Marriage and the job
As competition torecruit scholars hots up, universities are increasingly offering jobs to star names. Sometimes their spouses come along too. Simon Midgley reports, and (right) two couples talk about...
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Pillar of tolerance
Muslim writer Fadia Faqir tells Kate Worsley how watching Lawrence of Arabia inspired her to write about the plight of Islamic women Fadia Faqir is suffering from "what we at Durham call fresher's...
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Appointments
Office for Public Appointments Leonard Peach was appointed as the first commissioner at the Office for Public Appointments and as a civil service commissioner on December 19. He is former chairman of...
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Fellowships
London School of Economics and Political Science The following were elected as honorary fellows of the school on December 12, 1996: John Ashworth, chairman of the British Library board and former...
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Sybil Oldfield has been commissioned to compile a biographical dictionary of british women humanitarians 1900-1950. Her definition of humanitarian for this project will include: * committed anti-...
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Blair chief marshal
Cofounder of left-of-centre intellectual network Nexus and big Blair fan, David Halpern is relishing the prospect of a new government. Phil Baty reports Michael Heseltine would dismiss him as a...
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Saving our bacon
Human organ donor rates are declining and genetically altered pigs reared to provide organs for transplants to people offer real hope. But there are serious concerns about the dangers of passing on...
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Think tanks roll in for debate
General elections put extra strain on the relationship between academics and politicians. Electoral and media pressures tend to drive out the more reflective and long-term interests of academics; for...
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Xenotransplants: the story so far
* Organs and tissue have already been transplanted from animals into humans but organs genetically engineered to prevent rejection by the human immune system have not. In 1994 an Aids patient had a...
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Lending a helping hand
The bank that likes to say yes to poor women was started by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh 20 years ago. The concept has now spread all over the world. Chris Johnston reports Only a few conferences...
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Rolls spark shutdown
Physics and chemistry are in trouble. Physicists blame falling student numbers and cuts, while chemists finger the research assessment exercise At least five universities are threatening to shut down...
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Showdown over fees hike
STUDENTS in Nigeria face expulsion if they protest against university fee rises of up to 300 per cent, their government has warned. Some students have sworn that they will use "all means necessary"...
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Science courses axed
Research formula will reward elite Physics and chemistry departments up and down the country are axing courses as student recruitment problems and the research assessment exercise take their toll....
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Birkbeck College
Physics and chemistry are in trouble. Physicists blame falling student numbers and cuts, while chemists finger the research assessment exercise THE Association of University Teachers has launched a...
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Wales waits in wings
Learning about Australia and the US The first BA honours course in Australian studies in the United Kingdom could run at the University of Wales, Lampeter if a proposal being developed there is...