A future forged without steel
From next week's American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Francisco. Joan Lorden looks at how the University of Alabama at Birmingham has grown into a billion-dollar...
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Cutting edge: Lijun Wang
An experiment with light speed showed that a pulse sent through a certain type of cell appeared to exit the cell before it entered. Logic is the foundation of modern science and it requires that...
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A visual revolution gets on the starting grid
From next week's American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Francisco. The internet has changed the way we communicate. John Connolly believes the access grid could change the...
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When red ink marks show that the lecturer is at fault
Project and exam results tell different stories, so they should be kept separate, argues Howard Allen. Teaching structural engineering over a period of years involves a lot of time spent marking...
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How to swap the siren for a staffroom
Esther Leach talks to a former detective chief inspector who has hung up his truncheon to teach police how to deal with death as coroner's officers. Death has always been a big part of Denis Clark's...
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Agony aunt: Dwindling attendances
I am noticing that attendance at my 9 o'clock lecture is starting to dwindle as the term progresses. I do not think I am that boring, so what can I do? Two tactics can help: keep them busy and link...
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Vocational training on the job is not always an advantage
There may be more lifelong learning going on than generally thought, but it can mean substantial financial penalties rather than economic gains, a Scottish lifelong learning conference has warned....
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Hull may buy campus as competitor moves
Hull University is interested in buying the campus to be vacated by the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside when it relocates the bulk of its academic and administrative activities to Lincoln....
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Merger is welcomed by new v-c
Birmingham University's proposed merger with Aston University seems "entirely sensible", according to Birmingham's new vice-chancellor designate, Michael Sterling. Professor Sterling, who is...
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Dropout fears as deadline shortens
Further education college heads have warned that moves to publish "vocational A-level" results alongside traditional A levels could lead to more students dropping out. Awarding bodies for advanced...
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Cambridge postgrad fights to clear his name
Cambridge University's alleged "old boys' network" could be facing a county court challenge as part of a long-running race discrimination row with an expelled Muslim student. Former postgraduate...
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On the move
John Wood , dean of engineering at Nottingham University, has been appointed chief executive of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils from April. Karen Evans , formerly of...
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TQA's pint-sized virtues
Imagine The Diary's surprise as it overheard staff in the physics department at Imperial College, London, extolling the virtues of the TQA. Having recently survived the trials of a teaching quality...
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Top marks for nothing
Getting top marks is not just a result of hard work - for a couple of weeks, poor resources can also be an influence. At Pavia University in northern Italy, philosophy of language lecturer Flavia...
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No singing for supper
Vice-chancellors at last week's funding council meeting in Manchester were astonished to be served dinner without any fuss. As one pointed out, they normally had to go through a bidding process to...