The young ones
If Tony Blair thinks prime ministers are starting to look a little young, he has probably been glancing over the Hungarian election results. Alumnus to be proud of No 175 is Viktor Orban, who at the...
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Chairs
University of Bristol The university has appointed the following: Mumtaz Virji, MRC research fellow at the University of Reading, to the chair in pathology and microbiology; Julian Dowdeswell,...
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Contracts 'threaten academic freedom'
Proposed new staff contracts at Cambridge University will destroy academic freedom and shatter the unique historical structure of the institution, according to campaigners. A review of the university...
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Institute may join U of Wales
SWANSEA Institute may follow other Welsh institutes and seek degree-awarding powers and membership of the University of Wales. David Warner was appointed principal in December to make a...
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MP slams MAFF for moving labs to York
A Labour MP this week attacked the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's decision to move its Central Science Laboratory from Norwich to York, turning away from a leading centre for British...
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Declaration seeks Europe of learning
France, Britain, Germany and Italy took a step towards a University of Europe this week when their representatives signed a declaration calling for more harmonisation of their higher education...
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New phase of Socrates unveiled
Edith Cresson, European commissioner for education, this week unveiled a new phase of Socrates that includes extending the Erasmus student-exchange scheme. For 1998-99, 200,000 student exchanges have...
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UK may aid Mars mission
A tentative agreement being hammered out by the United States, European and Italian space agencies could give Europe a key role in a mission to bring Martian soil to earth. But it also means British-...
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Action over late doctor call-out
The vice-chancellor, student union and parents of a student who caught meningitis at Swansea University have all complained to the local health authority about a 12-hour delay in treatment. In an...
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Wand to aid blind
A "musical" wand to help blind people cross the road is being developed by scientists at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. John Cronly-Dillon, professor in the...
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Down's spectacles alert sounded
SPECTACLES make no difference to long-sighted children with Down's syndrome and can make those with short sight worse off at near distances, recent research has shown. About 96 per cent of children...
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Plan splits Greeks
Should Greece develop private universities? The issue is splitting Greek public opinion, and the politicians, down the middle. Ministers have contradicted each other and MPs clashed during a...
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Moscow defends overhaul
Russian academics' fears that the university system will be weakened by a government drive to restructure it have been dismissed by officials in Moscow. Moves to streamline Russia's hotch-potch of...
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Merger mooted for hack school
France's leading journalism school, the Paris-based Centre de formation et perfectionnement des journalistes (CFPJ), is likely to seek a merger with a rival in the northern city of Lille after its...
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Mafia probe rector wins poll
Diego Cuzzocrea, rector of Messina University in Sicily, has been re-elected following a first term marked by heightened anxieties over corruption investigations, intimidations, assaults and the...