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Israeli army cuts off campus The Israeli army has dug two trenches in the only road linking the Palestinian university of Bir Zeit to the rest of the West Bank, cutting telephone lines and water...
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Latest UK news
More men than women are student virgins One in five male students, and more than one in ten women students, are still virgins, a survey of 2,600 students by virginstudent.com revealed today. Lowest...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times An industry-wide tax credit for research and development, proposed in the Budget, is unlikely to close Britain's productivity gap with other industrialised countries, the Institute...
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Academic awards
Royal College of Art The Sir Misha Black Medal for distinguished services to design education 2001 has been awarded to Yuri Soloviev in recognition of his development of the International Council of...
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Higher education appointments
University of Surrey Lecturers S. Fabri , mobile-satellite communications and networking. R. Tandon , marketing. Research officers D. Cox , school of electronics, computing and mathematics. K....
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British Academy research grants 2001
Dr L. Archer (University of North London), £6,660. The role of identities and inequalities on the aspirations of inner-city school leavers. Professor G. Barker FBA (University of Leicester), £13,535...
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Universities benefit from Brown's budget
Universities will benefit from a raft of measures announced in chancellor Gordon Brown’s budget designed to boost research, innovation and the knowledge economy. With a £23 billion projected surplus...
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Latest UK news
Union infighting threatens pay deal In-fighting among trade unions could derail pay negotiations between university staff leaders and employers. The stand-off between the Association of...
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Latest international news
Melbourne stakes A$10m claim in e-university The University of Melbourne is to allocate almost A$10 million (£3.5 million) towards a A$50 million global online university supported...
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THES opinion: budget's omissions
In yesterday's budget speech, chancellor Gordon Brown stated unambiguously that the British economy needs "2.5 million more employees at degree or higher degree levels, and overall more workers...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian A team of Oxford University scientists and historians has gained a glimpse into everyday Roman activities from a collection of wax tablets found at Hadrian's Wall, which had defied all...
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From today's UK papers
Daily Telegraph A study of bones and genes at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC has shed new light on the dawn of civilisation and the domestication of animals and plants. The Times Two...
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Latest UK news
PGCE applications up in shortage subjects There are big increases in numbers applying for postgraduate certificate of education courses in shortage subjects such as maths and...
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European Medical Research Councils: exploratory workshop
Deadline: 01/05/2001
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Latest international news
Ukrainian president sparks protests Ukrainian students are camping in a public garden opposite Kiev's national university to try to prevent President Leonid Kuchma...