What £1.25bn really means to scientists
Stephen Winter , head of the 3a-rated computer science department at Westminster University, was hoping to see money made available for improving departments. He said: "Our department has steadily...
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Whistleblowers: UCE serves court order on defiant ex-lecturer
The University of Central England has begun court proceedings to recover almost £10,000 it claims was wrongly paid to former lecturer Elizabeth Hall, after a THES investigation found that she had...
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College tutors in work to rule
Further education colleges could lose up to 150,000 hours a week of their staff's time after lecturers introduced a work to rule. The action, taken in protest against a 2.3 per cent pay offer,...
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Insurers pose threat to cancer research
Cancer research and prevention programmes could be jeopardised by pressure from the insurance industry for people to declare the results of genetic testing, medical experts have warned. Researchers...
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Staff fail to halt London merger
The merger of London Guildhall University and the University of North London will go ahead in a fortnight despite votes of no confidence in its two leaders and the absence of a financial director....
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Scotland clinches Iran oil deal
Scottish Knowledge has signed a $1 million (£650,000) deal with the Iranian National Oil Company to modernise a petroleum institute, writes Alison Goddard. Under the deal, Scottish universities will...
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Afrikaners object to enforced English
Afrikaners have protested to the South African government over its decision to "force" English teaching at Afrikaans universities. A leading pressure group has said ministers are making the same...
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Grade bandwagon runs wild
Top universities in the US have been caught up on the grade inflation bandwagon, and they fear that they cannot get off. After the disclosure that Harvard University had been awarding honours to more...
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Why Bude is a poco Español
Ecologists have rebranded parts of southern Cornwall as more continental than English in a pilot study of European land use, vegetation and climate. Researchers made the links while comparing British...
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Employers offer 3.5% rise
Rises in lecturers' starting salaries of up to 13 per cent as part of a general 3.5 per cent pay offer are likely to buy off academics threatening a winter of industrial action. University employers...
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Israeli academic considers joining boycott
A leading Israeli dissident scholar may join an international boycott of his country's academic community in protest against last week's closure of the East Jerusalem offices of the president of Al-...
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Analysis: Science revels in £1.25bn bonanza
Spending review sees chancellor move to make life 'absolutely' fabulous for scientists but higher education loses out to schools British science is celebrating its most successful comprehensive...
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And cash keeps on coming...
As chancellor Gordon Brown sat down after delivering his speech in Parliament, the Wellcome Trust announced details of its own £280 million spending review, writes Caroline Davis. The world's largest...
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Schools take lion's share as sector has to wait and see
An extra £12.8 billion will go into education over the next three years, a rise of 6 per cent in real terms. This takes the total budget from £45 billion in 2002-03 to £57.8 billion in 2005-06. But...
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Ulyanovsk
The University of Ulyanovsk is under threat of flooding, regional governor Vladimir Shamanov told Russian president Vladimir Putin during a visit to the city. Mr Shamanov said river banks needed to...