Landers feel the heat on space missions
Paris, 30 Jan 2003 Space is certainly a cold place, but spacecraft have to face extremely high temperatures when they are exposed to the Sun's radiation. However, there are other extreme situations...
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Commission uses high tech measurements to tackle urban air pollution
Brussels, 30 January 2003 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched an innovative joint pilot study together with regional Italian environmental protection agency Agenzia...
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Opportunities for humanities
Researchers in the arts and humanities can look forward to more funding opportunities after last week's announcement that the Arts and Humanities Research Board is to become a research council. AHRB...
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Buoyant job scene 'justifies fees hike'
A significant rise in job vacancies for graduates, coupled with continuing growth in starting salaries, supports the government's arguments for introducing top-up fees, according to the Association...
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Chemistry lab culture fails to attract women
The number of young women who leave chemistry after postgraduate study is an "unforgivable waste", according to an eminent chemical engineer. Julia Higgins, professor of polymer science at Imperial...
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'Gamble' to win RAE cash
Research directors will be tipped off about their chances of success before deciding whether to enter the next research assessment exercise, under plans being developed for the funding councils....
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Scots trio offers staff jobs boost
Dundee, St Andrews and Abertay Dundee universities have begun a joint career development venture that aims to combat the isolation, uncertainty or boredom that non-academic staff can experience. The...
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College collects for unpaid housing bill
King Alfred's College in Winchester has won a legal action against Southampton City Council over unpaid accommodation bills for the Millennium Youth Games. The higher education college sued the...
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Nurse gets ticket for New York
Cancer Research UK chief executive Paul Nurse is leaving the charity at the end of November to become president of Rockefeller University in New York. He said: "As difficult as it is to depart from...
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Oxford race wide open
Oxford University found itself without a front-runner for the job of chancellor this week after Baroness Williams pulled out in protest against top-up fees, and Bill Clinton appeared to have ruled...
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This lens does not lie
A high-tech camera that reads people's body language and could be the most accurate lie detector yet has been developed at Manchester Metropolitan University. The Silent Talker uses artificial...
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High cost of happiness
Andrew Oswald and Andrew Clark of the University of Warwick school of economics have worked out the cost of happiness - and it is very expensive. Their study calculates the financial value of the...
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Manager sentenced
The former chief purchasing officer of Oxford University was spared jail last week after she admitted stealing £31,065 from her employers to fund a shopping addiction. Patricia Whitehead, 58, bought...
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Campus pick-up
Oxford Brookes University has bought the 4.8-acre Milham Ford School near its Headington campus in a deal thought to be worth £10 million.
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Perfecting placements
The government has set up a £400,000 Practice Learning Task Force to ensure good quality work experience for social-work students. It will encourage placements in settings from police forces to...