Disabled get raw deal from film world
Cinema presents twisted and stereotyped views of the real lives of disabled people, according to Paul Darke's research at Warwick University. Mr Darke, a postgraduate researcher in the department of...
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Robots steeled to mend bridges
The expensive and hazardous business of repairing steel bridges could become a lot safer and cheaper with the help of robot technology developed by the defence industry for the remote disposal of...
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Top ten amplifies 500 years of music in Aberdeen
Five hundred years ago, music played an important part in the newly founded Aberdeen University, with the establishment of the "Vicars Choral" to sing in King's College Chapel. Three years ago, the...
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Colleges let down engineers by lack of tailored training
Many further education colleges are failing to provide engineering employers with enough tailored training courses to cover the specific skills firms need, according to the Engineer Training...
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Grants-by-fraud hit institutions
Local education authorities and universities are complaining that their attempts to crack down on fraudulent grant applications are being penalised by Government policy. They want the Government to...
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Voting with feet alarms Tories
Conservative MPs have been warned they could shoot themselves in the foot if they try to end the right of students to vote in the constituency where they study. The expansion of higher education has...
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Strength is in unity for Scots FE lobbyists
Scotland's three further education organisations have joined together to create a single voice for the sector. The Employers' Association, the Association for Colleges Scotland and the Association...
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Drilling deep for cooler answers
Aisling Irwin reports on a research ship which scientists hope will unlock some secrets from the ocean floor. The strangely shaped JOIDES Resolution, a floating laboratory and ocean drilling rig in...
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A laser revolution out of the blue
Blue lasers, the holy grail of laser technology, could revolutionise information technology and compact disc technology, according to physicists and industrial re-searchers meeting at Heriot-Watt...
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In-school training limited
New school-centred initial teacher training schemes have made a "mixed start" and will need to improve to reach the same standard as existing higher education-based courses, inspectors said this week...
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Heavy paper weight
Overworked? Stressed? Burned out? Spare a thought, then, for the social worker disappearing under a mountain of paperwork. The profession's main training body has drawn attention to growing workloads...
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The THES Internet Service includes details of the contents of this week's newspaper and all our advertisements, updated on the Tuesday before publication of the paper. The service is availableon the...
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MPs see red on college finances
The Public Accounts Committee said this week that it was concerned that colleges might be forced to borrow money to meet day-to-day running costs as a result of deficits totalling Pounds 20 million....
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Holy city sparks unholy row
An academic argument has blown up over a new study option at Exeter University to examine the role of Jerusalem in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Exeter's department of politics is to run the option as...
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Prof in lather about soap
Professor Baumann, a folklore studies tutor at Tubingen University, is in his local pub boozily talking over the theme of tomorrow morning's seminar with a colleague. He finally hits on it: "A...