Observatory restored
Academics at Keele University are to spend £700,000 restoring and upgrading their historic observatory. As well as adding new equipment, the project aims to turn the site into a visitors' attraction...
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Eastell's 'nightmare' is uncovered
A confidential audit report sheds light on a long-running financial saga at Sheffield University. Phil Baty reports. "The nightmare has come to haunt us." This is what Richard Eastell, a professor of...
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Spirit of excellence reaps its rewards
What is it like to work in one of the world's best universities and how do they make it to the top? In the midst of the international debate following last week's publication of the latest Times...
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Explore test options
Janez Potocnik, the European Union Science and Research Commissioner, has urged academia to do more to research alternatives to animal testing. Speaking at the annual conference of the European...
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Drugs research centre
A £4 million research centre at Liverpool University aims to combat disease by allowing academics to design drugs at a microscopic level. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre, funded by the Science...
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Welsh carbon cutters
Rhodri Morgan, Wales's First Minister, has announced the Welsh Assembly's approval for four Welsh universities to receive a share of £5.1 million to develop a Low Carbon Research Institute. The...
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Do more to tackle world ills, v-c urges
Elite universities such as Harvard are not doing enough to address world problems, Leeds University's vice-chancellor has said. Speaking exclusively to The Times Higher , Michael Arthur asked: "Do...
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Payments spark off row over sins of commission
Admissions ethics are in the spotlight after revelations that US universities recruiting abroad pay incentives to agents who sign students, a practice banned at home. Jon Marcus reports. When the...
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World Encompassed
French students asked to crank up protests France's union of students has called for protests to be intensified to coincide with a walk-out by public-sector workers. With civil servants set to strike...
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Public debate, yes. Consensus on research, no
Most people, bar flat-earthers, assorted creationists and the incurably romantic, believe that science harnessed to the aims of a just society is "a good thing". In fact, as Science Minister Ian...
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Britain, Europe and the never-ending dalliance
Current debates, and pointed silences, about the EU have a long and troubled history, says Brendan Simms. Last month, the commentator Simon Jenkins remarked on the almost complete absence of foreign...
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Chomskyans chase down a blind alley
It is futile to try to reduce language to a set of scientific principles, says Michael Bulley. Was it Noam Chomsky's politics or his linguistics that got him voted the world's top intellectual last...
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Peep's diary
Denham's not mad enough Some say politics is just showbusiness for ugly people and, like showbiz personalities, there's nothing politicians hate more than being ignored. So spare a thought for John...
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Boomers in thrall to a Wiki Universe
Beware the digi-swingers who deem librarians redundant and confuse information with knowledge, says Tara Brabazon. As a Generation Xer, I have spent much of my life working for baby- boomer men....
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Campus is the place for corporate climbers
Increasingly, the private sector is turning to academia for executive training programmes. Sally Watson explains why. There has been a growing trend for companies to invest in customised leadership...