Asteroid hazard prompts cash call
Peers have called on the government to provide funds to avert the potential threat of asteroids and other space debris colliding with the Earth. Earlier this month, the government announced a package...
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Bursary shock for medics
Fast-track medical students on a flagship government scheme are set to lose thousands of pounds in National Health Service bursaries following a ruling that they will be means-tested on their parents...
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Crisis highlights 'need for science' The countrywide foot-and-mouth crisis illustrates the importance of science in everyday life, the president of the British Association for the Advancement of...
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Nigeria confronts university decay Nigeria’s federal government has set up a committee on university autonomy and related matters to tackle the decay in the country's universities.  ...
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Financial Times Researchers at University College London surveyed 600 employees of the Property Services Agency, which was privatised in the mid-1990s, and found that privatisation is bad for your...
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Means test denies medics NHS bursaries Fast-track medical students are set to lose thousands of pounds in National Health Service bursaries after a ruling that they will be means tested on...
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Hebrew University hits fundraising target Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, which set out to raise 2.5 billion shekels (£416 million) in five years, has achieved its target in just three years and has...
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Financial Times Nanostructures that have been imaged and analysed by US researchers at Northwestern University might make a hard coating for gears or an oxidation-resistant coating for aircraft...
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Australian quality agency appoints chief Australia's University Quality Agency has appointed David Woodhouse as its first chief executive. Dr Woodhouse is director of New Zealand's...
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Row could damage business school recruitment The head of Oxford's Said Business School has warned that recruitment could suffer as a result of controversy over the involvement of the prime minister’s...
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Financial Times Poor employment prospects among ethnic minorities are to be tackled with a £15 million fund to be announced as the government launches the second phase of the New Deal. Norman Borlaug...
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Norway may set up 14 new institutions Norwegian minister of education and research Trond Griske has tabled a bill to set up 14 new universities and university colleges, bringing the total to 18....
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The Guardian Hopes of a cure for Parkinson's disease by the implantation of foetal cells into the brain have been dashed after a trial of the technique, involving two US universities, found a number...
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Cambridge presses ahead with expansion plan Cambridge University is planning the biggest expansion in its 800-year history with the addition of 5,000 students, three colleges and 3,000 staff...