Re-establish centres of excellence
James L. Bowen says that to halt the damaging effects of NHS changes, one body is needed to bring together medical teaching, practice and research Recent correspondence, stimulated by the report of...
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The unspeakable spectre of 'Big C'
TERATOLOGIES: A CULTURAL STUDY OF CANCER. By Jackie Stacey. Routledge, 290pp Pounds 45.00 and Pounds 13.99. ISBN 0 415 14959 2 and 14960 6 Teratologies is a book that tells stories. But the stories...
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Recasting of the European cash pot
Tony Tysome charts the development of research funding in Europe The Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration holds the European Union's main cashpot for...
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Why medicine is stricken by success
THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO MANKIND:A MEDICAL HISTORY OF HUMANITY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT. By Roy Porter. HarperCollins 831pp, Pounds 24.99.ISBN 0 00 2151731. By a happy coincidence this book...
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The radical assault on our health
FREE RADICALS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS: ENVIRONMENT, DRUGS AND FOOD ADDITIVES.Edited by C. Rice-Evans, B. Halliwell and G. G. Lunt. Portland Press 6pp, Pounds 65.00. ISSN 0067 8694. FREE RADICALS IN...
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Ward leaves AoC
EMBATTLED college chief Roger Ward has left the Association of Colleges, following an inquiry into allegations of "impropriety". Mr Ward was suspended as chief executive of the AoC last month,...
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Credit transfer overdue
A national curriculum and 'unitised' degrees: are you ready for the lifelong learning white paper? THE government's flagship University for Industry will flounder without a national system of "credit...
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Radical change warning
THE government is determined to "modernise and refocus" the higher education establishment, a conference on lifelong learning was told this week. "If the government can sweep to power and change the...
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Learners are born, says report
MUCH of the government's lifelong learning policy is based on "fallacy", according to new findings for the Economic and Social Research Council, writes Phil Baty. A person's lifetime participation in...
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Isolated institutions face fall in applications
GEOGRAPHICALLY isolated universities may be losing out in the race for students as the introduction of tuition fees accelerates the trend for study close to home. Dave Croot, lecturer in geography at...
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Introduction of tuition fees
The introduction of tuition fees may result in a more elitist university system with the old universities becoming the preserve of privately educated students, warned Michael Bradford, professor of...
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Fees spark fears of divided system
TUITION fees look likely to sharpen debate on whether Britain has a two-tier higher education system based on wealth and social class, writes Alan Thomson. All universities will have to charge and...
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Grant changes deter young
MORE than half of the young people thinking of applying to university say scrapping the maintenance grant will make them more likely to stay away, according to a survey by Wolverhampton University....
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Libraries should be paid for outside users, says report
UNIVERSITY libraries heavily used by researchers from other institutions should be compensated for the cost of providing the service, according to a report by Coopers and Lybrand. Based on a survey...
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A vision for Europe
(Photograph) - Anongkarat Unyawong, a Thai student at the University of Central England, shows the work with which she won a competition to design the Eurovision Song Contest Trophy for 1998.