Students foot bill
Efficiency gains imposed by the Government on teacher training courses mean travel and equipment costs are being passed on to students, MPs were told this week. The extra costs could become a barrier...
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It's academia, Jim
Continuing funding cuts may raise fears about the survival of higher education institutions, but at least one university can be confident of a happy and secure future. The final episode of Star Trek...
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Scientists get spare parts for Cluster's next stand
A replacement for the space mission Cluster could be in the skies as early as next summer, in a slimmed-down form. Cluster II, whose predecessor exploded just after being launched earlier this month...
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Commonwealth fails to lure scholars
The Commission on Commonwealth Studies has called for universities in the Commonwealth to work together to help address the "truly appalling" lack of awareness and understanding of the grouping. The...
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Of all the projects in all the world . . . video gets Pounds 2m
Interactive television, video megastores for home shoppers and the creation of 3D models from film and video that could place the user in Rick's Bar in Casablanca are among the areas to be explored...
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Yugoslavia counts cost of sanctions
Sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia by the United Nations have had a devastating effect on its higher education. International links are all but severed, and apart from immediate material constraints,...
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Universities' critical role in stable society
The London conference on challenges to the Dearing committee (THES, June 21), reflected in part some received and dangerously unquestioned assumptions about higher education. Discussion focused on...
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Talk on the wild side
Animals can be eaten, worn and hunted and it is a misguided morality that assigns them rights, argues Roger Scruton. The religious worldview, which sees humanity as the high point of God's creation,...
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Jobs axe to fall in Scotland
Scottish higher education institutions are facing the loss of more than 1,100 jobs, half of them academic, if the Government goes ahead with its funding cuts for the next three years. John Arbuthnott...
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Oz v-cs fear Pounds 250m loss
Australian prime minister John Howard has refused to rule out possible cuts of up to Aus$500 million (Pounds 250 million) in spending on higher education. He failed to allay vice chancellors' fears...
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Flights of fancy
Edinburgh University principal Sir Stewart Sutherland, first speaker at the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals' annual forum, was charged with informing delegates about the fire exits...
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Lang praises ROPAs
More than 250 research projects worth Pounds 18 million have received the Government go-ahead in an initiative to encourage links between industry and universities. Announcing the awards last week,...
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Experts in a lava over big Jenny
An ominous volcano deep in the Caribbean is making threats from volcanoes in New Zealand and Italy this month pale into insignificance, a Southampton geologist said this week. Kick 'em Jenny, a...
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Flywheel puts extra energy into the future of urban driving
The efficiency of passenger cars could be improved dramatically by research at Newcastle University aimed at developing "hybrid" vehicles powered by a flywheel in addition to a conventional engine....
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Violence rocks South Africa
Student unrest has hit nearly a third of South Africa's 35 universities and technikons in the past two months in what many people believe has been a combination of student organisations flexing their...