Russia tackles access issues
Moscow's universities, which once attracted students from across the Soviet Union, are struggling to recruit from outside the city's immediate vicinity. Under the Soviet regime, about 25 per cent of...
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Italian research suffers from lack of cash
Rodolfo Zich, rector of Turin Polytechnic, has accused Italian private industry of investing too little in scientific research. "Private investment in Italy is weak," he said at the inauguration of...
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Shopping on the net could jam the roads
Spates of e-road rage are forecast if the popularity of shopping over the internet keeps growing at its current rate. The prediction is just one conclusion of a detailed report on the impact of e-...
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Retail therapy
Retail therapy: John Clare, chief executive of the Dixons electronics stores, has announced funding for a new chair of entrepreneurship and innovation in Edinburgh University's school of management...
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People will be 'cloned' to animate computer games
Forget Dolly the sheep - researchers at Glasgow and Edinburgh universities are developing new software to allow animation and games companies to "clone" real people to create realistic animations....
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Three Ws the key to universities' online future
The learning landscape will be refashioned by technology to deliver much more "just-in-time" knowledge, delegates at the 20th world conference on open and distance education heard. Lecturers standing...
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It pays to help the public to meet the ancestors
Academics need to take stock of their role and support public interest in history, writes Simon Ditchfield. There is nothing like a good crisis to concentrate the mind. The closure of Luton...
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Imperial bids for degrees
Imperial College is making a bid for degree-awarding status, which would allow it to award degrees independently of the University of London. The college says it wants the powers in place as a...
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Hunt is on for cancer guru
Birmingham University is set to win a multimillion pound government research grant even though it has failed to meet the strict conditions under which the money was originally earmarked. It was...
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Cricketing board nurtures talent
There has been an air of pessimism surrounding English cricket since England conceded the Ashes 12 years ago. But when Australia begins its Ashes tour in June, fans should be reassured that a new...
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Leaders guide London students through voting maze
London students are being urged to vote for MPs who support their interests - and to use their collective muscle against the rest. A new guide published by the University of London Union lists the...
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Cooperation, not confrontation
Attempts to launch a rival to the Institute for Learning and Teaching are a mistake, argues Brian Smith. The Association of University Teachers could be taking a huge risk by pressing ahead with...
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Corporate crackdown
As academics struggle to perform for quality assessments, Rebecca Boden is concerned about the 'creeping cancer of managerialism'. Successive corporate scandals in the late 1980s ensured that...
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Why I... believe all PhD students should be grilled in public
The email was unambiguous: "As opponent, your role is to summarise the dissertation, interrogate the candidate I and then sum up the strengths and weaknesses." The invitation might have added, "Iin...
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Life factory opens up
The ribosome, nature's ultimate nanotechnologist, is now starting to surrender its secrets. Giselle Weiss reports. Researchers have announced the latest in a series of spectacular developments...