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Last week in The THES James Mahoney argued that money should be provided to save chimps used in scientific experiments from euthanasia and to pay for retirement homes Pam Kershaw These unfortunate...
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Double science doubts
Edgar Jenkins, of Leeds University, will consider whether GCSE double award science is an adequate preparation for A-level science in a lecture at the university's centre for studies in science and...
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Undergraduates can't spell
Undergraduates still suffer from "terrible standards of spelling", the latest survey by the Queen's English Society has found. The list of howlers from science undergraduates includes "ejucation" for...
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Poor overseas links damaging British names
The reputation of British higher education continues to be damaged by universities with overseas collaborative arrangements, says an analysis of overseas quality audits by the former universities'...
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UK marked by diversity
Striking differences in the student profiles of Britain's higher education institutions emerge in figures just released. Variations in numbers of overseas, part-time, mature, disabled and ethnic...
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You pay more to do it your own way
Students who choose less well-worn paths to higher education could end up paying more of the costs, warns a report out this week, writes Harriet Swain. Latest analysis of education policy in 29...
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Goodbye to 'hellos'
The Association of Graduate Recruiters has warned that employers are not queuing up to offer "golden hellos" to new graduates. A survey of 264 of its members carried out last autumn by the Institute...
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Funny business
Christopher Grey's article ("Business of being allies", THES, September 25) must have appalled most business lecturers. * Students join business courses because this is their chosen career. People do...
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New principal promises to foster a 'united vision'
Ian Johnston's first term as principal of Glasgow Caledonian University promises to be full of interest. The unfair dismissal case being brought by his sacked predecessor, Stan Mason, is set to...
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TECs waste public funds, say colleges
The Pounds 1.4 billion of public money spent on education and training through the training and enterprise councils is wasteful, and leads to poor quality provision, further education leaders said...
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Chemical industry takes HEFCE to task
The funding councils were this week charged by the Chemical Industries Association of failing to take into account the views of industry during the consultation over the future of the research...
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15-year plan will focus on older people
The government this week began drawing up arrangements for the launch of the second Foresight programme - aimed at encouraging industry, government and academics to identify research needs and market...
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Hungry creatures
When food is plentiful, the number of creatures who feed on it rises. But so does the number of creatures who feed on them, increasing the length of the food chain, ecologists have found. Researchers...
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Bladder relief
A computer program that can predict who will survive a stroke is being used to identify the causes of incontinence. Information on pressures in the bladder and flow rates will be fed into a computer...
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Suicide cells' role in the explosion of over-65s
Cells lining our digestive system are more likely to commit suicide the older we get, according to researchers at the University of Manchester and the Paterson Institute. "These stem cells live on a...