Historian ditches 'naive' UK
One of Oxford's top historians, who is poised to leave for the US, has criticised the "naive egalitarian assumptions" made about higher education funding in the UK. Niall Ferguson, professor of...
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Two-slit, you are simply stunning
The most beautiful experiment in physics involves passing single electrons through a double slit in a demonstration of quantum mechanics. Readers of the magazine Physics World and the website...
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Green students scoop £400,000
The BP Conservation Programme, which supports student-led field projects around the world, is to treble the amount of funding it makes available, writes Steve Farrar. The scheme, which is inviting...
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Scientists round on bestselling author
The academic knives are out for Stephen Wolfram, the scientist who snubbed modern scientific convention to publish his ideas in a bestselling book. Leading figures in complexity theory have accused...
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News Vice-chancellors get to grips with the economy of British universities Features Alan Ayckbourn talks comedy with stand-up comic and lecturer Oliver Double; Stephen Court examines the role of...
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Women thrive in job market
Women who have just graduated are more likely to get jobs than men, according to the latest first-destinations figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Only 2 per cent of those graduating...
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Scots students demand rent regulation change
* A Scottish student lobbying group has called for a complete overhaul of regulations governing student flats. The Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland (Chess) says Scotland is...
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OU Business School moves to grand home
The Open University Business School is moving to a new £11.5 million home, the Michael Young Building, named after the late Lord Young of Dartington. It brings together on the Milton Keynes campus...
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College agency gives teachers more security
A unique teacher supply agency has been launched by a partnership involving Edge Hill College, Lancashire County Council, and Reed Education Professionals. The Lancashire Teaching Agency will pay its...
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Scientists volunteer for talks in schools
A database listing university scientists who are willing to give talks to schoolchildren will be launched next week at the British Association's science festival. Teachers will be able to punch in...
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Online course nets 1,000th student
Staff at the University of Liverpool are celebrating enrolling their 1,000th internet student. The university offers MBA and MSc courses in information technology, which are taught entirely online....
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IT firms asked to join in new internet project
The head of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council is courting information technology companies in the UK to persuade them to collaborate on the next generation internet. The PPARC is...
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University museums to keep charitable status
University museums and galleries with charitable status will continue to qualify for the benefits it confers, following a review by the Charity Commission, according to Resource, the Council for...
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Call for GM farming to be monitored closely
A new strategic advisory body should be set up to look at the issues raised by the use of genetic biotechnology on farm animals, the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission said this...
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Opinions on science strong but ill-informed
Education and news media are doing little to improve the public's knowledge of topical science issues, Cardiff researchers said this week. But ignorance about science did not stop people holding...