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In praise of private learning Steve Smith, vice-chancellor of Exeter University, on why language schools need a rethink Plus Body of knowledge: are cadavers an essential aid in teaching students to...
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Our occasional column keeps youJabreast of developments in the jobs market, from tip-offs and career pointers to who's on the move in your field. WANTED: STAFF WILLING TO GET HANDS DIRTY The only...
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Foreign recruits no threat to quality
Rammell denies spiralling workloads linked to internationalisation, says Rebecca Attwood. Bill Rammell, Higher Education Minister, this week washed his hands of complaints that the rise in...
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Today's student cohort 'not less intellectual, just different'
Universities are failing to help new students bridge the gap between their A-level study habits and the academic demands of a degree course, administrators were told this week. Concerns have been...
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Edge Hill scoops £1.5m
The Training and Development Agency for Schools has awarded £1.5 million - 88 per cent of the allocation available - to Edge Hill University for professional development in a bid to raise the quality...
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Cancer killer research
A researcher at Bradford University has been awarded a grant to find a way of flushing cancerous tumours out of the body with no harmful side-effects. Klaus Pors has been awarded £96,474 by Yorkshire...
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Denmark in denial?
Scandinavia is not as tolerant of queer studies as UK academics might believe, according to participants at a recent University College London debate. While Sweden has thriving queer and gender...
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Meal with momentum
Students at Warwick University have developed a racing car that you can grow. Not only does Eco One run on biofuels but its shell is made from hemp, the tyres from potatoes and the brake pads from...
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Fickleness of fashion
Fashion trends come and go at a predictable rate, according to research by Durham University academics. The study found that lists of new things such as baby names change steadily, with a small...
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Unhygienic root of HIV
Unhygienic circumcision procedures are a cause of HIV infection among African adolescents, according to research by Stuart Brody, professor of psychology at Paisley University.
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New v-c for Kent
Julia Goodfellow, the chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Kent University. She will take up her...
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UK must 'wake up' to Bologna benefits
The next steps towards a European higher education area present serious challenges. Anthea Lipsett reports. When London hosts the 2007 Bologna summit next month it should help bring the vision of a...
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Literary line-up
Louis de Bernieres, Iain Banks, David Lodge, Lionel Shriver and Deborah Moggach are five of the top literary names on the bill at Aberdeen University's Word Festival on May 11-13. They will be joined...
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Blix set for Cambridge
Former Iraq weapons inspector Hans Blix is due to receive an honorary doctor of law from Cambridge University in June. The university will also award honorary degrees to Baroness O'Neill, philosopher...
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A prize to count on
Paul Fearnhead of the department of mathematics and statistics at Lancaster University has won this year's Adams Prize. It is awarded by Cambridge University's faculty of mathematics and St John's...