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German scholarships
Deadline: 15/01/2006
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Pupil, 12, to publish in leading journal
A 12-year-old pupil from Milton Keynes is set to be the first child to publish a research paper in a mainstream academic journal in the UK. Eleanor Denny from Loughton Middle School has had her paper...
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Top-ups blamed for wane in demand
University applications are down by about 5 per cent on this time last year - the first substantial evidence that top-up fees are deterring would-be students. Figures leaked to The Times Higher...
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'We were very lucky. we could have been facing a week-long smog'
Geologist Euan Nisbet analysed how the climate affected the fumes from the Buncefield oil depot fire The "right" weather after the Buncefield oil depot fire in Hertfordshire may have saved thousands...
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On the move...
* Winchester University has appointed Joy Carter vice-chancellor. She is currently pro vice-chancellor (academic) at Glamorgan University and will succeed Paul Light on his retirement in April. *...
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Majority vote to revise Cambridge rules governing intellectual property rights
Cambridge University academics voted overwhelmingly to back controversial reforms of the institution's rules on intellectual property this week, as headhunters continued their search for a new...
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HE research is ideas rich but cash poor
UK academics expressed frustration this week that while billions of pounds are spent on research, they can not get sufficient funding to direct their expert attention closer to home and examine the...
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Boris the bold steps out of the limelight into the shadow
The university sector is braced for controversy after the appointment of Boris Johnson, probably the Conservative Party's most popular and irrepressible politician, to the post of Shadow Higher...
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Next week
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14 to 19 plan unveiled
The Government unveiled its plans to reform 14 to 19 education and training, including the introduction of 14 vocational diplomas, and extended essays and harder questions at A level that aim to...
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Gloucestershire v-c
Patricia Broadfoot, pro vice-chancellor of Bristol University, has been appointed vice-chancellor of Gloucestershire University. Professor Broadfoot's research interests include educational...
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Ex-Oxbridge rule
A quarter of MPs and 42 per cent of peers in Parliament were educated at Oxbridge, a report by the Sutton Trust charity reveals this week. The report also says that Labour MPs who serve as members of...
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Nautical winner
This year's British Academy Book Prize has been awarded to N. A. M. Rodger, professor of naval history at Exeter University, for The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815.
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Kingston's virtual boost
Research carried out at Kingston University found that e-learning widens the diversity of students applying for university. Kingston's Virtual Learning Environment, produced by software supplier...