Summers' storm was 'written in his genes'
Could genes explain the controversial behaviour of Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, who caused an uproar when he questioned whether women possessed the innate potential for...
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'Scientists recognise that they have to work with the media and not against it'
Wellcome Trust's Katrina Nevin-Ridley urges her fellow publicists to help researchers get the message across Katrina Nevin-Ridley, head of media at the Wellcome Trust, wants to recruit university...
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On the move...
* York University has made the following appointments: Tom Fleming , former health, safety and environment manager at Loughborough University, becomes director of health and safety; Brian Porter ,...
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Professor says teaching focus blocked career
'Outstanding scholar' blames emphasis on RAE for bar to promotion. Rebecca Attwood reports An academic who has dedicated his career to improving teaching practice has spoken out about his failed...
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So, Beelzebub, have you been bullied today?
Asking the Devil whether he has ever been bullied is not a task that most researchers would expect to tackle. But a Nottingham University team did just that, quizzing "Beelzebub", a tiger and a...
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143,370 undergraduates give university life big thumbs-up
More students than ever are satisfied with their university experience, the results of this year's National Student Survey show, writes Rebecca Attwood. Initial data indicate that students have given...
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Next week
United front The Welsh Assembly's new Education Minister, Jane Hutt, reveals why mergers are back on the agenda PLUS A below-stairs perspective on Virginia Woolf
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Fewer students work
The proportion of students undertaking paid employment during term time has fallen for the first time in four years, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland Student Living Index, 2007. It found that...
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Merton is top again
Graduates of Merton College, Oxford have again been the most successful in their final exams, according to the official Norrington Table. Merton has been top of the table, which ranks colleges...
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No fees for refugees
Vice-chancellors in Scotland have welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Executive that the children of asylum-seekers will not have to pay tuition fees. Children of asylum-seekers who have been...
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HEA gets new chair
Robert Burgess, vice-chancellor of Leicester University, has taken over the chair of the Higher Education Academy. He succeeds Leslie Wagner, who has retired at the end of his three-year term of...
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Researchers step into the twilight zone
Is the truth out there? A small but dedicated band of academics looks for answers in the world of the paranormal. Louise Radnofsky reports More than two decades after a trio of fictional...
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Don't bank on foreign 'cash cow', sector told
Universities must not view overseas students as "cash cows", MPs said this week, Rebecca Attwood writes. If recruitment of international students is driven by short-term gains in fee income,...
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Fund full and part-time students equally, MPs urge
The "arbitrary" funding divide between full-time and part-time students must end, a cross-party committee of MPs has demanded, Rebecca Attwood writes. In a new report, the Education and Skills...
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Female science first
An academic at Imperial College London is the first woman to win the British Pharmaceutical Conference Science Medal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in the award's 40-year history. Molly Stevens...