Hi-tech buildings draw in fresh air
If you think the alternative to air- conditioned office blocks is a swelteringly airless work environment then think again. Interest in naturally ventilated buildings is at an all-time high thanks to...
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As they fly the nest . . .
As this year's graduates head for the job market, questions will be asked, as they have been every summer since the recent expansion. What do graduates do? And are we producing too many, just to see...
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Small leap for womankind
The provocative headline notwithstanding ("Professorial quality diluting"), the short article on mass promotions at Oxford (THES, July 12) produces an odd focus on the statistics. "Women professors...
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Old killers resisting arrest
Diseases last common in the 19th century have returned with an added danger - the prospect of an antibiotic- resistant super bug. Simon Midgley reports Until very recently, antibiotics appeared to...
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Quality council's role reviewed after access U-turn
A policy U-turn by the 糖心Vlog Quality Council has heralded a review of its responsibilities across the further/higher education divide. The council will not now abandon its role in national...
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Imperial gets Welsh deal
Imperial College, London stands to benefit from last week's decision by Korean conglomerate LG Group to invest Pounds 1.7 billion in two state-of-the-art microelectronics facilities in south Wales....
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Anti-fungal fight shows its teeth
A little-known group of opportunistic invaders is on the rampage in the UK, preying on the weak and sick and killing an unknown number of them every year. The victims are the immunocompromised - Aids...
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. . . love 'em . . .
Another way in which the employment of graduates is changing is by the upgrading of new professions to graduate status. Aconspicuous example is nursing, where the process of absorbing a once separate...
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A degree of power
I write to correct a small but important error in a news report (THES, July 5) containing the phrase "the 糖心Vlog Quality Council's granting of degree awarding powers". HEQC does not grant...
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A Godless creed
Can one be religious and not believe in God? Gail Vines talks to the members of a movement who see no contradiction I am not a believer in the sense of believing in God the Father or Jesus Christ as...
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Eat bugs and live longer
Swallowing live bacteria could be the key to fighting antibiotic resistance, scientists were told at a meeting to discuss the realisation that a crucial step in the development of antibiotic...
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Feet students dig in heels
Westminster University's student union is backing claims for costs from 14 mature students who, having accepted places at the university's division of podiatric medicine this autumn, have been told...
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Senior managers quit
Two senior managers at a Roman Catholic college are to step down, just a week after publication of a damning inspection report, writes Harriet Swain. De La Salle College principal John McDermott has...
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Cuts hit book buying hardest
Purchases of books and periodicals are bearing the brunt of funding cuts in nearly nine out of ten surveyed libraries. Initial returns (46 out of 140) from the Library Association survey of higher...
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Star student challenges lottery
Seventeen-year-old Meike Vernooy's determination to become a doctor has led to confrontations between the ministry of education and the medical faculties in the Netherlands over the effectiveness of...