Firms ignore ideas on innovation
Small and medium-sized firms are not taking advantage of innovative ideas from universities, patents and trade fairs, according to a survey of 1,000 companies. The finding suggests that government...
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Students shift alliances in multiracial poll
A quiet revolution took place during South Africa's student representative council elections held on campuses over the past few weeks. Students shifted party allegiances, voted for bread and butter...
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No brass, no PFI
Simon Targett quotes John McWilliam of Greenwich University as saying that the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals is talking nonsense when it says the Private Finance Initiative is not...
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Anguished over mixed blessings
I have been more conscious this year than in earlier years of some of the difficulties of the admissions system for school-leavers, but I have not become any clearer about the best way forward....
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Immune system teaches software
Computer experts at Aberystwyth are using the human immune system as the model for software that could radically improve computers' capacity for learning. "The immune system is a naturally occurring...
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Students get smart start
The universities of Exeter and York could become cashless institutions - not because of a lack of funding, but thanks to a "smart card" being trialled this academic year. More than 11,000 staff and...
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'Million NVQs' claim queried
The National Council for Vocational Qualifications has been presenting misleading information about the number of NVQs being taken, the author of a new report said this week. Peter Robinson, research...
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Call to lift ban on wildlife trade
The international ban on the trade in endangered wildlife is more damaging to the survival of species than poaching, according to Keith Madders, a member of the Zimbabwe Trust and Africa Resource...
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Treasury explores VAT relief
The Government's pre-election Budget could include measures designed to accelerate the university sector's slow uptake of its private finance initiative, a ministerial adviser has revealed. Ahead of...
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British plot coup of the heart valves
Three universities are collaborating on a Pounds 1 million project to create an artificial heart valve that could transform cardiac surgery. Patients whose diseased heart valves have to be replaced...
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A three-cornered battle of Wits
Race and gender are to the fore in the election for the leadership of one of South Africa's largest and most influential universities, writes Karen Mac Gregor. The three professors in the running for...
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An unbalanced equation
Vocational courses do not prepare students for a computer science degree, argues Matthew Huntbach. Those responsible for promoting the idea that vocational qualifications should have "parity of...
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The right ending?
The Tories are set for electoral defeat, predicts historian John Charmley. And, he tells Simon Targett, Tony Blair is a very 'convincing Conservative prime minister' who could be Mrs T's true heir....
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Princeton lifts ban on computer campaigning
Princeton University has been forced to back down from an attempt to curb political campaigning on its computer network as it does in its buildings and grounds. The ban was imposed after someone sent...
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Superleague formed
Four British universities are founder members of a new international superleague of institutions which aims to set up research and student exchange networks. Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and...