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US bans stem-cell research A bill banning all cloning of human embryos was passed by the United States House of Representatives by 265 to 162 votes today. An amendment to allow stem-cell research...
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Governors vote to keep Exeter's music department Staff at Exeter University’s music department are celebrating after university governors voted to keep it open. The department's problems include a £...
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Supercomputer goes online A supercomputer capable of 10 billion calculations a second was being officially switched on today. The £1.4 million Cosmology Machine was being unveiled at Durham...
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US students seek financial aid More American students are applying for aid to cover the rising cost of tuition, room and board. Some 55 per cent of undergraduates and 60 per cent of graduates asked...
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From today's UK papers
Guardian Tony Blair has promised to look again at the financing of higher education, including student loans, after the issue became the single most difficult problem facing Labour on the doorstep....
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The University of Paisley Ian Mentor , former head of the school of education at the University of North London and head of research and staff development at the University of the West of England,...
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Italy condemns alleged G8 brutality Some 530 Italian academics have signed an open letter to Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, demanding an inquiry into alleged police brutality at the G8...
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From today's UK papers
The Independent Christ's College, the alma mater of Charles Darwin, John Milton and Channel 4's Richard Whiteley, has been rated the top college in this year's Tompkins table of Cambridge University'...
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LSC chief calls for action on skills Dramatic improvements in skills levels are required to make England’s workforce internationally competitive, according to Learning and Skills Council chairman...
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German inequality grows
A university education in Germany is increasingly the preserve of young people from wealthy backgrounds, a report on students' social situations has shown. Only 12 per cent of young people from...
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Order conjures up Soviet past
Russia's ruling science body has defended an order issued to research institutes to report sensitive foreign contacts in a move to protect intellectual property. The Russian Academy of Sciences...
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Lottery tells professor to roll over
A Quebec government-run lottery has demanded that a Montreal professor retract statements it claims defames its reputation. But the lawyer's letter demanding a retraction from Pierre P. Tremblay for...
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All change as veteran v-cs depart
More than half of South Africa's 21 universities have lost their vice-chancellors in the past year. In several cases professors chosen to transform institutions after apartheid have moved on to new...
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Commute tires Tokyo students
A quarter of Japan's university student population lives and studies in Tokyo - adding 650,000 to one of the most crowded cities in the world. How do universities house so many students? The answer...
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California aims for ethnic influx
The University of California has approved a controversial admissions policy to boost ethnic minority enrolment - but it will be implemented only if the university can afford it. Effective from 2003...