Cash victory for NI
Northern Ireland's two universities have succeeded in their campaign for research funding equal to other parts of the UK. The Department of Finance and Personnel has announced an extra £10 million a...
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Exam probe reveals risk
An independent inquiry into this year's Scottish examination results debacle has warned of "potential risk" in the way results are sent from the Scottish Qualifications Authority to the Universities...
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Reform has failed to erase funding gap between old and new
Higher education reforms over the past decade have had little impact on funding inequalities between institutions or on the structure of the sector, an independent study has concluded. Changing the...
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Telescope 'created by English'
New evidence has emerged to support suggestions that the first telescope was built by an Englishman, writes Steve Farrar. An overlooked manuscript provides the context for claims that Elizabethan...
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'Tighten biotech control'
The government must strengthen its control over biotechnological research in UK universities to reduce the threat from biological weapons, according to MPs. In a report on the government's green...
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Access-driven Hodge eases way for mergers
The government plans to make it easier for universities to collaborate with each other, with further education colleges and with industry as part of a reinvigorated widening participation policy to...
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Whistleblowers: Sister of staff member awarded £11k bursary
Cardiff University Business School has awarded an £11,500 research bursary to the sister of one of its staff after she failed to win funding for her PhD through the school's nationally advertised...
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Cambridge rebels hold up rejig
Cambridge University's attempts to modernise have been set back by a series of rebellions by academics. The Regent House, Cambridge's ultimate executive authority of 3,000-plus scholars, gave the...
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Expert hands calm bra cup chaos
An expert in semi-classical acoustics and quantum chaos has found mathematical proof for a theorem that many women knew instinctively to be true, writes Caroline Davis. Matthew Wright of Southampton...
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CLA pounces on piracy outfit
Undercover officials have swooped on an unlicensed copyshop operating next to Nottingham University, seizing hundreds of copies of illegally produced material. The compliance arm of the Copyright...
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Fees will spark rise in student litigation
The principle protecting universities from legal scrutiny of their academic judgements faces collapse, a leading lawyer has warned, writes Phil Baty. Barrister Charles Bear said the "judicial...
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'Cultural myopia' warning
Olga Wojtas on the society for research into ÌÇÐÄVlog conference Many universities are suffering from "cultural myopia" in what they teach, despite their growing interest in distance learning...
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Labour fails to boost numbers
Olga Wojtas on the society for research into ÌÇÐÄVlog conference The Labour government has failed to boost participation in higher education, with the bulk of expansion taking place under the...
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Findings: Science of the perfect cuppa
It is a puzzle that has stared almost every scientist in the face at one time or other, especially during the laboratory tea break. But judging how long the tea bag should be left in the cup to make...
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Findings: Blow dealt to cast-iron plan
Controversial proposals to slow global warming by sowing the oceans with iron have been dealt a blow by one of the most complex oceanography research projects ever undertaken, writes Steve Farrar....