Keyed up
John Maynard Smith, speculating on the appreciation of music at a conference last week, described his friend J. B. S. Haldane, eminent scientist, philosopher and one-time Communist Party member, who...
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Sales pitch
To comfort himself when he cannot get enough money for the Hubble telescope, Dr Williams reads about his favourite explorer, Scott of the Antarctic. He obviously takes heart from Scott's similar fund...
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Review to broaden options for 16-19s
The Government has launched a review of qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds which could transform courses preparing young people for higher education. Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for...
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BTEC diploma phaseout halted
The Business and Technology Education Council has shelved its programme for replacing National Diplomas with new "vocational A levels", writes Tony Tysome. In a letter to college, school and local...
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ALT to embrace all aged 14-19
A blueprint for a unified qualifications framework for 14- to 19-year-olds will be unveiled today at the Association for Teachers and Lecturers' annual conference. Delegates are to debate the union's...
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Redundant academic ruling defied
The Robert Gordon University has rejected an industrial tribunal ruling to reinstate the first academic made compulsorily redundant in Scotland. Earlier this year, the tribunal ruled that the...
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This way up
The most difficult question from the public that Robert Williams, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, has had to answer came after the publication by a US newspaper of a spectacular...
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Sole sisters
For those who wonder what special qualities were needed by the women who broke into traditionally male dominated areas of work, a hint comes from the Edinburgh International Science Festival's tours...
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Natural Resources Institute to cut 140 staff
The Natural Resources Institute, which supports the United Kingdom aid programme by helping developing countries improve productivity, is to lose 140 staff, its owner the Overseas Development...
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Seda recognitions
The Staff and Educational Development Association says it has been approached by 36 UK institutions of higher education seeking recognition for their training programmes for new teaching staff. Seda...
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Yiddish row ends
The row over the running of Yiddish studies in Oxford appeared to end this week as the Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies said that "differences" between the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish...
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Nurse training deal
Vice chancellors and National Health Service officials have reached an agreement over new arrangements for nurse training. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals and the NHS executive are...
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Adults courses budget up 20%
Institutions running adult education courses outside further education colleges received a 20 per cent increase in funding from the Further Education Funding Council between 1993/94 and 1994/95. The...
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Active minds keep atrophy at bay
A combination of good education and continuing mental activity may help delay the onset of dementia, according to psychiatric researchers. A report from the Erasmus University in the Netherlands in...
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Funders forced to rethink quality
An acrimonious public row erupted at the annual conference of the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England this week when quality - which had originally been left off the agenda - took centre...