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Scottish Dearing
The Scottish committee of the Dearing inquiry will comprise Sir Ron Garrick, chief executive of the Weir Group, chairman; John Arbuthnott, principal of Strathclyde University; Sir James Armour,...
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MP raises alarm over Swansea
Alan Williams, the MP for Swansea West, has alerted the National Audit Office to the overseas franchise operations of Swansea Institute of 糖心Vlog. His action this week coincides with the...
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Scots principals call for moratorium on cuts
Scottish higher education chiefs have called for a moratorium on funding cuts until after the Dearing inquiry reports. The Committee of Scottish 糖心Vlog Principals, which today holds its...
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Shot in the arm
Academics who wish to start biotechnology companies could get help from the Medical Research Council, which is setting up a seed investment fund. It hopes to raise Pounds 25 million to help establish...
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Charter trip
A charter campaign was launched yesterday to push Nene College's bid to become a university. The campaign is supported by local government, Northamptonshire firms and public bodies.
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Framework summit
European Union research council ministers meet next week to vote on a Pounds 600 million increase for the Pounds 10 billion Framework research programme.
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Job in space for metal detectives
Why bother asking astronomers to detect life in space? According to Alexey V Arkhipov of the Institute of Radio Astronomy in Kharkhov, Ukraine, people with metal detectors might be a better bet....
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Malays get tough on agents
Malaysia has set out its terms for overseas universities seeking to operate through local colleges. Education minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak told foreign universities not to treat local...
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Lessons at the sharp end
Unfortunately, in his review of our edited book, Misunderstanding Science? (THES, May 31), Lewis Wolpert took the opportunity to repeat his well-known views concerning the social scientific...
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Life begins at 91 for oldest PhD
The oldest PhD on record received his degree at a ceremony this week at Concordia University, Montreal. Ninety-one year-old Dagobert Broh finished his doctoral history thesis this year after seven...
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Murphy rapped
Ten MPs have signed an early day motion condemning the suspension of National Union of Students vice president education Clive Lewis by president Jim Murphy. Ken Livingstone sponsored last week's...
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Face it
(Photograph) - Face it: Malcolm McLeod, director of Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, examines the newly acquired death mask of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who died in Rome in 1788. The original...
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Go-ahead for genetics watchdog
A Human Genetics Advisory Commission is to be set up by the Government to provide it with advice on the impact of genetics research on areas such as insurance, patents, health and employment. The...
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Poison clue to bird catastrophe
A leading British specialist in animal disease has returned from Morocco after investigating the sudden deaths of scores of a rare bird unique to the country. James Kirkwood, chief vet at London...