Nolan welcomes check on agencies
GOVERNMENT plans to create a forum for agencies that keep an eye on quangos and such public bodies as universities have received a cautious welcome from Lord Nolan, chairman of the Committee on...
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Quango pay rattles parties
EDUCATION quangos have come under fire from both main opposition parties as they strive to push sleaze to the top of the election agenda. The Liberal Democrats have attacked quango chiefs' pay rises...
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Who is paid how much to do what
Higher Education Funding Council for England. Chairman: Sir Ron Dearing/Brandon Gough(appointed April 1993) - twodays per week - Pounds 41,000 (92/94); Pounds 35,000 (94/95); Pounds 36,000 (95/96)....
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Buzz groups enter history
TEN years ago a Leverhulme Trust-funded study concluded that "history remains one of the subjects least susceptible to external manipulation". The picture was of a discipline "only responsive to...
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Pop gets classical experts into the rhythm
WHEN STUDENT demand forces traditional university music departments to turn to pop, serious issues get drummed up. As Derek Scott of Salford University puts it, yodelling, growling, whistling and...
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Forty-four ideas to spread
The English funding council is pouring Pounds 8 million into projects to enhance teaching. Alison Utley reports. NEARLY everyone from the medievalists to the medics agrees that university teaching...
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Mind scanners move in
Neuroscience is unravelling more about the functions of the brain. THE uncertainties of brain surgery could soon be overcome thanks to cutting-edge research at London University. Scientists at the...
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UK team helps to save rare bustard
ONE OF the world's most endangered birds, the Houbara bustard, has found saviours at the University of Abertay Dundee school of molecular and life sciences. Researchers at the university are battling...
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Metal aids cancer treatment
A RADICAL new approach to controlling radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer patients could be ready for clinical use within two years. Researchers at Coventry University's multi-disciplinary...
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Conscious union
PHILOSOPHERS and psychologists are putting their heads together in a cross-university project examining consciousness. The project, run by Warwick University in collaboration with researchers at...
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How eyes fine-tune
SCIENTISTS at Sussex University working on how information received through the eye is translated by the brain into hand movements are close to understanding how pianists read music. Michael Land, of...
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Seeing you seeing me
NEURO-RESEARCHERS have discovered what appears to be a brain spot governing human beliefs about the world, helping to explain and potentially assist autistic and schizophrenic people. Chris and Uta...
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Museums face bar on asset sell-offs
THE MUSEUMS and Galleries Commission is seeking to strengthen legal protection for university museums amid fears that higher education cuts are making collections vulnerable to "asset-stripping"....
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Moves for stability
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has introduced measures to promote stability next year and support top research in the long-term. It has phased in changes in research...
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Teaching
Of the Pounds 2,380 million allocated for teaching, Pounds 2,326 million is core funding - 98 per cent of the total compared to 99 per cent last year. An extra Pounds 34 million will be available as...