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Aberdeen University has won Pounds 300,000 from the international pharmaceutical group Glaxo Wellcome for a diabetes laboratory within its new institute of medical sciences, which will bring together...
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Ex-lecturer to head troubled college
Derby College Wilmorton has appointed a former lecturer as principal. David Croll left the college in 1983, before it was re-organised as a tertiary college and before the high-profile inquiry which...
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Lecturer charged
A 32-year-old Oxford lecturer has been charged with the theft of a first edition book by Sir Isaac Newton from the Christ Church College library. The book, which dates back to 1687, is believed to be...
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Exploring schools
A directory for scientists who want to do research with school pupils has been launched by the Clifton Scientific Trust which aims to bring "real scientific exploration" to schools. Contact Eric...
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Calling Germany
Birmingham University has established 16 scholarships for German students in a bid to attract highly qualified candidates across a wide range of disciplines, from African history to metallurgy. They...
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Maths failing engineering
The mathematical skills of students starting engineering degree courses are insufficient, and urgent action must to taken to prevent further deterioration, according to a wide-ranging study carried...
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Flying lesson
Students who want to take part in experiments in conditions of weightlessness are invited to submit proposals to the European Space Agency by June 16. In November, winners of the competition will be...
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ROPA Pounds 50m
Science minister David Hunt has announced that nearly Pounds 50 million has been allocated for 473 new Realising Our Potential Awards, a scheme which rewards researchers who are doing cooperative...
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Rum do for drunken sailors
The drunken sailor may be a figure of fun in maritime history, but recent research has shown that his drinking habits would not have dimmed his seafaring capabilities all that much. Marine studies...
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Majoring mayor: Jacqueline Abbott
(Photograph) - Majoring mayor: Jacqueline Abbott, a BA student at Thames Valley University, is taking her finals this summer and also became Mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham last week.
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Glasgow creates job for wife of principal
There is growing concern within Glasgow University over the creation of a post for Florence Davies, the wife of Graeme Davies, chief executive of the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England, who...
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Militants stop the clock on reforms
Ambitious bids for reform by lecturers' and students' leaders have been thwarted by concerted opposition from the conference floor. Natfhe general secretary John Akker lost the argument against a...
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A theatre of arrogance
Jonathan Ree describes how E. P. Thompson's savage attack on Parisian intellectuals was a calculated caricature that misjudged the capacity for irony of his readers. On the other hand," people will...
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Uprooting red daffodils
Anita Roy talks to professor of English, Meenakshi Mukherjee (right) about her iconoclastic approach to not-so-sacred texts. Owls are traditionally associated with wisdom in the west. In Hindu...
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Hate couture
Stella Hughes reports on the unpleasant experiences of an academic who chose to study French skinheads. French skinheads came under the spotlight last month when a young Moroccan strolling along the...