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US medics go to Cuba for free training Cuba yesterday welcomed the first group of US students to receive free medical training in the communist state. The six women and two men will join...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian A private consortium of genetics and computer firms has announced plans to trump the deciphering of the human "book of life" by mapping and selling a molecule-by-molecule blueprint of...
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UK degrees top tickets to jobs market
British universities produce some of the most employable graduates in Europe, according to a range of studies published this week. The findings support claims that higher education drives the...
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NEWS Educational research: how a national strategy caused uproar. FEATURES One in four South African students is estimated to be HIV positive. How are universities tackling the crisis? BOOKS Raymond...
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For the record
IT is the student's favourite A quarter of undergraduates want to work in IT or the internet - but less than 1 per cent want a career in education. When website ukplacements.com asked 10,000 students...
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MIT puts most of its course content online
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced that it is placing virtually all its course content online. Lecture notes, reading lists, assignments and course outlines will all be available...
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Gang of five plans to escape QAA grip
Five elite universities have joined the London School of Economics in developing plans to break free from Quality Assurance Agency scrutiny. University College London and the universities of Oxford,...
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Walkout looms as pay talks founder
Further education college lecturers are to ballot for a national strike next month after pay talks this week failed to produce an agreement with employers. At the sector's National Joint Forum...
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Welsh urge review of 'deplorable' cash quota
The Welsh Assembly has called for an urgent review of higher education funding following an outcry from universities over the prospect of cuts, writes Tony Tysome. Jane Davidson, the assembly's...
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Floud pitches for funding in election run-up
Vice-chancellors set out their general election stall this week by highlighting the need for investment in the United Kingdom's value-for-money higher education system. Roderick Floud, provost of...
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College libraries to open to public
University libraries should open their doors to the public and, in return, could be funded by cross-sectoral grants covering all libraries in their region. In response to a report published last year...
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Bush's Kyoto stance angers UK scientists
Leading British environmental scientists have called on governments to support the Kyoto agreement to tackle global climate change following its rejection by US president George Bush. In a THES poll...
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Poor pay threatens UK science PhD stipends at £9,000 are far too low, while pay and conditions for postdoctoral scientists are so bad they threaten the United Kingdom’s science base, according to a...
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Medical schools branded exclusive Ontario's medical schools have been labelled ghettos for the rich after a survey at the University of Western Ontario showed that the family incomes of students&...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Myriad Genetics, Oracle and Hitachi have formed an alliance to map all the proteins in the human body in less than three years - a task that was expected to take decades. Researchers...