Burma lets students trickle back
BANGKOK Burma's universities, closed by the country's military junta in 1996, are steadily reopening, according to the government. But education authorities have been accused of deliberately...
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Brussels
German-born Klaus van der Pas is to be the new director general of the European Commission's education and culture directorate. He was spokesman for former commission president Jacques Santer from...
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Head start
(Photograph) - Head start: Graham Harding, head of the neurosciences research institute at Aston University with a whole-head scanner - the only one in Britain.
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Rome
Italian architecture historian Bruno Zevi has died aged 81. A fierce opponent of anti-semitism and fascism, Professor Zevi described Italy's universities as "hideously degenerate" . For 30 years he...
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'Violations of safety' blamed for killer fire
MOSCOW Authorities at Moscow State University have been sharply criticised for neglecting building safety regulations after 11 people died in a fire at a hall of residence. The fire, just before...
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A fine measuring tool
A five-layered 'footprint' for assessing engineering research excellence may be invaluable in other sciences, writes Jennifer Gristock A new approach to research assessment was unveiled this week by...
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How states cut research cake
In the United States, an examination has begun into the application of bibliometric and cost-benefit analyses, peer review, case studies, retrospective analyses and benchmarking and their suitability...
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Cutting edge
Light has trouble penetrating beyond 1km into an ocean, but animals deeper down still manage to see. How do they do it? Our cruise involved a pretty mixed bunch, representing seven nationalities and...
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Powerless need someone to hate
Some will dismiss it as a sinister plot to besmirch them but psychologists have found most conspiracy theorists are alienated individuals seeking someone to blame for their powerlessness, writes Raj...
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It all started with black holes
Enormous black holes that formed during the dark age of the universe, a lightless epoch before the first stars were born, may have predated the earliest galaxies, writes Steve Farrar. Evidence...
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Find sheds new light on CJD
The three-dimensional structure of healthy human prion protein, which becomes corrupted in the brains of sufferers of Creutz-feldt-Jakob disease, has been revealed for the first time, writes Steve...
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An end to nationalism?
British geographers are tackling the vogue subject of transnationalism, which until now has been largely the preserve of American sociologists and political scientists, writes Olga Wojtas. The annual...
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Marine lab head quits
The director of the Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences has resigned her post after two years that ended with redundancies and a Pounds 7 million rescue package. Jacqueline McGlade, who took over...
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Fair cop?
(Photograph) - Fair cop? Philippine police restrain a student demonstrator angered by the deployment of marines on the streets of Manila to augment the police presence in the city.
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Wayward presidents risk college integrity
BOSTON "Presidential scandal" in the United States no longer applies only to the man in the White House as a growing number of university presidents are caught in compromising positions. Last...