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New chairman for funding council David Young, deputy chairman of the John Lewis Partnership and a former treasurer of the Open University, will chair the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England...
New chairman for funding council David Young, deputy chairman of the John Lewis Partnership and a former treasurer of the Open University, will chair the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England...
Approval for $1bn Indian project An Indian cabinet committee has approved a $1 billion project to set up 鈥渢op class鈥 institutions in the country, on the lines of the Indian institutes of technology....
FINANCIAL TIMES Scientists at the University of Trento in Italy describe how they have discovered a way to draw something approaching a laser-like emission from silicon Researchers from the...
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Routes of English (9.00 am R4). New series of Melvyn Bragg鈥檚 survey of spoken English. This week, "Pitmatic", the dialect of Northumberland鈥檚 pit villages, and not to be confused with "Geordie"....
Putin shows largesse Russian president Vladimir Putin doubled the size of presidential scholarships for promising students in an impromptu announcement during a visit to Moscow's Bauman State...
拢252m boost for genomics and technology Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers earmarked 拢252 million today for research in genomics, e-science and basic technology over three years....
FINANCIAL TIMES John Kay reveals the confused power structure that mires Oxford University in frustrating muddles and indecision. Della Bradshaw and Jim Kelly say that Oxford overcame controversy to...
Turning the Tide (11.00 am R4). This week, environmental economist John Bowers argues that coastal protection for rural areas is a waste of money. Thinking Allowed (4.00 R4). Laurie Taylor talks with...
Sex firewall prompts name change Philadelphia鈥檚 Beaver College is to rename itself Arcadia University next July after discovering that internet systems designed to screen out sexually...
拢1 billion boost for UK colleges Education secretary David Blunkett has announced a 拢1 billion fillip for UK further education colleges to promote centres of excellence in vocational...
THE GUARDIAN Leaders of sections of the Iranian national student movement, which was largely responsible for Mohammad Khatami's rise to power, have declared his presidency a failure and are vowing to...
Unearthing Mysteries (11.00 am R4). The mystery of the smashed statues of Bacchus found in Romania; Aubrey Manning talks with Birkbeck鈥檚 Ian Haynes and others. File on 4 (8.00 R4). Chile since...
University of Lancaster Barbara Maher , formerly at the University of East Anglia is to be appointed a chair in physical geography. Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College Mark...