nanobacteria from the flanks of an extinct worm. They are believed to be the smallest fossilised lifeforms discovered. The 540 million-year-old remains...
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Consortium struggles to halt fake degree menace on net
British universities are being targeted by internet scams aiming to make money from their reputations. A businessman who was supposed to have been stopped by a High Court order from offering fake...
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NI set to reap benefit
Further and higher education in Northern Ireland are set for above-average funding increases following approval of a 4.6 per cent budget increase for the Department of Employment and Learning in 2002...
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ILA spend exceeds budget by millions
The £60 million overspend on discredited individual learning accounts is set to soar, the government admitted this week. The Department for Education and Skills said that outstanding course costs...
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Change in school year could herald admissions reform
A new university applications system could be introduced in less than five years following reforms to the school year, writes Alan Thomson. Tony Higgins, chief executive of the Universities and...
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'Keep eye on impact of hi-tech'
The former head of the government advisory committee that dealt with genetically modified crops has called for more research into the damage that technology is inflicting on the environment. In his...
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UK must cosy up to US to hold lead
British business schools are only just holding on to their position as leaders in Europe for research. Only five of the top ten research schools are in the United Kingdom this year, compared with...
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Subject review is off QAA agenda
Quality assurance chiefs have abandoned plans to routinely "drill down" into university departments for subject-level inspections in the new quality regime. The Quality Assurance Agency has...
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Hall costs can create ghettos
Universities committed to widening participation are facing another challenge once non-traditional recruits arrive - getting students from different backgrounds to mix. Old-boy networks, historic...
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Israel acts after officials found with false degrees
Israel's ministry of justice has been charged with enforcing the law on universities and other degree-awarding institutions after public officials were accused of buying degrees from at least two...
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Programmers sign up for Pygmalion treatment
Information technology students at Munich's Technical University are being offered a course in manners and social conduct. Participants are nerds - young talented people whose social skills are often...
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News in brief
New York Human Rights Watch has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian sociologist Saadeddin Ibrahim and three colleagues who are appealing against jail sentences for offences...
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Course aims to rebuild trust
The rectors of Belgrade University and Sarajevo University have met for the first time since the end of the Balkan conflict. In Rome this month, they presented a joint programme of postgraduate...
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Plucky Poland defies the odds
Nick Holdsworth looks at the battles and victories of former Communist countries as they move towards joining the EU and the Bologna Process. Universities in Poland have changed beyond recognition in...