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Disabled Aids virus could provide cure for cystic fibrosis A modified version of the virus that causes Aids could become the basis of a prenatal gene therapy for cystic fibrosis, new research has...
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Major Research Fellowships
Deadline: 04/05/2007
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Next Generation Facility Users
Deadline: 03/05/2007
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Astronomy Research Grants
Deadline: 05/06/2007
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No one should have to suffer abuse in silence
Student misconduct and incivility can make campus life a misery. We must all help halt it, says Deborah Lee "Students have walked past the front of my house shouting at me.. I don't like the idea of...
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Alison Wolf
Do you fancy an Ann Summers party, in term time, with a little help from the taxpayer? Dream on, obviously, for the men; but for the rest of us, it seems, you just need to pick the right university....
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Zoology is the latest victim of audit culture
When a biologist cannot describe the differences between a snake and an earthworm, we know we're in trouble, warns Ken Bowler There is an old joke among zoologists that today's universities produce...
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Undimmed ambition
John Hood, vice-chancellor of Oxford University, is a contender for Sir Richard Sykes's Imperial crown, Peep hears. Sir Richard is set to leave Imperial College London in summer 2008, and the...
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Osama is alive, but Elvis...
Universities are forever lamenting the lack of funding for higher education, and most are trying to emulate the US model of tapping their alumni. Some have enlisted the services of a Nottingham-based...
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The naked truth
A Romanian philosophy lecturer has been told by his bosses to remove nude pictures of his wife and himself that could be viewed by clicking a link on Bucharest University's web page. Gheorghe...
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This isn't an Act of faith but paranoia
New legislation turns suspicion into law and corrodes trust in academics to nurture and teach the young, says James Panton A mounting burden of regulation has strained the relationship between...
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Gone, but still breathing new life into his field
The work of Jean Baudrillard will continue to disturb the tranquil waters of modern sociology, says John Armitage "He who knows how to breathe the air of my writings knows that it is an air of the...
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Minds devoured by dog-eat-dog
Today's exam culture in schools is breeding a competitive, unhappy, unhealthy and narrowly educated generation, Maria Misra claims Most people will have been shocked by the findings of the recent...
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Get on the 2012 starting blocks
Even if your university is unlikely to produce a potential medal-winning athlete, there are plenty of opportunities for institutions and their students to get involved in the London Olympics, says...