Call for UK copyright centre
A report out next month will suggest the creation of a national advisory centre on copyright to help ensure universities do not lose out on valuable potential income. The report's author, Ralph...
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Healthy budget fails to support mass learning
Admiral House 66-68 East Smithfield London E1W 1BX Fax 020 7782 3300 Tel 020 7782 3000 Email editor@thes.co.uk Website www.thesis.co.uk There was no joy in this week's budget for higher education....
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Partnership questions raised as spoils go south
In his budget, the chancellor showed enthusiasm for technology clusters in which regional capacity in leading-edge high-tech industries can flourish. A pity then that a chance to encourage such a...
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High-brow benefits in allowing fee free-for-all
Can ߣߣÊÓƵ pick the best of the US university funding system and avoid the worst? asks Simon Marginson In ߣߣÊÓƵ, debate over the deregulation of undergraduate tuition fees has continued for a...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Bernice Andrews argued that there is little evidence that patients are being prompted by therapists to invent memories * There is ample evidence that a veritable epidemic of...
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Concern for science
Is scientific integrity being compromised by political and commercial pressures? asks Tom Wakeford For the scientific academy the Royal Society, and a host of previously respected UK scientific...
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Premiership before principles
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Euro-appeal to students
The second phase of Europe's giant Socrates programme was launched in the United Kingdom this week with the message that the country must do more to promote study on the Continent. Despite efforts to...
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Lib-Dems plan rethink on fees policy
Top-up tuition fees and grants are on the Liberal Democrats' agenda for radical reform of their higher education policy. The Liberal Democrats are setting up a working group to assess whether the...
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Women attack ILT red tape and sexism
Female members of the Association of University Teachers have called for a union ballot to consider rejecting the Institute for Learning and Teaching. The annual meeting of the AUT women's committee...
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Glimmer of hope
Using viruses to transport new genes into the brain may one day offer relief to sufferers of neurological disorders. Geoff Watts reports Intent on finding a better way to treat Parkinson's disease,...
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Desert roamed during Ice Age
Scientists have tracked the shifting sands of the Kalahari through 180,000 years of history to gain an unprecedented glimpse at how climate shifts have affected the evolution of a desert. Research by...
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Farming threat to UK wetlands
The wholesale destruction of the United Kingdom's estuary wetlands has raised the prospect of harmful algal blooms one day forming off the east coast. Vast amounts of nitrates and phosphates used in...
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Birds eat birds as fish runs out
An aggressive elite of great skuas is increasingly ditching a diet of fish in favour of eating other seabirds. The dietary switch among a super-fit minority of the species is being blamed for a fall...
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Cutting edge
Do universities own copyright in materials produced by academics? This seemingly simple question opens a can of worms The law is explicit: normally, the owner of the copyright in some work is the...