Blow for the data-poor
We report this week that the planned Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has put on hold a slew of university research projects proposed to the existing Libraries and Information Commission (page...
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Wanted: an independent upper house with teeth
Meg Russell looks at how the commission charged with reforming the House of Lords can serve the needs of higher education As parliamentarians gathered for the Queen's Speech this week, they were a...
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Why I...want an immediate end to the deregulation of gambling
According to a report by the University of Salford, people in the United Kingdom spend a staggering Pounds 110 million every day on gambling. It is fascinating, but also worrying, that once let off...
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A step in the right direction
After years of being ignored by government, social science is respected again. But for how long? asks Ian Forbes The social sciences are regularly accused either of having nothing to offer society...
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Global trade threat
Philip Fine reports on an Ottawa union conference on commercialisation A formidable global body could soon have the authority to dictate free enterprise policies to universities, economist Marjorie...
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Test visual IQ online
Internet novices and student web developers can measure their visual skills at a new online "design IQ" centre. The test assesses visual and design acumen with 25 questions designed to be fun as well...
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Oz inquiry into campus waste
Some of Australia's leading universities are being investigated for possible waste of resources arising from academics undertaking outside paid work, writes Julia Hinde. The Audit Office of New South...
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The THES Diary
It's not my party Alan Johns, president of university and college lecturers' union Natfhe, was all charm at a recent Natfhe parliamentary reception when he particularly singled out the Liberal...
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Cutting edge
The plight of boxer Michael Watson has highlighted the need for professional sports to monitor injury frequency and treatment. Euro 2000 qualifier: the predicted outcome is Scotland 5 - England 4. It...
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Pounds 11 million for Oxon spin-offs
Oxford colleges have created a fund to finance home-grown innovations. Kam Patel reports A good sign: research at Opsys Oxford University last week made a concerted effort to boost its links with...
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Natfhe to accept employers' revised pay offer
Natfhe has agreed to accept the employers' revised pay offer, which involves setting up working groups on sex discrimination and casualisation with an agreed timetable for action.
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Don's Diary
Thursday An orderly week ahead. Drive to Cambridge to examine a doctorate and then scout tour-sites for next week's "Robin Hood" conference in Nottingham. Friday Disorder looms. According to...
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Ministers accused of cover-up
The government was this week accused of suppressing a survey it commissioned that threatened to wreck its plans to scrap student maintenance grants and introduce undergraduate tuition fees. Liberal...
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Wellcome talks of home for X-ray source
The Wellcome Trust's board of governors met on Wednesday to discuss the siting of the United Kingdom's Pounds 200 million X-ray source for biomedical and physical sciences research. The trust, which...
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University chemists get poor pickings
Chemical companies are "acutely concerned" about the government's under-investment in university infrastructure support, according to a survey of 67 top firms by the Chemical Industries Association....