Vet idea to boost chance of grant
Universities should screen research council grant applications internally before submitting them if they want to increase their chances of success, a research council chief advised this week. Julia...
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Blond has more fun but fails to thwart anti top-up fee vote
Everyone knows that today's students would rather have a lie-in than exercise their democratic right to vote - that is, until they scent the blood of a certain blond-haired Tory Higher Education...
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School of Bard knocks
The worlds of Shakespeare and wrestling came together in a play performed at Teesside University this month. Anton Hecht's play Wrestling Shakespeare involves actors orating Shakespearean text while...
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Believer with a faith in reason
John Haldane is the first known practising Roman Catholic to be a professor of philosophy in Scotland since the Reformation. The St Andrews University academic explicitly describes himself as a...
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V-c offices besieged
Police were called to intervene in a protest at Swansea University this week when students demonstrating over plans to close a natural sciences library entered the vice-chancellor's offices. More...
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Students back lab tests
Oxford University academics and students are to demonstrate in support of animal research. There are fears that the march, planned for Saturday, could see clashes between the provivisection...
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Zoonosis base planned
Liverpool University is to establish the world's first centre dedicated to the study of diseases such as avian flu, BSE and Sars. The National Centre for Zoonosis Research, based at the university,...
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Derby and Bradford reveal cosmopolitan colours
Bradford and Derby universities have been awarded top marks by international students for the services they provide - seeing off competition from elite research institutions across the world. A...
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Science lost in PR, nuclear duo warn
Two academics ousted from a government committee advising on the disposal of the UK's nuclear waste stockpile have accused the group of "ditching science for public relations" and putting the country...
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EC stands firm over research institute
The European Commission will press ahead with plans to establish a European Institute of Technology, ignoring critics who claim the project could dilute Europe's hard-pressed research budgets. José...
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UK eyes turn to India as China's interest falls
India could replace China as the number one target of UK universities recruiting overseas students, new figures suggest. While the previously booming recruitment market in China has suffered a sharp...
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Joint plan to thwart visa fraud
Visa and degree course applications made by overseas students could be unified to help streamline admissions and to combat fraud, writes Tony Tysome. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service...
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Madras
The Indian Institutes of Technology are introducing masters courses in the humanities and social sciences for the first time. IIT Kanpur introduced a two-year MSc in economics last year and IIT...
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Bouake
The University of Bouake, closed down three years ago during a political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, has reopened with promises of help from France and Unesco.
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Brussels
The European Union Council of Ministers has formally approved guidelines on quality assurance programmes for EU universities.