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Bradford has just paid consultants £20,000 for a survey to decide on the new name of the merged university and college of higher education. The three most popular options? Bradford University, the...
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You suckers
Students in China have taken to drinking milk from babies' bottles - and psychologists are getting concerned. The South China Morning Post quotes a report in the mainland Southern Metropolis News...
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Lucky caller
The Mori researcher charged with finding out what percentage of the general public have heard of the National Health Service University got a shock with one call. Introducing preliminary findings at...
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Findings: Fathers make teens happy
Adolescents feel that paternal involvement during their turbulent teenage years has a more positive effect on their happiness than maternal involvement, according to Oxford University researchers,...
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Next week
Step change How dance is being hobbled by the white paper Desert island risks The tale of a researcher who spent a harrowing year alone to study consciousness and the environment Books Tibet, Tibet...
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Debt puts off teachers
Increased tuition fees will have serious consequences for the recruitment and retention of teachers, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers has warned. Many students on teacher training courses,...
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Copyright law delayed
The UK implementation of the European Copyright Directive has been delayed, according to the UK Patent Office. The directive will see Europe signing up to the World Intellectual Property Organisation...
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Plan for town planning
Universities should have more freedom to develop town-planning courses and restrictions on entry requirements should be removed, according to a review by the Royal Town Planning Institute. The...
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Sounding on science
The Office of Science and Technology is to undertake a national survey on public attitudes to science. The survey, which would be carried out every two years, would also assess the level of interest...
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MPs: use new system
Universities should accept the new Curriculum 2000 A-levels system when considering applications, MPs said this week. The education and skills select committee's report into A-level standards says...
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Study beat benefits officers and forces
The Fulbright Commission, which promotes educational exchange between the UK and the US, this week launched its annual report with a focus on its police studies fellowships. Alan Thomson talks to two...
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Hodge promises check on red tape
Ministers have promised a "gatekeeper" to prevent additional bureaucratic burdens on universities following the white paper on the future of higher education. Responding to a Cabinet Office report on...
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Job cuts feared as Liverpool closes education department
The University of Liverpool's education department will close next summer because of financial difficulties. Liverpool's academic committee has decided that the department, which provides continuing...
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Whistleblowers: Queen's discriminated against NI applicants
Queen's University Belfast racially discriminated against two Northern Irish academics when it gave a job to an English applicant who should never have made the shortlist, an employment tribunal has...
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Whistleblowers: Cambridge professor ends ten-year dispute
Veteran academic-freedom campaigner Gillian Evans has called off a bitter ten-year dispute with Cambridge University, which has seen three High Court judicial review cases, an Appeal-Court hearing, a...