Lifeline of the dead composers' societies
Academic interest in the great composers has ensured them a life after death. Christopher Wood reports Although there are those who claim to have received messages from the ghost of Beethoven, death...
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On the job
The government has announced a Pounds 4 million scheme to double the number of "on the job" teacher training places in London schools to 360 for the next four years after further recruitment problems...
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Research faces big overhaul
Review heralds far-reaching research funding changes, says Alison Goddard. Research funding is to be radically reformed following a fundamental review published today by the funding council. More...
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Stepping out
(Photograph) - The world-famous Yorkshire Ballet Seminars recently took place in their new venue of the University College of Ripon and York.
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Mark Chaplain
In Glittering Prizes, THES, July 14, it was stated that Mark Chaplain, who won the London Mathematical Society Whitehead Prize, was at Durham University. In fact, Mr Chaplain is at Dundee University...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ARA PARSEGHIAN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION www.parseghian.org/...
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New light on skin pigments
New light has been shed on why humans have differing skin colours. Nina Jablonski, chair of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences, and colleague George Chaplin, have analysed global...
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Why I ... am delighted that the 'dirty' bits are to be restored to the classics
Mary Beard Reader in classics University of Cambridge Students of classics have long relied on small red and green hardbacks - the Loeb Classical Library. At last this series is being relaunched with...
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Six-term year will spell end of clearing
University admissions procedures could be radically restructured within four years, spelling the end of the annual clearing scramble. The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals is to reopen...
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Book prices on the up
The price of the average academic book has gone up by 6.1 per cent to Pounds 44.18 in 1999-2000 compared with Pounds 41.62 in 1998-99, according to the Library and Information Statistics Unit at...
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Talented youth greeted with 'golden hellos'
Engineering companies trying to attract talented young people and counter the effects of skills shortages are offering significant benefits including "golden hellos", according to a survey by the...
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Will Chelsea follow Bill to Oxford?
(Photograph) - Chelsea Clinton (pictured) is deciding whether to follow in her father's footsteps and study at Oxford University next year. President Clinton spent two years at Oxford as a Rhodes...
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Edinburgh reunion is a political party
Edinburgh University is revealing its stranglehold on the political scene north of the border with a Scottish Parliament forum on Sunday, part of its Alumni 2000 celebrations. Edinburgh graduates...
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Wolverhampton buys mass spectrometer
Wolverhampton University's School of Health Sciences will buy and maintain a mass spectrometer with an Pounds 83,533 grant it has received from the Wellcome Trust. The machine can determine the...
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Crash analysis is success for scheme
A teaching company scheme that has been developing leading software for analysing the results from car crashes has been nominated for an award for innovation. The project, run jointly by the...