'Autism is not a social problem'
Her pioneering explorations of the biological roots of autism have won Uta Frith special recognition Uta Frith, professor of cognitive development at University College London's Institute of...
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Royal society
2005 fellowships: James Barber , professor of biochemistry, Imperial College London; Martin Barlow , professor of maths, University of British Columbia; Laurence Barron , Gardiner professor of...
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Whistleblower: Students win £250K payout
In a landmark ruling by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, Oxford Brookes is to be forced to compensate a group of trainee osteopaths. Phil Baty reports The student complaints watchdog is set...
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Big cash boost for science, but outlook cloudy for astronomy
Ocean science and animal health are just two areas of UK science set to benefit from a substantial injection of money, according to the research councils' three-year spending plans released this week...
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CIA outrages UK academics by planting spies in classroom
Moves by the US intelligence agency to place trainee spies secretly in university anthropology departments have sparked an international outcry in the discipline, writes Phil Baty. Anthropologists in...
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SPECIAL ETHICS SUPPLEMENT ANSWERS TO THE TRICKY QUESTIONS FACING ACADEMICS PLUS Can people ever trust scientists again? Sir John Sulston looks at how communication canovercome suspicion
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Natfhe conference: Protests fail to halt plans for merger
Natfhe conference finally gives green light to new super-union, reports Phil Baty Natfhe activists have voted "yes" to a merger with the Association of University Teachers, leaving just one hurdle to...
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Natfhe conference: RAE boycott rejected
Natfhe delegates rejected a plan to mount a "total boycott" of the 2008 research assessment exercise. The conference carried two motions seeking the scrapping of the RAE, which was said to be "...
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Natfhe conference: Fee plans attacked
The conference carried four motions condemning top-up fees and the Government's "marketisation" of higher education. One, from Southern Region, said variable fees would "produce a multi-tiered higher...
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Natfhe conference: Reform regrets
The Government's failure to fully back reforms proposed in the Tomlinson review of 14-to-19 education was attacked in two motions carried by the conference. One, from Western Region, expressed "...
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Natfhe conference: No love for Adonis
The Prime Minister's appointment of an unelected former adviser, Andrew Adonis, as a junior education minister was ridiculed by delegates. A motion from the union's North West Region attacked the "...
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Natfhe conference: 'Derisory' pay offer stirs talk of action
Academics began gearing up for an autumn of joint national industrial action across old and new universities this week as Natfhe conference delegates condemned the current 5 per cent, two-year pay...
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Unions deal blow to Israel boycott
The movement to boycott Israeli scholars and universities in protest against the country's treatment of Palestinians has suffered two serious setbacks. Last week, the Association of University...
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Ideas ownership battle rumbles on
The long-running trial of strength between Cambridge academics and the university authorities over proposed rules to regulate how ideas are exploited commercially will enter its latest round next...
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Majority aim to be different
Survey of teenagers reveals: Many don't realise the financial implications of tuition fees There is a national gender divide on computer skills 19 per cent of maths students say they are poor at...