Fourth estate has left for new shores
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Endeavours to delay the time of our departure
The Secret History of the War on Cancer
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Enduring efforts to embrace dissenters
Divided by Faith
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On the move...
York University has conferred a number of professorships. John Bryan , head of music and drama, becomes professor of music; Tim Thornton , specialist in late medieval and early modern political and...
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Thumping good time
Lecturer Katie Bull and research and knowledge transfer co-ordinator Chrissie Ferngrove took part in Winchester University's first 'stress- busting' drumming workshop last week. Enthusiasm for the...
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CBI queries skills plan
The director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has cast doubt on the Government's flagship policy to increase university- level skills in the workplace. Richard Lambert said businesses...
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Biosecurity check
The Innovation, Universities and Skills Select Committee has announced an inquiry into Bio-security in UK research laboratories. It will hold an evidence session on the proposed UK Centre for Medical...
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Loan rate protests
The president of the National Union of Students is calling for changes to the rate of interest on student loans. Gemma Tumelty has written to Universities Secretary John Denham to say she is...
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Unistats site is a hit
A new website providing information to university applicants about courses is receiving 4,800 visits and 82,000 page impressions a day. Unistats, launched last month, replaces the Teaching Quality...
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Human rights prize
The Council for the Assistance to Refugee Academics is to receive the University of Graz's Human Rights Prize 2007. Cara, founded in 1933 to support scientists persecuted by the Nazis, today provides...
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Concert hall approval
London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama has been given the go- ahead for a £70 million development. The building, which has been granted planning permission by the City of London Corporation,...
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Library to bring kudos
Aberdeen City Council has approved plans for a new £57 million library at Aberdeen University. The library, the university's largest ever capital development, is part of a £230 million investment...
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Power to 'mini' v-cs
Four "mini" vice-chancellors have been appointed to lead new academic colleges at Birmingham University. In a major reorganisation, the 19 schools are being replaced with five unified colleges. The...
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Unequal gains
People from high-income groups are still more than four times as likely to get a degree as those from low-income groups, new research shows. A study by the Sutton Trust reveals that social mobility...