Cuts clip wings of high-flier scheme
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight The province's two universities are in the forefront of the last Government's...
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A strategy void adds to troubles
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight Whatever the outcome of the Dearing inquiry, Northern Ireland arguably has the most...
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Historic horseplay loses its innocence
CLEOPATRA envied the horse which bore the weight of Anthony. Jane Austen's Fanny Price pitied her horse when it was ridden too hard by the sexually energetic Mary Crawford. Horses have galloped their...
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From monster to angel
Seduced and ruined women are the focus of attention for a Leeds University lecturer who is exploring why they form such an important image in 18th-century literature. According to Vivien Jones,...
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Sleepers find tranquility in pockets of silence
Sound scientists at Southampton University are working on an ingenious solution to the problem of neighbours with a taste for loud dance music. A team at the university's Institute of Sound Vibration...
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Scientists fail to extract fossil DNA
Jurassic Park has been re-consigned to the fantasy world by research casting doubt on scientific claims to have isolated ancient genetic material from fossils. Scientists at the Natural History...
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French crayfish could boost British stocks
Recent research may pave the way for white-clawed crayfish to join the list of British imports from France - not, like most, destined for our culinary world but for our natural one. Severe declines...
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Joint plan for quieter aircraft
A Pounds 3 million research project is coming to the end of its three-year quest to find ways to reduce the noise generated by aircraft. At least one potential solution has been unearthed by experts...
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Project aims for simultaneous computing
VIRTUAL teamwork may soon be a working reality, thanks to a project underway in St Andrews University's computing division. Researchers there are developing a computer system which will allow users...
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Middleton measures up
Shakespeare's debt to his junior colleague Thomas Middleton has not yet been fully acknowledged, according to research from Birmingham University. Not only did Middleton write significant parts of...
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Spanish battle over Elche site
THE BATTLE over the creation of a new university in south-western Spain is intensifying as the University of Alicante and the socialist opposition have both decided to launch appeals against the...
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Belarus turns on Soros
THE SOROS Foundation of Belarus has been fined US$3 million for alleged tax offences following an interim report on its activities from tax inspectors commissioned by the Belarusian Security Council...
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Teachers 'upgraded'
MORE THAN 10,000 teachers with secondary school qualifications are working full-time in higher education, the French education ministry has disclosed. A survey published by the ministry's assessment...
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Right sweeps to power in Italy
FOR THE first time in 30 years, candidates of the political right swept to victory in elections for student councils in many Italian universities, marking the end of a long-standing predominance of...
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Erik the Red is coming home
A DANISH fisheries inspection vessel arrives in Reykjavik next week with 15 parcels of 300 priceless documents on board - the final consignment from Copenhagen University of the ancient Icelandic...