From today's UK papers
Britons sent home after Yemen crackdown Two British students held in Yemen were released and sent home for visa violations after being arrested in a crackdown on Islamic extremists, the Foreign...
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News in brief
Kinshasa University authorities in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo are to reopen the campus closed down last December after a number of police were killed by angry students. But...
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For the record
Plan to streamline support system All student support is to be paid directly by electronic cash transfer under streamlining plans announced this week by the government. Under the Regulatory Reform...
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Next week
News Postmodern apprenticeships? The government's green paper on 14 to 19 education and training Features The AAAS previewed including John Allen Paulos on science-shy journalists and Denise Caruso...
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Scientist goes west
Congratulations to Jon Karn of the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Biology at Cambridge, who has been appointed chairman of the department of molecular biology and microbiology at...
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Poor not needed to reach 50% target, Hodge admits
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has admitted she is worried about the future funding of universities. Speaking to students at the University of London Union, Ms Hodge also admitted that...
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Scots south of border to get grants
Low-income Scottish students studying elsewhere in the United Kingdom are to win grants of up to £510 from the Scottish Executive in the coming academic year. A statement from the Scottish Executive...
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Scot firm thriving despite losses
Scottish Knowledge lost £1 million last year - but its chief executive, Steve Beere, said the losses were "very much" within budget. The distance-learning company, which began operation in August...
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Sinn Fein backer pays for centre
Northern Ireland's most significant biomedical research initiative in years owes its existence to the largesse of a Sinn Fein-supporting tycoon. Almost half of the funding for the University of...
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News in brief
Welsh research could suffer in cluster Wales is throwing away an opportunity to make research in the principality better than in the rest of the United Kingdom by concentrating more funding and...
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Paisley must open panels to scrutiny
Degree standards at the University of Paisley are at risk because Paisley does not open its assessment decisions to proper independent scrutiny, quality chiefs have warned, writes Phil Baty. An audit...
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Reforms lead to outcry at Sussex
Sussex University students demanded last week that vice-chancellor Alasdair Smith publicly explain the radical reform they fear will "tear apart" the university's distinctive schools system....
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Students set to judge quality
A league table of how popular universities are with their graduates could be part of the new quality assurance regime. It would be published alongside reports from external examiners and internal...
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Netgazette
APPOINTMENTS The British Library Philip Davies , professor of American studies at De Montfort University and chair of the British Association for American Studies, has been appointed director of the...
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AI brain made to think like us
A leading researcher aims to develop an electronic brain with the linguistic ability of a six-year-old child by 2003. The system has been designed to acquire, understand and use language in the same...