Time for the simple truth
Science must explain its work to public or risk regulation, says Royal Society. Scientists may find themselves constrained by a new regulatory body if they do not think harder about how they present...
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Weapon of maths instruction in War on Terror
A mathematician at Stanford University is waging war on terrorists - using algebra to help unravel al-Qaeda networks, writes Anna Fazackerley. Jonathan Farley, a science fellow at Stanford's Centre...
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Next week
Degrees of confidence? Can universities maintain the integrity of their degrees as the boycott of exams and assessments starts to bite?
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Sussex reconsiders
Sussex University is to consider further the future of chemistry at the institution after an internal review proposed keeping the subject and investing more in it. Sussex vice-chancellor Alasdair...
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White student bias
White students in chemistry and physics are far more likely to achieve a first or upper-second-class degree than their counterparts from racial minorities, according to a report from the Royal...
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Call to raise cap to £5K
The cap on tuition fees should be raised from £3,000 to £5,000 to allow charges to vary between courses and universities, a report from the liberal think-tank CentreForum says this week.
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Journals to go online
Back issues of biomedical journals covering nearly 200 years are to be made freely available online following a partnership between the Wellcome Trust, the Joint Information Systems Committee, the US...
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Cumbrian merger
The University of Central Lancashire has announced that its campuses at Penrith and Carlisle will join with St Martin's College and the Cumbria Institute of the Arts to form the new University for...
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Pro-Test invests in GSK
Pro-Test, the pro-animal research group, has purchased shares in GlaxoSmithKline after threats to private shareholders from the Campaign Against Huntingdon Life Sciences group demanding they sell...
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MPharm on probation
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's education committee has announced that it is to keep the MPharm masters course at De Montfort University on a probationary status. It follows revelations in The...
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Unions turn on Johnson rethink
The Education Secretary has played down remarks that top-ups should be used for pay, says Claire Sanders The academic trade unions' warm welcome for new Education Secretary Alan Johnson cooled this...
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Boris backs expansion
All who want to go to university should be allowed to do so but no one should pretend that the institutions and courses they choose are equal, the Shadow Education Minister Boris Johnson said this...
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London jobs face axe in wake of funding shake-up
London universities are likely to lose at least 2,300 academic posts if plans to restructure the National Health Service budget go ahead, it has been claimed. London Higher, the umbrella organisation...
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College of Law to offer degrees
The College of Law has become the first private-sector provider to be granted degree-awarding powers under more flexible regulations introduced by the Government two years ago. The college, whose 7,...
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Sector brings in £45bn to UK
Universities add more cash to the economy than aviation and drug firms, finds Anna Fazackerley Universities contribute £45 billion to the UK economy, placing them above the pharmaceutical and...