Wellcome Trust set to expand genome centre
The Wellcome Trust is close to striking a deal with South Cambridgeshire District Council that would allow it to expand its genome research centre. Planning application for a 40,000m2, Pounds 100...
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Revised curriculum must be addressed
Universities and schools need to address issues raised by the revised sixth-form curriculum, secondary heads have warned. Richard Fawcett, vice-president of the Secondary Heads Association, told the...
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Westminter staff miss out on up to Pounds 3,000
Average academic salaries at Westminster University are up to Pounds 3,000 lower than at other new universities in London, according to a union analysis. Lecturers' union Natfhe found that the...
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Bad breeding
Bad breeding: June Morris, senior lecturer in biological sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, who has studied primitive sheep breeds, believes selective commercial breeding means the...
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A sliding share of a global game
The UK has suffered its real drop in overseas recruitment. Phil Baty counts the numbers and surveys efforts to halt the fall. An 11 per cent slump in overseas student recruitment by British...
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Audit committee calls for Scottish FE review
n The Scottish Parliament's audit committee has called for a "root and branch" review of Scotland's further education colleges to tackle the sector's financial difficulties. The committee wants...
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Cambridge, Massachussetts
Harvard University has raised a record $2.6 billion for teaching and research, 25 per cent more than the goal of its five-year campaign, and by far the largest amount ever raised for higher education.
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Media's portrayal of women updated
British academics have helped to update a 1995 media monitoring study, which found that women were primarily represented in the world's media in domestic roles or as victims of crime. Volunteers from...
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Woodhead report outlines weaknesses
Weaknesses in teacher-training provision have been highlighted by the chief inspector of schools in his annual report. Chris Woodhead said in a review of teacher training for secondary education that...
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Biologists unite to influence policy
Biologists are coming together to gain a greater influence over policy-makers and within society. A new federation to represent the booming bioscience community has been suggested by the Institute of...
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Kilfoyle backs Daresbury source bid
Peter Kilfoyle, who resigned as defence minister last week complaining he was disillusioned with Tony Blair's government, is supporting Daresbury Laboratory's bid to host Britain's new synchrotron...
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Eggs-ceedingly good advice on fresh food
Researchers at Leeds University have discovered eggs-actly how to tell whether or not an egg is fresh. Food scientist Malcolm Povey uses waves of ultrasound to detect the thickness of the egg white....
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Managers call for help
College managers have been most exercised by issues of governance, staff contracts and discipline and grievances, according to a survey of calls to the Association of Colleges helpline. The AoC...
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Test answer is anybody's guess
The problem facing Dr McQue and his multiple-choice examinations is a common one (Teaching, THES, February 4). Certainly, the reliability of the examination would be improved by increasing the number...
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Test answer is anybody's guess
A number of students do get degrees despite very evident faults in the way they write (Letters, THES, February 4). But this is not a recent development. The move towards a mass system has simply made...