From today's UK papers
The Guardian Hopes of a cure for Parkinson's disease by the implantation of foetal cells into the brain have been dashed after a trial of the technique, involving two US universities, found a number...
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Cambridge presses ahead with expansion plan Cambridge University is planning the biggest expansion in its 800-year history with the addition of 5,000 students, three colleges and 3,000 staff...
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Harvard names Summers president Harvard University’s next president will be Lawrence Summers, treasury secretary for the final 18 months of the Clinton administration. He will take over from Neil...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times The London Business School and Columbia Business School in New York have formalised a partnership for executive programmes. The Institute of Management is to launch its own...
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NUS targets marginal seats The National Union of Students is encouraging students to help swing marginal seats in the general election by targeting a small number of constituencies where the...
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Research Exchanges scheme
Deadline: 30/04/2001
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UK Bioscience Business Plan Competition
Deadline: 30/03/2001
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Plant Adaptation: grants for short visits
Deadline: 01/05/2001
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Innovations Fund
Deadline: 15/05/2001
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V-cs attacked for ducking fight for cash
Paralysis has gripped the universities' campaign for more money as the vice-chancellors' leader, Sir Howard Newby, asked "what is the point?" Sir Howard, president of Universities UK and incoming...
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NI females make the grade
In 1999-2000, 63 per cent of female graduates in Northern Ireland higher education institutions gained either first-class or upper-second honours degrees, compared with 52 per cent of males. And 9...
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Welsh give a £35m boost to science
The Welsh Assembly has announced a £35 million boost for new science buildings and equipment. The grant, made up of money from the Office of Science and Technology and the Higher Education Funding...
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Teesside pays tribute to rail disaster don
The University of Teesside has paid tribute to Steve Baldwin, professor of public health, who died in last week's rail crash near York. Vice-chancellor Derek Fraser said: "Steve Baldwin joined us in...
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Straw son among those facing Oxford fine
Students, including William Straw, home secretary Jack Straw's son, who occupied Oxford University's divinity school in February face disciplinary action and possible fines. Thirty students were due...
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Morrison under attack over endowment plan
Alasdair Morrison, Scotland's deputy minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, came under fire this week in the parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee over "inadequate"...