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The Libraries Association is to survey library heads in the higher education sector on the effects of university funding cuts. The results will be published in the spring or early summer. It fears...
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LibDems want cap on tuition
Tuition fees should be capped and institutions which overcharge for courses should be fined, the Liberal Democrats said this week. Unveiling his party's "lifelong learning" policy paper, Paddy...
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Way off target
The much-trumpeted Modern Apprenticeship scheme is failing to take off according to the latest Government figures. Currently, 15,000 young people are pursuing a national vocational qualification...
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Homerton ushered into Cambridge elite
Homerton College, a specialist teacher training institution in Cambridge, is to become more like other Cambridge colleges after being given the go-ahead to admit students for the university's...
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Threat of Internet libel recedes for institutions
The threat of universities being sued for defamatory comments put on the Internet by their students or employees has receded. Conversely, anyone libelled by a university's employee or student, using...
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Historian goes shopping for FBI
A British history professor played a central role in an elaborate FBI sting to catch a Smithsonian curator selling military artifacts from the United States' national collection, it has been revealed...
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LSE director to chair British Library
The London School of Economics is to appoint a caretaker director following the debacle surrounding Sir John Bourn's surprise decision to turn down the job. The news came as the Department of...
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Cartel in awards slammed
A report on the activities of awarding bodies published this week has raised serious concern about the way externally assessed qualifications are run as commercial businesses "lacking proper...
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THESIS
Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features and reviews in the newspaper. Job advertisements appear on THESISon the Tuesday before publication. The service is...
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The way to barcode heaven
The Emergence Of Agriculture - The Food System
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The nurture of the beast
Developmental Psychobiology
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Ants that prey together stay together
Social Evolution in Ants - Army Ants
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Marriage and monkey business
In Quest of the Sacred Baboon
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On the extinction of species by humanselection
The Sixth Extinction
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The American reconstitution
Sly And Able