Blunkett launches fees offensive
DAVID BLUNKETT, secretary of state for education and employment, has accused opponents of tuition fees of scare-mongering. In a bid to head off a recruitment crisis, he is preparing to write this...
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Moral influence causing companies to change
ETHICAL investors are starting to use their Pounds 1.5 billion financial clout to push companies to change, and not just to boycott the ethically unsound, a new survey has found. The "Morals and...
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Grant bolsters African chimpanzee study
ST ANDREWS University's groundbreaking study of wild chimpanzees, which aims to discover more about the origins of human intelligence, has been boosted by a Leverhulme Trust grant of Pounds 87,000....
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Engineering misconceptions still dominate
EVEN ten-year-olds are spurning engineering as a career option, because of misconceptions and stereotypes about the sector, according University of Southampton research. Images of dirty and physical...
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Cheap drugs for addicts may wipe out problem
SUPPLYING drug addicts with cheap heroin and cocaine and then making prices repressively high could dramatically reduce thenumber of new users and smash the drug market, concludes research by...
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Feeling poorly is not always a bad thing
ILLNESS can be good for you, according to research by a PhDstudent. Samantha Sodergren, of the University of Plymouth's health-related quality of life research centre, found sickness could have a...
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Exeter wields the magic wart wand
WART charming is to be put under the microscope by scientists at Exeter University's department of complementary medicine. Video cameras will record instances in which healers attempt to cure warts...
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Sunlight exposure worsens crippling disease
RESEARCHERS at Leicester University have identified a link between sunlight and the crippling disease lupus. Lupus, which affects more than 20,000 people in the UK, occurs when the body's immune...
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Pelvic exercises reduce incontinence after birth
Incontinence after childbirth could soon become a thing of the past as doctors from the University of Plymouth's Postgraduate Medical School investigate whether pelvic floor exercises could save the...
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Vitamin C could fight cancer
THE chemical make-up of plans could hold the key to understanding cancer and heart disease, new research suggests. Emma Lloyd, a chemistry lecturer at Leicester University, has established how...
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Berlinguer's soft revolution
Luigi Berlinguer has his hands full. As Italy's first minister for both schools and higher education, including scientific research, he is spearheading a radical renewal of the country's entire...
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Pristina pressure still on
ETHNIC Albanian students in Kosovo are keeping up the pressure on the Serbian government to allow their return to the University of Pristina. United Nations special emissary on human rights,...
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Funding gap threat to medical schools
VARIATIONS in research income between different medical schools are greater than ever, with some schools receiving ten times more money than others, it was claimed this week. Sir Keith Peters, regius...
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Russian admissions boom rumbles on
RECORD numbers of students have been admitted to Russian universities for the second year running, reversing a decade of decline. Admissions to state and private universities are expected to exceed...
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Service plan to solve financial woes
NEEDY South African students saddled with large study loans should be able to pay them off partly through community service work that also teaches skills, earns academic credit, benefits universities...