A tale of two departments
* Department of chemistry, Imperial College, London 1996 RAE rating: 5 Number of lecturers and professors: 41 Number of post-docs:97 Number of PhD students:175 Research income from the funding...
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Scottish councils' Pounds 616m masterplan to boost wider access
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is beefing up institutions' role in promoting social inclusion and the knowledge economy through its Pounds 616 million of allocations for the coming...
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A picket pity
Negotiations to try to solve the Educational Institute of Scotland's dispute in the new universities have sadly come too late for Paul Cosgrove, lecturer in sculpture at Glasgow School of Art. Due to...
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Brussels
The European Commission has invited applications for subsidies of up to E100,000 (Pounds 61,745) to co-finance academic projects that promote the spread of knowledge of European integration....
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Florence
Foreign-language lettori at the University of Florence have demonstrated against the senate's refusal to take action to rectify their illegal contracts. The flawed contracts were identified by an...
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Universities square up for e-challenge
British universities have to think seriously about merging and forging strategic alliances if they want to compete in the cut-throat world of global higher education, vice-chancellors will hear at a...
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Rivals take to the net
Established higher education providers were warned last week that the "death of distance" gave new competitors a strategic weapon in the battle for customers. Michael Zastrocky, vice-president of...
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MAN gives lift to lifelong learning efforts
Higher education IT staff and systems are underpinning moves to offer lifelong learning across the United Kingdom, a leading specialist has said. Jean Sykes, librarian and director of information...
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'Geniuses' to provide free web lectures
Free Ivy League-quality education could soon be on offer to "everyone, everywhere, forever" if plans by high-tech billionaire Michael Saylor materialise. Mr Saylor last week announced a "down payment...
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Future figures
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants has hailed the dawn of a new age for computer-based training in the accountancy profession with a revised foundation-level syllabus available through...
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Lifelong link
Students at Salford University can now register and pay for short courses and modules online, in an attempt to meet the demands of lifelong learners. Credit-card payments made on the internet will be...
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Scene stealers
Researchers at the University of Surrey are putting human intelligence back into robots operating in hazardous environments such as battlefields or sewers. The "augmented reality" research by the...
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Rights stuff
The Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk is a European Commission project to support and raise awareness of intellectual property rights for small and medium-sized businesses and the research...
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Social club
The Social Science Information Gateway has relaunched its service, offering a new web interface and more personalised facilities. Sosig now offers an internet catalogue providing access to thousands...
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New strata
The Geological Society's three journals are now available free online through Bath-based ingenta information service. The Journal of the Geological Society, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology...