Mine's a Napier
Academics at some Scottish higher education institutions have taken to referring to a gin and tonic as "a Napier", a reference to the High Court case this spring, when Napier lecturer Paul Agutter...
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Fast repast
At last, an insight into what sets the Scots apart from other European nations - they eat faster than anyone else. The discovery was made by a multicultural group of student teachers from...
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Child prodigy is sent home
Adam Dent, a 15-year-old "child prodigy" who is just finishing the first year of a chemistry degree course, has been sent home until the end of term following allegations about his behaviour made by...
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Oxford review snag
Responses to Oxford University's first wholesale review in 30 years have signalled concerns over the style and direction of the exercise. A report from the eight-member commission of inquiry says...
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Internet news
The THES Internet Service this week carries the Research Opportunities listings in full. The service also includes details of the contents of this week's newspaper and all our advertisements, updated...
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Health wealth
The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals this week launched Universities and the Health of the Nation, to highlight the contribution that universities make to medical research. The document...
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Pay latest
Natfhe, the university and college lecturers' union was expected to submit a claim for a flat pay increase of nearly Pounds 2,900 for l995/96 on all scales to the College Employers' Forum today. But...
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Labour formula
The Labour Party has this week launched an initiative to debate the shortcomings of British science policy. Called Scientists for Labour, it has attracted the support of more than 200 scientists.
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Scots settle
Scotland's former central institutions have reached a 2.7 per cent pay settlement, backdated to April 1. The award has been recommended to all 12 higher education institutions.
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Fast-track for rush to publish
A Lampeter-based publishing house is trying to attract academics desperate to have their work published before the Research Assessment Exercise deadline next year by offering a fast-track refereed...
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End near for Asian dispute
A five-month dispute between Asian community leaders and Handsworth College in Birmingham was being resolved this week after disagreements over payments to tutors which could total Pounds 180,000....
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Funders act on English report
The ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England is taking legal advice after the publication of an English Association report criticising some of its assessors. The report, written by Gordon...
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Nolan eyes universities
The Nolan committee on standards in public life is turning its spotlight on the governance and management of universities and colleges. Lecturers' unions said they hoped the inquiry would produce...
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