Science body snubs 'impractical' ethics oath
The campaign for an oath to set ethical standards for scientists has suffered a setback after being rejected by one of science's most influential bodies, writes Steve Farrar. The pledge - an...
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Society ousts its old fellow customs
The Royal Society is changing long-established rules that govern one of science's highest honours -the election of fellows -to ensure deserving candidates are not overlooked. The changes are being...
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NEWS Student support: a grant is the only answer for poor students FEATURES Eva Hoffman on history, memory and morality RESEARCH Hunting the fifth dimension; e-genetics; insects and GM crops TEACHING...
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Oxford overtakes Imperial
Oxford University overtook Imperial College, London in the external research income stakes in 1999-2000. It is also ahead of Cambridge and University College London. Imperial's income from research...
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Computer science dropout rate hits 25% More than 25 per cent of students who enrol in computer science courses at Irish universities do not finish their studies, according to the first...
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From today's UK papers
GUARDIAN A Glasgow University study of violence in the sex industry says 80 per cent of street prostitutes suffer assault, and calls for an overhaul of social and legal attitudes. DAILY...
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New Deal attracts single parents Nearly 20,000 single parents decided to return to education and training through the government’s New Deal scheme, according to the latest figures. Out of 205,490 who...
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Laurie Taylor
" Universities are being flooded with complaints from members of the public shocked by the adult content of emails purporting to come from academic institutions " - THES , February 23. Department of...
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Letter: Why I am retiring hurt and angry
It was kind of secretary of state for education David Blunkett to write to me on my retirement, thanking me for my contribution to teaching. I cannot accept his thanks, however, because I have not...
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Letter: A RAE of hope?
You report that extra money is to be invested in institutions to enable them to improve access arrangements for those in the state school sector ("Hike cash to attract poor", THES, February 19). Can...
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Letter: Licence renewed
The story on the renewal of authorised validating agency licences by the Quality Assurance Agency (News in Brief, THES, February 16) implies that the licence for the Open College of the North West is...
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Letter: The fifth option
Sir William Taylor has not considered a fifth, strong, option - perhaps because it is strong ("Graduates' levy may fill £1bn gap"; Analysis, THES, February 23). It would require the sector to...
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Letter: Spammer in the works
When the Hotmail service I use received spam (porn or money-making schemes) from British academic addresses recently, I did not assume that the academic addresses added "credibility to messages" ("...
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Letter: Accreditation alarm
The news that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has reviewed the conditions under which it will grant accreditation and the subsequent withdrawal of support from 15 courses ("Surveying...
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Letter: Genocide definitions
Tzvetan Todorov's article ("A case of right over might", THES, February 9) and Alex Bellamy's letter (THES, February 16) concerning humanitarian intervention show a poor understanding of how genocide...