In good hands we trust
Lucy Neville Rolfe, director of the deregulation unit in the Cabinet Office, spoke eloquently about the benefits of cutting unnecessary rules and procedures at a risk conference in London this week....
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Good vibrations
Alumnus to be proud of No 94 can by contrast expect to be remembered for inducing the ruling that while you cannot bleep in the House of Commons, you can have a vibrator. Brian Wilson, Labour's...
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Stakeholder journal queries the quango culture
NATIONAL opinion polls may make depressing reading for the Conservatives, but they still have the majority on quangos, whether they are university governing bodies or health trusts. Tony McWalter, an...
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Pub science
(Photograph) - Pub science: Alice Hague and Andrew Coulthard, postgraduate students at Glamorgan University, Pontypridd, run through scientific tricks outside the Cardiff pub, Eli Jenkins, from their...
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Oxford colleges' powers set to slip
OXFORD University must respond to a dramatic shift in the balance between administration, teaching and research if it is to remain successful, according to its vice chancellor. Peter North, who is...
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Biotech firms surge ahead
OXFORDSHIRE's expanding biotechnology sector is heavily reliant on universities and other public research establishments, according to a report out today. Twelve companies interviewed for the report...
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Pounds 250,000 to boost British competitiveness in biotechnology
A consortium of five universities in South West England and South Wales has received Pounds 250,000 to boost British competitiveness in biotechnology. The five universities - Bath, Bristol, West of...
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Industries sponsor scholars
Leading companies have already poured Pounds 1 million in to a scholarship scheme launched this week by Surrey University. The Surrey Scholars' scheme was launched as part of Science, Engineering and...
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Faith in the future
While Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, others find spiritual fulfilment in Celtic and Shinto beliefs, Julia Hinde and Tony Tysome report. Below, THES looks at Lake District community values and...
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Catalan cracks Brazil cult nut
While Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, others find spiritual fulfilment in Celtic and Shinto beliefs, Julia Hinde and Tony Tysome report. Below, THES looks at Lake District community values and...
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Kendal mints society values
While Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, others find spiritual fulfilment in Celtic and Shinto beliefs, Julia Hinde and Tony Tysome report. Below, THES looks at Lake District community values and...
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Microwave detector for weapons
Computing engineers at King's College, London, are hoping to develop a microwave to detect people carrying weapons in public places, including schools and nightclubs. The device would be sensitive...
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Electronic voyage to the bottom of the sea
ABERDEEN University scientists, the world leaders in deep-sea research, are to investigate fish stocks west of Shetland as part of a Pounds 2.6 million European Union marine research programme. The...
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Virtual surveying cuts risk of costly mistakes
A VIRTUAL measuring system developed by Oxford University engineers will help avoid expensive mistakes in house extensions and renovations. Conventional tapes and rules can be replaced by using the...
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Women accountants care about human costs
MALE and female number-crunchers may deal differently with ethical dilemmas - a fact which present accounting regulations fail to recognise. An international study of auditors by researchers at the...