Strong arm of the law
(Photograph) - Strong arm of the law: Robert Mapplethorpe's controversial photographs, including depictions of sado-masochistic sex, have been deemed "obscene" by the Director of Public Prosecutions...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: * 12 per cent of graduates with degrees in creative arts and design were unemployed six months after graduating * 11 per...
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Nobel Prize-winning chemist on the move
Britain's 1997 Nobel prize-winning chemist John Walker is leaving the Medical Research Council's laboratory of molecular biology in Cambridge to take over as head of its Dunn Nutrition Unit.
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Pounds 300m bill for overheads
Research councils should pay universities up to three times more in indirect costs for research, consultants Coopers and Lybrand may recommend, writes Julia Hinde. The consultants have been re-...
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Anglia hate letter probed
A hate-mail campaign against six academics who have supported complaints of bullying and nepotism at Anglia Polytechnic University is to be investigated by the university. A desk-top published "...
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Research elite lift off
TOP research universities will gain in this year's higher education funding round which makes cuts of less than 1 per cent per student overall. Research is proving the launchpad for a small band of...
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Academic freedom brought to book
A court battle over academic freedom is expected to follow the seizure of a book from a university library that has been deemed obscene by the Director of Public Prosecutions. University of Central...
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Failure to follow advice deemed 'parasitic'
The Natural Environment Research Council this week was taken to pieces by the Public Accounts Committee over the construction of the Southampton University's Oceanography Centre. The committee,...
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Student mobility in Europe under scrutiny
A House of Lords committee has launched a high-speed inquiry into student mobility in Europe. The starting point is the European Commission's plan for the development of community-wide higher...
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New BAe deal for the jobless
British Aerospace is planning to link up with thousands of its suppliers to help deliver the government's New Deal training and employment scheme for jobless 18- to 24-year-olds. The aerospace firm...
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Chairman of the board
(Photograph) - Chairman of the board: six hundred students from more than 40 universities took part in the British University Students annual surfing competition at Newquay, Cornwall, last weekend
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Old boys' club needs reform
Proposals for devolution and university colleges put the CVCP in the spotlight, writes Tony Tysome The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals is preparing for a shake-up in the way it works and...
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Policy framework missing
The shadow secretary for education and the Lib Dem spokesman on education respond to the green paper Even his best friend must concede that on his policy for lifelong learning David Blunkett has...
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Bring FE and HE funding councils together
The funding councils for higher and further education should be "brought together", lecturers' union Natfhe told the House of Commons select committee for education this week. Giving evidence as part...
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Collaborators among the winners
University collaborations were among the winners in the latest round of the government's Biotechnology Challenges. The Department of Trade and Industry this week announced that Pounds 3 million will...