Quality chief takes Soton Institute helm
A FORMER quality chief whose organisation put the first dent in Southampton Institute's reputation has now the task of repairing the damage. Roger Brown is cheerfully facing the challenge of becoming...
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Teaching bonus in dispute
VICE-CHANCELLORS have criticised English funding council plans to reward excellence in teaching, arguing that money is also needed to help departments improve their teaching. Heated discussions at...
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Jackpot time as universities collect their lottery windfalls
The National Lottery has made awards worth Pounds 76 million to higher education projects. The THES lists winners to date, examines how grants have been won and looks at the overseas experience...
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Dollars for scholars
The National Lottery has made awards worth Pounds 76 million to higher education projects. The THES lists winners to date, examines how grants have been won and looks at the overseas experience Vice...
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Struggle to match grant
The National Lottery has made awards worth Pounds 76 million to higher education projects. The THES lists winners to date, examines how grants have been won and looks at the overseas experience The...
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Fever for fat one
The National Lottery has made awards worth Pounds 76 million to higher education projects. The THES lists winners to date, examines how grants have been won and looks at the overseas experience Spain...
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Local support clinches bid
The National Lottery has made awards worth Pounds 76 million to higher education projects. The THES lists winners to date, examines how grants have been won and looks at the overseas experience An...
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Libraries strike purchase deal with electronic publishers
A NATIONAL agreement between universities and publishers for the purchase of electronic journals comes into force next January. Covering 150 libraries, the deal was devised by the funding councils'...
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Antibiotics short on experts
DOCTORS need to be better educated in the use of antibiotics, says a House of Lords inquiry into antibiotic resistance. The Lords' select committee on science and technology warned this week that...
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Royal College probes nursing losses
Up to one in three nursing students may be quitting their course before qualification, according to the Royal College of Nursing, writes Julia Hinde. At their annual congress in Bournemouth this week...
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Psychologist attracted to spirit world
ALAN GAULD has investigated well over 100 hauntings and found rational explanations for all but a handful. Rational explanations are, after all, his stock in trade. If only his fellow scientists...
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Broadcast reform 'will stifle democracy'
PROPOSED reform of party political broadcasting would stifle democratic debate and leave the electorate less informed, according to researchers at Loughborough University. A report by academics in...
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Ulster women test peacemaking thesis
WOMEN in Northern Ireland have helped maintain sectarian barriers as well as destroy them, research at Bradford University's peace studies department has shown. Part-time lecturer Ruth Jacobson, who...
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Ecotron aids atmospheric investigations
Raised levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have major impacts on soil ecology, according to researchers at Imperial College, London. The scientists, led by John Lawton, have discovered that...
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Abertay boosts rain forest conservation
A combination of biological and computing expertise at the University of Abertay Dundee is helping an international rain forest conservation programme. The university is working with the Forest...