Germans object to 'human cloning' patent
Edinburgh University says research that could benefit Parkinson's disease sufferers will continue unaffected, despite a European row over its patent application. The German government was this week...
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Colleges fail to justify millions in funding
College funding chiefs are struggling to give away millions of pounds for improving standards, because unaccountable colleges are failing to show they will put the funds to good use. Chief inspector...
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Europeans join Derby poor-pay protest
The boycott of Derby University has been joined by academics across Europe. The European Trade Union Committee for Education has agreed to support an international academic boycott of the university...
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Students fail to find love in the library
Students outnumber lecturers as subscribers to Dateline, Britain's largest computer dating agency, putting paid to the image of student life as a hedonistic, promiscuous whirl. About 450...
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Search for inspiring oldie
England's most erudite oldie is to be honoured with a Pounds 500 prize from the Department of Education and Employment, as part of a drive to promote lifelong learning to retired people. A search for...
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North Sea star
(Photograph) - North Sea star: Newcastle University marine scientist Rachel Welch, based at the Dove marine laboratory in Cullercoats, recruited members of the public to help her study of North Sea...
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Examiners paid less than Pounds 3.60
Low pay for external examiners threatens the long-term viability of quality assurance, the Association of University Teachers has warned, writes Phil Baty. The association has criticised the Quality...
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Religious question put on Scot census
Scottish academics are delighted by the Scottish Executive's U-turn on including a question on religion in next year's census. Researchers were dismayed when the executive announced there would be no...
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Farren's loss felt in Ulster
Northern Ireland's colleges and universities are lamenting the loss of their first further and higher education minister. The return of direct rule after the short-lived power-sharing executive has...
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Research split on the cards for Wales
A new divide between teaching-only and research-based universities could be imminent in Wales. Rationalisation of research funding, with increased selectivity, is expected following this week's...
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Steve Martin new chief executive of Welsh Funding Councils
Steve Martin will become the new chief executive of the joint Welsh Funding Councils. Mr Martin, former director of the Welsh Office education department, will take over from John Andrews in May. He...
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Sibling strengths
I was concerned to see the prominence afforded to sibling rivalry ("Brother Cain, sister Jane", THES, February 4). The positive roles brothers and sisters play for one another is underestimated, and...
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Crisis, what crisis?
Nearly 80 per cent of colleges in the East Midlands have sound finances. Only seven have been assessed as needing some additional financial support over the next three years ("East Midlands colleges...
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Sitting pretty
I note with interest your coverage of new "e-degrees" and two-year degrees. But here at the University of Bums on Seats, we have been offering e-degrees for many months. Also, as these degrees may be...
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Ancient interests
The debate on the future of the Scottish MA continues to generate more heat than light (Letters, THES, February 11). The dusty old justification - that a Scottish four-year MA graduate is better than...