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Glasgow students tested in sex attacker hunt Police are carrying out DNA tests on 200 male Glasgow University students to try to find a sex attacker who assaulted an 11-year-old girl and 18-year-old...
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The Guardian Students are mobilising parents in the their battle against loans and fees. Students who take time out of their courses because of illness find that they fall between the social security...
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Motorola invests in Australian university Communications giant Motorola is to build a A$50 million (£18 million) software engineering centre at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Malaysia...
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FINANCIAL TIMES Sheffield Business School, part of Sheffield Hallam University, is to stop operating in its current form. Cranfield School of Management is launching a modular MBA. A $1m (£...
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Luton crisis escalates Luton University is facing strike action and a national academic boycott as the extent of its financial crisis emerges. Luton, which plans to cut almost 100 academic jobs and...
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Florey Visiting Awards in Biomedical Sciences tenable in Australia
Deadline: 17/05/2001
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Physics-Engineering Collaboration
Deadline: 18/05/2001
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Health Impact of Mobile Phones
Deadline: 30/03/2001
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Research Grants
Deadline: 13/07/2001
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Scientists sign up to view book of life
British universities are to seal six-figure deals with Celera, the commercial rival of the public Human Genome Project, to give their scientists access to the company's genetic databases. The names...
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Graduates' levy may fill £1 billion gap
Privatised universities and a graduate levy are two of the favoured options for higher education funding over the next decade, according to a report published today. The report, carried out for...
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Scots greet more women
Women comprise more than 55 per cent of Scotland's higher education students, according to Scottish Executive figures. The percentage of female students has risen from 49 per cent in 1994-95. The...
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Struggling Luton cuts key study and 98 posts
Almost 100 posts are to be cut at Luton University as part of a radical survival plan. The university, which is facing the clawback of funds after a 10 per cent student recruitment shortfall this...
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De Montfort withdraws from Milton Keynes
De Montfort University has announced that it is to withdraw from its Milton Keynes campus and is "considering the position" of its four Lincolnshire sites. The move follows a governors' review last...
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Mayor throws weight behind forum idea
Plans are afoot to set up a forum for further and higher education in London after Ken Livingstone said he would support the venture. Speaking at a conference on further and higher education in the...