Big science questions
What is life about? How did the universe start? What is time? These are some of the questions that have plagued humanity since time began. Beginning on 15 June 2001, eighteen of the world’s leading...
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Gene answer spawns a lot of questions
They make humans unique yet ordinary, sell Levis and excuse promiscuity. Sarah Franklin looks at the confusing messages of gene mania. The fact that the rough draft of the human genome shows we have...
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Big Man versus big bang theory
In the first in a series on the big science questions, Julia Hinde looks at science's relationship with religion while, below, John Polkinghorne argues that the study of physics need not preclude a...
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Only the hand of God could have conjured up the mind of mankind
John Polkinghorne argues that the study of physics need not preclude a belief in the Almighty. The belief in the existence of God, as defined by concepts that would be held in common by the three...
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Depressed? You need 15 months in a lock-up
After her hellish treatment, a woman is fighting the diagnosis of personality disorder. Adam James reports. Five years ago, Deborah Tallis was compulsorily detained in a secure psychiatric unit. She...
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How Wally went fishing for bigger catch and lost it all
You can no more make a whelk stall into a fish-and-chip shop than you can make a former polytechnic into a university, a lecturer writes. Once upon a time there was a whelk stall, a simple, honest,...
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Latest UK news
Rendell wins Lib Dem education brief David Rendell has been appointed further and higher education spokesman for the Liberal Democrats. He takes over from Evan Harris, the party’s new health...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Blood from a newborn's umbilical cord can rebuild the blood supply of adults with leukaemia and other fatal blood diseases, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University...
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Latest international news
Talks herald end of dispute Talks between the Nigerian government and leaders of the academic staff union may lead to the end of a nine-week closure of universities.&...
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Latest UK news
Ucas defends embattled AS levels The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has come out in support of the embattled AS-level exams. It said the results were helpful to higher...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Alison Benjamin looks at a battle over the best way to spread the word, as modernisers seek to close run-down public libraries and replace them with high-tech centres. ( society section...
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Latest UK news
New minister appointed for higher education Tony Blair has appointed Margaret Hodge minister of state for lifelong learning and higher education in his cabinet reshuffle. Ms Hodge, former junior...
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Latest international news
Businesswoman appointed Italian universities minister Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has appointed Letizia Moratti, head of a Milan brokerage firm, to be universities minister. From 1994 to 1996,...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Alistair Darling, secretary of state for work, has announced a £1.5m scheme to train lone parents for careers in the financial services industry. The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has...
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Election 2001
12 June 2001 : Margaret Hodge gets higher education. Lord Sainsbury keeps science 11 June 2001 : Estelle Morris steps into Blunkett's shoes; Patricia Hewitt lands trade and industry 8 June...