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V-cs' line to MPs under attack
Vice chancellors have criticised the Parliamentary University Group, set up in November, for failing to improve links between higher education and members of parliament. Kenneth Edwards, chairman of...
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Last-minute French reform
The outgoing French government of Edouard Balladur has pushed through controversial university reforms between the two rounds of the country's presidential poll. At its penultimate cabinet meeting...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. M J Owen, senior lecturer in neuropsychiatric genetics (department of psychological medicine and institute of medical genetics), (personal chair). UNIVERSITY...
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Honours
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND. Honorary doctorates were awarded to the following in March: Richard Noble, founder and chairman of SSC Programmes Ltd; Royden Axe, managing director of Design Research...
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Grants
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY. Research contracts: Professor C. Ferguson, Pounds 80,628 from the DoE (sampling strategies); Dr G. Sanders, Pounds 257,700 from the DoE (effect of air pollution on crops...
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Events
DESIRE BY DESIGN. 'Desire by Design: Body, Territory and Technology' is a one-day symposium and exhibition organised by Cutting Edge, a university research group focussing on issues of gender, design...
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A fat lot of good
Gail Vines talks to Caroline Pond, the zoologist who has uncovered the benefits of adipose tissue. We think of adipose tissue as an ill-defined repository for excess calories - as something to be...
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Nicholas Negroponte in London for the launch of his book, Being Digital
(Photograph) - Outline of the future: Nicholas Negroponte, director of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in London for the launch of his book Being Digital. An obsessive...
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Cuts cast doubt on NRI sale
University interest in bidding for the Natural Resources Institute could be damaged by the cuts it will undergo over the next year, according to Greenwich University, one of the bidders. Eight groups...
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All my own work
(Photograph) - All my own work: Sonja Kielty, Bradford University Gallery II visual arts assistant with Frank Darnley's burnished steel sculpture, "The Unfettered Spirit of DIY", part of his ten-...
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Israel warns students on UK study
Attempts by British universities to capture part of the market for first and second degrees in Israel have led the Israeli government to issue a warning to students over non-approved courses. The...
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Funders float modular formula
Welsh universities and colleges are considering plans for a new funding system for part-time higher education courses. A consultation paper issued by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales...
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Reds flagging
Whatever the outcome of Labour's conference on Clause Four tomorrow, Brian Brivati argues that the debate has illustrated the power of the proceduralists and the eclipse of the ideologues. We know...
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Getting granny wired
With the average age of Internet users 23 and declining, Nicholas Negroponte has produced a guide for parents lost in cyberspace. Kam Patel reports. Within minutes of arriving at the Langham Hilton...