'It's just like undressing a woman'
What draws scholars to grubbing around in the dirt under the blazing sun and sifting soil for shards of pottery? To find out, Jennifer Wallace joined an archaeological dig in Israel There are three...
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Smile please
(Photograph) - Vet Kirsty Pickles polishes the teeth of Storm, a patient at William Dick Large Animal Hospital near Edinburgh, which opened last week. Photograph by Atom.
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Elaine Thomas
Elaine Thomas has been chief executive of Surrey Institute of Art and Design since January 2000, not 2001 as reported last week.
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On the move
David Triesman, general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, has been appointed to the Cabinet Office Better Regulation Task Force. Kate Heasman, ex-president of lecturers' union...
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Privatisation: v-cs think the unthinkable
Voluntary privatisation of universities and deregulated tuition fees are among options for radical changes in higher education funding to be considered by vice-chancellors next week. A call for the...
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Unions welcome applications overhaul
Unions have given a cautious thumbs-up to proposals for a post-qualification university application system. The Association of University Teachers and lecturers' union Natfhe are optimistic about...
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Opposition questions Whitehall appointment
The appointment of Geoff Mulgan, one of prime minister Tony Blair's top advisers, to a senior civil service post has reignited opposition concerns about the politicisation of Whitehall. Mr Mulgan, co...
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Writer in residence joins medical school
Carol Clewlow (below), bestselling author of A Woman's Guide to Adultery, has been appointed the first writer in residence at Newcastle University's medical school. Ms Clewlow will run creative...
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Bangor wins EU award to study marine life
Bangor University's school of ocean sciences has received E1.5 million (Pounds 920,000) from the European Union to undertake pan-European research in marine physics, geology, biology and chemistry....
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Scottish universities extend collaboration
Glasgow and Strathclyde universities are extending their collaboration with plans for a joint department in naval architecture and marine engineering. The department will combine the resources of...
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Government proposes social work degree
The government published A Quality Strategy for Social Care last week. It proposed a new body to issue guidance on social care practice, a new quality framework and a radical reform of training...
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Southampton opens Jewish studies centre
A research centre for the study of relations between Jews and non-Jews opens at the University of Southampton next month with a grant of Pounds 845,176 from the Arts and Humanities Research Board. It...
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Bishkek
Staff and students at Kyrgyzstan's 39 higher and 52 further education establishments have "virtually unanimously" nominated president Askar Akayev as a candidate for the presidential elections in...
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Accountants battle to retain training duties
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales launched a new training qualification this week in a bid to prevent major UK companies moving their student training to its counterpart...
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Nuffield to host talks on patenting ethics
The ethical and legal issues raised by the patenting of gene sequences and proteins will be explored in a series of roundtable discussions staged by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. The meetings...