Star Turn
Alison Utley discovers how a lecturing job in the United States relaxed the style of an international communications expert "There's a reading list with websites but it's out of date," Phil Taylor...
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The staff to lean on
Guilty of over-mothering your students or inclined more towards healthy neglect? Can supervisors ever hope to get it right, asks Sally Brown Essays have their place, but give students a dissertation...
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Research bids invited for slice of Pounds 600m
Medical charity the Wellcome Trust and research councils this week invited universities to bid for equipment, buildings and refurbishment from a Pounds 600 million joint government-trust fund. The...
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Bursar admits blunder
Freshers at an Oxford college have been told they will be shut out of their rooms if they fail to pay the Pounds 1,000 tuition fee a week before term starts. They must also provide a financial...
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Natfhe gears up for strike on contracts
Strike action in further education colleges looked imminent this week as branches of university and college lecturers' union Natfhe voted overwhelmingly against accepting a draft deal with employers...
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Mutiny forces Lesotho v-c to flee campus
The vice-chancellor of the National University of Lesotho and more than 60 expatriate families living on campus fled the country under South African army escort at the height of last week's abortive...
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Aboard the good ship Learning
Claire Sansom reports on the maiden voyage of a webcast that circles the world. The Internet will carry what could be the largest educational webcast ever next month. Global Learn Day II, a global...
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Sources for research funding
Each month this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk Breast Cancer Research Trust Grant of up to Pounds 10,000 annually...
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Brunei
Scholarships for Bruneian graduate students in Britain from 1999 were announced last week during the Queen's state visit to Brunei. The scheme is supported by CfBT, the international education...
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Post-graduate
(Photograph) - Post-graduate: South African premier Nelson Mandela receives his honorary degree at the University of the Indian Ocean in Mauritius, before chairing the Southern Africa Development...
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Second call for LINK proposals
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has issued the second call for research proposals under its LINK broadcast technology programme. December 11 is the closing date for outline...
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Masters-level training reviewed
The EPSRC is reviewing its training at masters level. A consultation document for academics has been issued. Views are being sought on issues including the effectiveness of current packages and the...
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Cutting edge
The puzzles of cooling gas in clusters of galaxies and black holes are being investigated with X-ray astronomy After a first in physics at King's London I began a PhD in rocket astronomy at the...
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Streamlined designs
University researchers are working with aerospace firms to bring aircraft to market more quickly and efficiently by improving knowledge-sharing and design, reports Kam Patel Few industries are as...
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Cash for nets in risky computing
The EPSRC is making funds available to create "networks" that link multidisciplinary communities and stimulate research in speculative, high-risk, high-reward areas of computing. Details are...