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Up Pompey?
Mounting tension in the office of Labour's further and higher education spokesman Bryan Davies. No, nothing to do with trivialities like Dearing, student loans legislation or the party's forthcoming...
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Computer gets to bottom of back pain
Sufferers of lower back pain can look forward to better therapy if research at the University of Wales Aberystwyth proves successful. Estimates for the cost of back pain in the United Kingdom run...
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On track of drug cheats
Academics at Liverpool John Moores University have been commissioned by the Sports Council to help beat cheats on the track. Although the number of athletes avoiding detection in drugs testing is...
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Press cutting
Reassurance for denizens of the Association of University Teachers office in Notting Hill - that mysterious yet strangely familiar female figure knocking around the place is not a spy placed by...
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Prince's revolution
Alumnus to be proud of No: 46 is the artist formally known as Prince, the rising documentary film-maker Ed Windsor. In the same week as regaling the nation with his views on the life of his great-...
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Jet water breaks legs in theatre
Surgeons could soon be wielding high-speed water jet devices instead of saws for cutting through bones if work being carried out by Durham University researchers is successful. Speaking at the...
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Queen's award for Oxford exporters
Two Oxford companies - one 364 years old, one just 14 years old - have been awarded a Queen's Award for export achievement. Oxford University Press, found- ed in 1632, has received its second award...
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South Africa skill drill
A high-level trade mission to the Indian Ocean resort of Durban is boosting United Kingdom-South African education and training partnerships this week. Led by trade minister Anthony Nelson, the...
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Film course cuts run deep
The squeeze on higher education funding is threatening film and television courses and potentially jeopardising their respective industries, academics fear. Course organisers say that while funding...
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Credit where credit is due
A bold push into the sometimes bewildering world of credit accumulation and transfer has paid off for Welsh higher education institutions. Many thought they would never get it off the ground, but...
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A big wheel in industry circles
An impressive track record in attracting industrial funding for research brought personal congratulations from Prime Minister John Major for biologist Janet Hemingway and a Pounds 35,000 prize for...
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Heads prepare Sir Ron salvo
Higher education heads in Wales are hoping to start fresh talks with the Government on the concerns of Welsh universities and colleges. Representatives of the University of Wales were meeting this...
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Grassroots bid to retain talent
How do you keep a Welsh graduate in Wales, give a former miner the chance to do a degree, regenerate your local economy and forge a regional identity for your institution all at the same time? Welsh...
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Call off the inspector
The Welsh are proud of their own brand of quality assurance. So much so that they might even resist moves to push them together with the English in a new, single quality regime. Many of the...