Copycats roam in era of the net
Universities are struggling to cope with an explosion of student plagiarism caused by the rise of modular courses, increasing lecturers' workloads and the popularity of the internet. A conference at...
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University attempts to change its image
Queen's University, Belfast, is determined to erase its "ivory tower" image and pursue strong and active links with the community, pro vice-chancellor Brenda McLaughlin told a graduation ceremony...
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Waterworks trouble 'cure' put to the test
Medical scientists at Dundee University are putting to the test the popular notion that cran-berry juice can prevent and treat urinary infections. More than 400 elderly people will take part in the...
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Art college hopeful of bid for old army site
Chelsea College of Art and Design is awaiting news of its bid for the former Royal Army Medical College at Millbank. Representatives of the London Institute, of which Chelsea is part, discussed their...
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Cash from Europe vital for access in Scotland
European funding plays a crucial part in allowing Scotland's further education colleges to target some of the country's most disadvantaged and excluded groups, according to the Association of...
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Successful research centres announced
The Arts and Humanities Research Board has announced the first ten projects to be funded under its Research Centres Scheme. More than 145 institutions applied. The programme provides a maximum of...
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UK urged to value apprentices
Employer training organisations have called for more work-based apprenticeships to counterbalance the "cultural snobbery" that promotes higher education. Garry Hawkes, chief executive of the National...
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New Deal criticised for poor guidance
College chiefs this week called for better educational advice for unemployed young people after MPs found serious problems with the government's New Deal scheme. The Association of Colleges said that...
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Genome aids cell research
One in three people will get cancer. Finding a cure for the disease is a long-standing goal, writes Alison Goddard. Researchers have now moved another step closer by identifying one more factor that...
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Conference findings
Chemistry of being explored They look like ludicrous surrealist art, all spirals, blobs and streamers. Yet within the curious and wildly varying structures of proteins lie the workings of life. At...
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Microsoft expands
Microsoft Research recently announced the acceleration of plans to build a new laboratory in West Cambridge. Work began on the new building on Tuesday. Plans for the project were on show at the M?...
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Executive backs UHI
Scottish Executive minister Alasdair Morrison has told the Scottish Parliament he has "absolute confidence" in an inquiry into alleged complaints about mismanagement of the University of the...
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Wanted: joint effort on skills
The Further Education Funding Council and its successor next year, the Learning and Skills Council, must work closely with other agencies to help advance the skills agenda, an FEFC working group has...
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Weighting the justice scales
With elitism in top medical schools a hot political issue, Claire Sanders finds that the discrimination poor and ethnic- minority law applicants face is, if anything, getting worse Twenty young...
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Don's Diary
Friday Attend Granta launch of Australia: The New World. Packed audience of celebrity Australians and writers. Disturbed to find that our "new world" does not contain indigenous writers. Worse, some...