Bright idea
(Photograph) - Bright idea: Patricia Cooper, Emma Burkitt and Ian Walkowski are served tea by MP Austin Mitchell at The Ideas Place cafe in Grimsby. The cafe will provide work experience and training...
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Cambridge gains KuDOS
Research by cancer specialists at Cambridge University is to be commercialised via a Pounds 5 million start-up. Kam Patel reports A cancer treatment company has been launched by Cambridge University...
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Colleges failing to monitor students
Colleges have "much more to do" before the government can be confident that students are getting proper learning opportunities, further education funding chiefs have warned, writes Phil Baty. In a...
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Staff fear crises will worsen
Staff at the two worst failing colleges have criticised recovery plans, claiming the proposed action will unfairly penalise innocent staff and could exacerbate the crises, writes Phil Baty. As the...
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RSA condemns falling standards on design courses
Standards are "patchy" on many design courses and there is evidence of "confusion" over their objectives, according to judges for the Royal Society of Arts annual student design competition. In a...
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Pounds 5 million for Scottish University for Industry
Scottish Enterprise has unveiled a Pounds 160 million action plan to establish Scotland as a leading "learning nation", writes Olga Wojtas. The Scottish Enterprise Network aims to ensure that 60 per...
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A far cry from Florida
Four years ago American scientist Larry Hench came to work in London. Julia Hinde spoke to him about the pros and cons of life in the UK Moving to London was one of the best things American academic...
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Oh dear, what can the matter be?
A new experiment should help to give physics the answer to the age-old question of why matter exists. Alison Goddard reports Why does matter exist? The question has dogged physics for decades....
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Cutting edge
Art and physics appear unlikely partners, but a collaboration between the two is set to provide a glimpse of an unseen world In the 19th century the invention of photography brought dramatic...
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Sex change concern
Fish that change sex because of marine pollution have become a focus of environmental concern, but British and Italian scientists have become award-winners by pointing out that the organic chlorine...
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Pathways to success
(Photograph) - Students take part in a basic Arabic for beginners class at the Pakistani Centre, University of Leeds. The University's Islamic Studies "pathway to higher education" courses won the...
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Ageing population has great potential
Educationists and politicians constantly emphasise the need for lifelong learning, but they generally take a narrow view of life which concentrates on work. "There is a repressive concept, that the...
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Leonardo survives crisis at the Euro Commission
Fraud and mismanagement at the European Commission have tainted the Leonardo project, but it deserves to succeed, writes Sue Waddington As the European Commission considered the implications of the...
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No end in sight to the exploitation of univeristy staff
Anger fuelling Tuesday's strike action by the Association of University Teachers will not be lessened by the draft conclusions of the Bett review (pages 1, 6 and 7). If 3.5 per cent seems inadequate...
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Funders and reviewers pose a threat to freedom
Science cannot be censored like novels or plays. But Index on Censorship's contributors (pages 22-23) articulate widespread concern about the power of two groups, funders and peer reviewers. They...