Who gets access funds
You report that a student of the University of Southampton alleges she was told that access funds were "only for people like single mums with three kids" ("Siblings in High Court fee fight", THES,...
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Full English breakfast
As a keen advocate of evidence-based policy I was gratified to read that my country needs me, and that "the government wants to listen to what is coming out of the universities" ("Blair's capital...
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In brief
The Birkbeck statistics from 1997 quoted by Alison Goddard ("Swapping the ghetto for the gown", THES, March 17) are, as the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England table shows, based on a small...
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In brief
I was surprised and saddened to note that the Arts and Humanities Research Board is advertising a senior post with the title "chairman". It would appear that one of our foremost research...
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Cherry-picking instead of improving for all
Access to the legal profession looks set to become even more exclusive - we urgently need a new blueprint, says Nigel Savage Legal education is in turmoil. The recent decision by eight City law firms...
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Why I...believe that street elections could boost local democracy
On paper, the government is committed to revitalising neighbourhoods in a "community-led" way. But community consultation can end up as nothing more than the local authorities' equivalent of market-...
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Feelgood is no good
Universities must set targets for promoting under-represented staff, says Gargi Bhattacharyya The phone rings on a weary Friday afternoon: "Quotas - what do you think about quotas? Are you in favour...
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Grid to supersede internet
Alison Goddard reports on a powerful successor to the net being developed by British scientists. British scientists are developing a successor to the internet that will give researchers access not...
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Lasting salty solution
Liquid salts used as solvents could revolutionise industrial processes. Geoff Watts looks at work on the reusable, green alternative. Leave the top off a jar, barrel or tank of dry-cleaning fluid,...
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Plea for French-built synchrotron
France should develop a new-generation synchrotron on its own territory, a parliamentary committee has unanimously concluded, flatly contradicting former research minister Claude All gre's decision...
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Euro research area launched
A radical programme to integrate the European Union's research activities has been set up by EU government leaders, with potentially far-reaching implications for universities, research organisations...
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No more strain on the pane
The view from the window seat of the jet bound for your next holiday should soon be even more spectacular. Scientists have discovered why aircraft windows acquire the cross-hatched pattern of...
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She looks just like you ...
Evolutionary scientist Kelly McLain and colleagues from Georgia State University argue in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour that if fathers question whether their children look suspiciously...
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Star Turn
Gibbets, daggers and Sinatra-style voice warm-ups... Olga Wotjas has a backstage pass to Glasgow's Stow College Room 523 in Glasgow's Stow College is like any other drably functional seminar room in...
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Examiners add to workload criticism
"The assertion that quality is at risk because of current workloads is deeplyoffensive, misleading and wrong," said Derek Crothall, pro vice-chancellor atthe University of Lincolnshire and Humberside...