Sources for research funding
Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk Cancer Research Campaign 10 Cambridge Terrace London NW1 4JL Tel:...
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Part-time work takes its toll
Long hours and low pay are having a serious impact on the performance of students who have to take part-time jobs, according to research published by Glasgow Caledonian and Paisley Universities in...
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The top ten colleges and improving colleges based on A-level point scores
Top ten collegesand sixth-formconsortia average A/AS points score per candidate. Dame Allan's Schools Centre*25.3 Runshaw College 23.1 St Aidan's andSt John FisherAssociated SixthForm Centre*23...
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Eye eye
(Photograph) - Prince Andrew at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, where he opened a new gallery. The observatory, which was founded in 1675, regained its name following the recent closure of the Royal...
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Jo Rusco
(Photograph) - Saving face: Jo Rusco paid her way through a Manchester Metropolitan University sociology degree by face painting.
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The big sleep
(Photograph) - The big sleep: students from Plymouth University staged a sleep-out last month to highlight student poverty and raise funds for the student union's community action programme and to...
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The new social class categories
1 Higher professional and managerial occupations 1a Employersand managers, company directors, health service managers, bank managers 1b Higher professionals Universityand collegelecturers, scientists...
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SBS
We are happy to point out that SBS is not funded by trade unions, contrary to what was said in The THES diary on November . We apologise for this error.
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Students behind bars
Students in 1998 are working too hard in order to make ends meet - and, when they get around to relaxing, are likely to prefer the less demanding end of popular culture to the high-minded stuff their...
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Spelling shaky, history dodgy, football sound
Most students will be relieved when hereditary peers are booted out of the Lords - because they cannot spell hereditary. But the THES/MORI poll showed that students do have some sense of history -...
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Marine panel keeps head above water
Radical changes to the number and make-up of panels are expected for the second round of the government's Foresight programme, which aims to identify growth areas in science, engineering and...
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New Deal is not a good deal for the taxpayer
The government's New Deal for the unemployed is the most expensive way to get young people back into work, according to the Conservatives. Damian Green (pictured), shadow minister for further and...
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Contestant shortlist for University Challenge
Twenty-four universities have been shortlisted in the new University Challenge Fund competition. Chosen from 45 applications, they must now prepare full business cases by January 19. The challenge...
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Flood of applications for sciences funding
The Wellcome Trust expects more than 50 applications from university biological and medical science departments for the first round of the Pounds 600 million Joint Infrastructure Fund, which closes...
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Dance and drama gets Pounds 17 million boost
Nearly 2,500 dance and drama students will benefit from a Pounds 17 million government-funded scholarship programme over the next three years. Higher and further education minister Baroness...