Star of a mushrooming field
Steve Farrar meets a man who travels the world seeking new fungi whose biochemical trickery could one day save human lives. In 1987, Gary Strobel had a life-changing clash with the establishment. At...
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Lib Dems back student grants Liberal Democrats today called on the government to abolish student tuition fees and restore maintenance grants. The motion was passed at the party’s conference in...
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The Independent Deflecting an asteroid approaching Earth could be more complex than just blowing it up, research suggests. Scientists at Hammersmith Hospital in London have found that Viagra ...
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The Times A detailed history of the earliest humans to live in Britain is to be written in a £1.2 million study that will shed new light on the origins of modern man. The Ancient Human...
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V-cs back Welsh bid to re-introduce grants Welsh vice-chancellors are backing proposals for the Welsh Assembly to seek legislative powers to introduce maintenance grants and bursaries for students....
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Colombian politician kidnapped Consuelo Araujo, a former Colombian culture minister, was yesterday kidnapped by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces leftist guerrilla group near Valledupar in the...
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US attacks: your views
Nitrous oxide... and the shadows cast by cowards Dale Lowdermilk [ Dale93150@aol.com ] Saturday 22 September 2001 04:19 BST Would a gun in the cockpit have saved 5 lives....10 lives....5,...
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Brazilian lecturers' strike affects 30,000 students More than 30,000 applicants for places at Brazil's federal universities have had their entrance examinations cancelled as a result of an all-out...
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Idealism dead in universities, says Lib Dem MP Liberal Democrat higher education spokesman David Rendel has bemoaned the loss of idealism in universities as they struggle with the pressures of...
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The Independent Advances in technology have made it possible for terrorists to kill millions of people with chemical or biological weapons, the World Health Organisation warned yesterday. Africa's...
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Government boosts fast-track teaching scheme A scheme that offers graduates a fast-track route into teaching is to be expanded to meet demand, the government announced today. School standards...
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Times Ministers are negotiating with only two serious bidders for the Millennium Dome, having abandoned plans to sell the site through a public bidding auction. The Wellcome Trust, a medical charity...
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Scots recruit Cubie for qualifications committee Andrew Cubie, whose report on student finance led to tuition fees being axed in Scotland, has been appointed chairman of the Scottish Credit and...
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Times Downing Street approached Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative party leader, yesterday to put forward candidates for the vice-chairmanship of the BBC. Guardian A US spacecraft bristling with new...
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For the record
£80m for staff development £80 million has been earmarked for staff development by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in its cash allocations for this year. And £78 million will fund 31...