UK's top scientists miss out on Nobels
Britain has missed out on the three Nobel prizes for science again this year despite the Swedish foundation's interest in two leading medical scientists from this country. The negotiations of the...
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Free market deals fatten pay packets
Local agreements have sent salaries at some universities up by 30% as institutions vie to attract the best and brightest staff. Phil Baty reports Some UK academics will see their salaries soar by...
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Soas disrupted by protest over loss of two librarians
London's School of Oriental and African Studies faced severe disruption this week after the escalation of a protest about the redundancies of two specialist librarians. The school confirmed that 18...
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Oxford moves on animal site
Oxford University is moving ahead with plans to complete its new animal research facility. Oxford's animal housing facility is already three storeys high. But all work on the site halted last July...
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Higher's hopes
The Times Higher dominates the shortlist for the first Education Journalist of the Year Awards. John O'Leary, the editor, has been nominated for the sustained contribution to education journalism...
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Anglia honours Ruskin
The last institution with "polytechnic" in its title has won permission to change its name. Anglia Polytechnic University is set to become Anglia Ruskin University, after the Victorian writer John...
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Dolly scientist sued
Ian Wilmut, who helped clone Dolly the sheep, has been accused of racist behaviour by a colleague. Prim Singh is suing Professor Wilmut and the Roslin Institute for £1 million in a race-...
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George Fox Six 'guilty'
Lancashire Constabulary has applied for criminal anti-social behaviour orders against two of six students who helped stage a campus protest. All six were fined £300 and found guilty of aggravated...
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Entrepreneurial leg-up
The UK's eight research councils have launched a competition to find the best business ideas from researchers in science and the arts. The winners will receive up to £25,000. www.rcuk.ac.uk/...
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£100m clinical booster
Up to 200 senior lectureships will be funded by a £100 million award scheme to raise the number of qualified clinical specialists entering medical research and education. The initiative, by the...
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Guide steers campuses through moral mazes
British academics have helped to create the world's first ethics guide for universities. Ethics Matters , which is aimed at lecturers, professors and university managers, will be sent free to vice-...
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India in hot pursuit of US elite
Our peer review of the world's top technology universities shows that in 2004, the high praise for the Indian Institutes of Technology was no fluke. Up to third position in 2005 from fourth place...
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Invention and Reinvention: forward-looking MIT goes to the ends of universe for science and fun
The entrepreneurial scholars at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented wonders from the alcove hologram to artificial skin, writes Jon Marcus in Boston. But MIT also continues to...
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Private colleges get loans boost
The number of ߣߣÊÓƵn private higher education institutions is increasing rapidly as the federal Government extends its deferred loan system to cover their students. Universities can offer...
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Call for Russian 'Russell Group'
Russia needs an elite group of universities to maintain high standards as it moves to greater integration with Europe, according to Viktor Sadovichny, rector of Moscow State University. Professor...