Alarm bells over future of Iraqi treasures
Academics fear that Iraq's cultural heritage is in danger as an influential group of American antiquities collectors manoeuvre for influence with the planned postwar military regime. International...
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In the news: Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon was shovelling snow when his publisher called. Winning the 2003 Pulitzer prize for poetry came "as a complete shock and surprise and is a terrific honour", said the Princeton University...
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Appointments
The new chief executive of the Association of Colleges is John Brennan, currently director of further education development. Mr Brennan joined the Department of Education and Science in 1968, after...
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United assault on Clarke plans
Unions representing more than 110,000 academics and 5 million students are "utterly opposed" to the government's plans for the biggest shake-up of higher education since the 1960s. Lecturers' union...
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Group demands cash pledge to back community ventures
Universities keen to work with their local communities must be properly funded and receive national recognition, a pressure group has claimed in response to the white paper, writes Claire Sanders....
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Brown creates climate for innovation to thrive
Improved research is key to closing the productivity gap with the US, chancellor Gordon Brown told MPs in his budget speech on Wednesday. He said that two-thirds of the gap was due to underfunded...
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News Spiritual revolution: academics strive to gain respectability for new age religions Elizabeth vs Stalin How two very different rulers' reigns shadowed each other Sin cities Review of Infectious...
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Access body will levy fines
The Office for Fair Access will be the first statutory regulator to oversee any part of the UK higher education system. Yet analysis of the proposals in the Offa document reveals a curiously light-...
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Letter-writing prize
Students from 98 nationalities have been writing about their experiences of living and learning in the UK for a new British Council awards scheme supported by The THES. More than 1,700 overseas...
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Pay perception study
Race and gender have a strong influence on people's perceptions of how fairly they are paid, economists at Warwick University have concluded. In a paper to be presented to the Royal Economic Society'...
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Findings: Attractive bacteria
Getting intimate with bacterial attractions could help clean contaminated groundwater for drinking, writes Natasha Gilbert. According to US researchers, efforts to put bacteria to work in polluted...
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Findings: A gene to keep you upright
The discovery of a gene responsible for maintaining balance in mice could lead to a therapy to restore loss of balance to the elderly and to astronauts who have experienced zero gravity, writes...
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Tumour bank to aid hunt for cure
Research into cancer treatments and cures is to be made easier by the creation of a virtual UK tumour bank that was announced this week. The initiative has been developed by the National Cancer...
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Wellcome retreats from science funding front line
The Wellcome Trust will take a back seat in funding UK science for the foreseeable future, according to its former director, Mike Dexter, who left in March. Dr Dexter told The THES that the UK...
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'Placements help minorities and mature'
Mature students and those from certain ethnic groups should choose courses with work experience to overcome prejudice from employers, a conference heard this week. Stephen McNair, head of education...