Library chief berates selfish universities
"University libraries can't cope anymore," said Matthew Evans, chairman of Faber and Faber and head of the Library and Information Commission. "The signs on the university library doors say 'members...
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NUS aid helps student fight on
A POSTGRADUATE student who claimed he was badly let down by his supervisor has accepted up to Pounds 1,000 from the National Union of Students to help fight a case for damages against his university...
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Welsh Office scorns exam
The Government has poured cold water on plans to replace A levels with a Welsh baccalaureate, despite "overwhelming" support for the new qualification among schools, colleges and universities. The...
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Discreet rise of career aims
Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study SHOULD universities be transforming themselves into training grounds for industry? While many...
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Salford supplies what students really, really want
Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study Wannabe Spice Girls need not apply. A pop music degree at Salford University requires students with...
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Physiotherapists are almost guarenteed a job in the NHS
Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study For students wanting a hands-on job and good prospects all over the world, physiotherapy is...
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Bright spark
(Photograph) - Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study Eleanor Cundey started at Hyde Fabrications in Leeds in July as part of her...
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The road to a nation of business builders
While others are being encouraged to carve out their own careers by setting up in business. UNIVERSITIES must cultivate students' entrepreneurial spirit, higher education minister Tessa Blackstone...
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Patently lucrative
While others are being encouraged to carve out their own careers by setting up in business. While institutions have been slow to get into teaching their students to be entrepreneurs, most are having...
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Glasgow extends job link
While others are being encouraged to carve out their own careers by setting up in business. SIR Ron Dearing's emphasis on work experience has been boosted by Glasgow Development Agency's decision to...
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Tricksy evolution proves its worth
How do you create a sophisticated, clever robot? Let it evolve. So say researchers from the University of Sussex, who have "artificially evolved" the brains and the bodies of real machines
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Usage and abusage
Baroness Blackstone has ignored the advice that when you have got yourself into a hole it is best to stop digging. Why does she insist on taking a utilitarian view of science but not of other...
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Childhood trauma rings true
THE controversial topic of recovered childhood memories is being put under the microscope. Researchers at Royal Holloway and Bedford College of ÌÇÐÄVlog have studied the case histories of 690...
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Slim girls and smart boys the gender ideals
YOUNG women believe "slim" is the key quality of the ideal women's body while for young men the ideal body is "handsome", "muscular" and "smart". Barbara Lloyd and Helga Dittmar from the school of...
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Smokers lost in a fug of mental confusion
SMOKERS in Britain overestimate their risk of suffering lung cancer by nearly three times. Research by Stephen Sutton at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London...