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IT news in brief
Results of a study into communications and information technology materials commissioned by the higher and further education funding councils and the University for Industry are online. The study...
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IT news in brief
Edinburgh University plans to launch an anti-bullying website. Pamela Munn, director of the Anti-Bullying Network, said: "We want to provide a one-stop solution for anyone wanting information. We...
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IT news in brief
The Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge is recruiting students for its MBA alternative, the manufacturing leaders' programme. The part-time 18-month course is designed for...
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Europe's asset is a diversity of small markets
After the most gruelling confirmation hearings of any European commissioner, Philippe Busquin is set to be an energetic and reforming holder of the research portfolio (page 24). His list of...
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Reasons for rules on intellectual property
Nottingham University's court case against reproductive biologist Simon Fishel (page 3) raises some general questions all universities will need to address if they are to be more entrepreneurial and...
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American way is the wrong way
In spite of Labour assurances, the privatisation of universities is a real threat, claims Zoe Abrams Both the government and the vice-chancellors of the Russell Group of leading research universities...
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Death by starvation
Universities must be allowed to charge some students more, says Kenneth Baker Since the 1997 general election the best parliamentary debates on higher education have taken place in the House of Lords...
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Cutting edge
Antarctic creatures are supremely adapted to their frozen habitat, but will they survive rising temperatures in the next millennium? Antarctica is perceived as remote, hostile and desolate. Yet the...
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DFEE division head to join training agency
Ralph Tabberer will move from the Department for Education and Employment in February to head the Teacher Training Agency, following the retirement of Anthea Millett. Mr Tabberer is currently leading...
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Spreading the EU science net
Philippe Busquin, the new European commissioner for research, tells Martin Ince about his ambitious plans. If you are one of those people for whom life is unthinkable without a mobile phone that...
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Jet-sized 'bird' found in Spain
The remains of the largest creature ever to have flown, dubbed the "Solana dragon", have been unearthed in Spain by palaeontologists. The enormous pterosaur would have had the wingspan of a small...
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Cave-find proof of hermit's life
The tragic story of John Harris, know as the "English Hermit", has emerged from the realm of myth after investigation by archaeologists. Excavation of the Cheshire cave that the recluse is supposed...
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Tests spawn giant mutant fly
Scientists have created giant fruitflies while uncovering a cell growth gene that may prove significant in the fight against cancer. The inflated size of insects with a mutant version of the PTEN...
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Way the wind blows predicted
Winter cold snaps might be forecast weeks in advance if predictions from the first simulation of the climate-dictating polar vortex are born out by further observations. Oxford scientist Paul...