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Farewell to the rule of thumb
Forget school league tables. A US-developed expert system will give a fuller picture of school performance says Carol Nahra. Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing an innovative...
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Slim platter with a WAD of information
World Academic Database Macmillan, +44 171 881 80; macdir@ macmillan.co.uk, in association with the International Association of Universities Pounds 225 +VAT ISBN 0333 664442 Dual use DOS/ Windows CD...
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Science park life booming
University science parks are booming. The latest review of them found rising employment and increasing levels of investment.Last year alone science parks generated 360 new products and 250 technology...
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Game on
(Photograph) - Game on: Chris Morris, a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, displays his interactive exhibition for teenagers that tackles sex, drugs, health, gambling, smoking, drinking and...
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Research papers
From this week, readers will be able to find research papersrelating to the stories on this page (where indicated)by accessing THESIS, The THES Internet service. The service is available at http://...
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Wavelength
(Photograph) - One of the competitors in the British Students' Surfing Championships riding the waves at Newquay in Cornwall last weekend.
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A quick flutter
(Photograph) - A quick flutter: Maggie Reilly, curator of Glasgow University's zoology collection with some of the insects to be catalogued and displayed with the help of money from the Heritage...
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TTA has launched an Internet site
The TTA has launched an Internet site to "encourage and enthuse" prospective teachers to enter the teaching profession. Course details and information on salary scales can be found on: http://www....
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Bio board in rejig
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is to re-organise. Its two existing boards, basic and strategic research, will be replaced by a single strategy board.
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Back to Facts
* 26.5 per cent of new entrants to full-time first-degree courses in 1995/96 were 21 years and over * 44.5 per cent of new overseas entrants to full-time first-degree courses in 1995/96 were 21 years...
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Scientists get warmer
RESEARCHERS from the University of East Anglia are scouring icy marshes and dredging up bogs to plot summer weather from up to 8,000 years ago. Preliminary findings show unexpected temperature...
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In the eye of the storm
(Photograph) - In the eye of the storm: the British Isles is almost totally engulfed as a severe storm blows in from the Atlantic. As seen by a weather satellite, the white areas are low cloud.
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Lecturers quit FE
THE numbers of further education and sixth-form lecturers taking early retirement increased by more than a third between 1991/92 and 1995/96, while early retirements in higher education decreased by...
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Tough task for new agency
Funding council chiefs have called for the swift introduction of a quality "kite-marking" system for universities and colleges involved in the fast-growing multi-billion pound overseas franchising...