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Latest international news
Pay strike at Israel's public universities Faculty at Israel’s seven public universities have gone on strike in support of a 16 per cent salary increase, in line with pay awards to...
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Latest UK news
£2m scheme to boost school-university links Teachers are to be given the opportunity to return to university to study and undertake research as part of a £2 million scheme announced by...
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From today's UK papers
Warning of smallpox terror risk The Russian scientist in charge of one of the last known deposits of the smallpox virus called yesterday for the reintroduction of mass vaccination, saying terrorists...
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Latest UK news
Government signals makeover for learning accounts The goverment intends to introduce “new look” individual learning accounts to boost adult skills. Education secretary Estelle Morris announced the...
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From today's UK papers
Teachers warned on political stance The Department for Education has warned teachers not to profess strong opinions about the military action in Afghanistan. "Many parents, teachers and young people...
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It's a hellish title
Education minister Margaret Hodge has been clarifying her title. At this week's launch of the learning and skills research centre, a government-funded body looking at post-16 education, she said: "I...
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Fearful of falling at the first hurdle
Libraries are treasure troves of information but some students do not have the key. Barbara Hull explains. Most lecturers need no reminding that some students today start their undergraduate careers...
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Star Turn: Angela Jacklin
Sharon Ann Holgate meets a Sussex lecturer who finds that the best way to understand special-needs children is to experience learning as they do. Angela Jacklin has an effective way of showing...
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A sorry tale of BSE blunders
Even before the botched experiment on BSE in sheep made the news, shortcomings in Maff's studies of BSE had been pointed out by Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, who thinks the government should change how its...
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Cutting Edge: David Cantrill
Growing up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, I often escaped to the bush to explore. The variety of unusual plants held a fascination that I suspect stemmed largely from my father's work as a...
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EU learns a vital lesson from BSE
Alan Osborn reports on the fight for slices of the Sixth Framework cake. The European Commission has proposed significant changes to the European Union's Sixth Framework research programme, aimed at...