Commercial cultures
As the human genome is finally revealed, a THES survey reveals how genes are becoming an academic commodity. Steve Farrar reports on the new drive to exploit our DNA. Julian Hopkin, professor of...
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Would-be wonders
What potential blockbuster gene patents are waiting to be exploited by universities? Steve Farrar reports on eight that could make the grade. HSP 90 gene Treatment of candida infection WO9100351,...
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How to... Put life into languages
Whether it is talking to dinner ladies or the blind, students can learn more on their year abroad if they stop, look and listen. Pat Leon looks at the benefit of understanding more than just a...
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Agony aunt: videoconferencing feasibility
Q: I have been told that videoconferencing might help me to support my off-campus learners, as sending staff out is just not feasible. Is it a good investment? A: Videoconferencing is particularly...
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Latest UK news
NHS medic training boost Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced an 11 per cent increase in the training budget for National Health Service doctors, nurses and other professionals. Murphy...
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Latest international news
Gore lectures 'on the record' Columbia University's graduate journalism school has reversed a ruling that former vice-president Al Gore鈥檚 lectures are 鈥渙ff the record鈥. Students may now talk about...
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From today's UK papers
The Times In Times2: Queen's Anniversary prizes for higher and further Education (16 pages). The Independent One of the world's leading experts in skin cancer has developed a treatment for malignant...
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How far can tolerance extend?
Rethinking Multiculturalism
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Take the cult out of Nippon culture
Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan
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Laurie Taylor
" Baroness Blackstone's proposal [that teachers who are popular with their students should be given additional increments] will mean that lecturers will be more interested in communicating what they...
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Letter: Misusing Janet
Doesn't using a web form to gather data for the transparency review (Letters, THES, January 26) breach the Janet Acceptable Use Policy, which specifically outlaws "the creation or transmission of...
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Letter: Novel top-up fees
Universities other than Oxbridge should, for a fee, confer on graduates after four years the degree of MUniv. As well as recognising graduates' professional development, this would have the twin...
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Letter: In deep water
While I applaud the article on Epstein-Barr virus ("On the trail of the killer doctors forgot", THES, February 9), I am appalled at the faux pas of calling Lake Malawi by its old colonial name of...
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Letter: Doctor's notes
Trish Greenhalgh and Brian Hurwitz maintain my observations on medical training and the quotes from their 1998 book are out of date (Letters, THES, February 2). My point was about the balance of the...
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Letter: Earning and owing
While issues surrounding student debt are being raised (Opinion, Letters, THES, February 9) no one is mentioning graduate debt. I left university nearly a year ago, and during my three years I...