Blunkett is targeted on equal pay
Universities are to set their own equal opportunities targets for employees but want more government cash for staffing. Employers and the Association of University Teachers met education secretary...
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Pin numbers
(Photograph) - Pin numbers: the Department of Health told the House of Lords this week that acupuncture, homeopathy and other alternative therapies will benefit more people if undergraduate courses...
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Anger at SA 'illegal' list
A group of British universities have reacted angrily to allegations that they have been operating illegally in South Africa. In a statement issued on January 10, the South African ministry of...
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Failed deals give UK bad name
British higher education is not only having problems with the South African authorities, it is also subject to criticism from the Quality Assurance Agency reveal, writes Phil Baty. The agency will...
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A self fulfilled in a modern world
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Goethe
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Vignettes of a Hellenic heyday
A Golden Age: Faces of Archaeology in Greece
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Defender of a damaging pseudo-science
Cassandra's Daughter
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Zig-zag ride on the Bucky tube
Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures
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Gunning for the parasites
The Elusive Magic Bullet
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Icy tales of the not so unexpected
H2O: A Biography of Water
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How man learnt to live with lava
Vulcan's Fury - Melting the Earth
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a Booker prize-winning novel set in the 1950s: " It seems increasingly likely that I really will...
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How to genetically engineer humanity
Nuclear transfer After Dolly came Polly. Although she is less famous than her cloned cousin, the techniques used to produce Polly the sheep may be more relevant to germline genetic engineering of...
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Higher channels
John Davies looks for useful TV and radio programmes. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Since it started last autumn, the Open University's Science Night (Thursdays/Fridays BBC2) has...