A goodbye to goodwill
Natalie Fenton believes that industrial action is the only option left in the battle to protect the health of higher education. Being involved in industrial action is an unusual state of affairs for...
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Research funding sources
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY www.lms.ac.uk Support of joint research groups...
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Unlucky for some, unlucky for all
Thirteen is just another number, says Richard Wiseman, unless you plan to sing in the Eurovision Song Contest... The bad news is that 1999 contains an unusually high number of Friday the 13ths. And...
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The snake harmers
A primitive, single-celled blood parasite could be the answer to a Pacific island's prayers, potentially ridding it of a snake plague. Scientists at the University of Queensland in Brisbane have...
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Active women break the age barrier
Donning a tracksuit could knock up to 15 years off the female ageing process, says new research from the University of Sydney. A study of women aged 55 to 70 by Ross Hansen, lecturer in the...
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A capital idea for learning
In the third of our series on research in the southern hemisphere, Julia Hinde examines the work of the Canberra-based Australian National University - a major contributor to regional science - whose...
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Scientific Fab Four unite to create for-profit research consultancy for unis and industry
Foresight in the United Kingdom brings together industry and academia to identify the research needs and opportunities of the future. In Australia, four eminent scientists have created their own...
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Bettongs and bandicoots return to the Outback
Near-extinct species lost from the Australian bush are being re-introduced thanks to the determination of scientists who are helping return the Outback to its pre-colonial glory. Jeff Short,...
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Cutting edge
Scientists at the University of Auckland are studying the magnetic sixth sense that helps some animals to find their way home. For more than 100 years the magnetic sense seemed a phantom: a sense...
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UK caught in 'degree-sale' crossfire
The British Council has stepped into an escalating dispute in Israel over "British degrees for sale". A senior British Council official in Tel Aviv warned this week that some British universities are...
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Universities 'can go it alone'
Universities would be better off left to their own devices, according to a MORI poll of student attitudes compiled by the Adam Smith Institute. Forty-nine per cent of the 1,000 students surveyed...
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SHEFC reassesses funding for teaching
* The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council plans to revamp its funding method for teaching to give more recognition to lifelong learning. SHEFC has decided in principle to shift to a new system...
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Lib Dem leader vows to improve education
Charles Kennedy marked his victory in the Liberal Democrat leadership contest this week by hailing himself as champion of the socially and economically dispossessed. Mr Kennedy (Ross, Skye and...
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Academics keep eye on Scottish Parliament
Two academics have published the first in a series of pamphlets that aims to prevent members of the Scottish Parliament being controlled by the Sir Humphreys of the Scottish executive when making...
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Case gives lecturers right to holiday pay
David Evans, general secretary of the Lecturers' Employment Action Fellowship, has claimed that a landmark employment tribunal in London, the case of Ralton v Havering College, looks set to do away...