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Your note about the regulations for degree-awarding powers and university title perpetuates a confusion ("Title up for grabs", August ). You say that for the title of university "institutions will...
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Complaints explained
Gillian Evans has it wrong (Letters, September 3). The Higher Education Act creates one new system, the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, to deal with all types of student...
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Hey, this new drug - it's to die for...
When raw data contradict the published 'findings' on a new drug, it is time to review clinical trials, argues David Healy. Readers opening an issue of any major medical journal are likely to be faced...
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Mamma Mia! How could you resist this rendezvous?
Heavy on policy and light on UK attendance, the first Euroscience Open Forum Conference was never-theless a success, says Pete Wrobe. Whether it was a wish for somewhere hotter and drier in August or...
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Young losers in the generation game
Are the short-term contracts and poor pay suffered by most junior academics driving a wedge between them and senior staff? Chris Bunting reports. For 12 years since finishing his PhD at Birmingham...
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Resourceful Asian seeks partner with money
A rich repository of South Asian culture needs a backer, but universities, though an ideal match, lack the funds, says Sara Wajid. Partnerships between independent archives and universities are like...
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I like a cruise with strings attached
His historical expertise afforded Richard Evans a ticket to a music-filled trip down the Danube. His diary concludes our series on cultural tourism. Simon Schama gives his lectures on the QEII ; I do...
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Today's news
Tories: it's sink or swim for universities Universities will be left to sink or swim under Conservative Party plans for a market where students hold the purse strings and there is no financial safety...
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Latest research news
Genesis propbe to return its Sun cargo The Genesis probe, which left Earth in 2001 to gather particles blown off the Sun, returns its cargo on Wednesday. It will eject a capsule that will enter Earth...
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Today's news
Tories to scrap fees but increase loans The Conservative party will today promise to stick to its plans to abolish top-up fees but make students pay commercial rates of interest on their student...
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US National Institutes of Health Plans Free Public Access to all NIH-Funded Research Publications
Washington, DC, 3 September 2004 Notice: Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is dedicated to improving the health of Americans by conducting and...
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Joint Research Centre scientists & partner organisations to provide a snapshot of the latest results in cancer research - 4 October
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 Who? EU Directorate-General, Joint Research Centre (JRC). What? Media briefing on Joint Research Centre support in developing diagnostic and therapeutic tools. When? 11h00...
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OECD calls on governments to stimulate innovation in biomass
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 A report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to change their policies aimed at encouraging the development of biomass,...
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EMBL scientist part of five million euro transatlantic study into cardiac self-repair
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 Scientists from Italy, Germany and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) are to join forces with colleagues in the US as part of a five million euro investigation...
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GALILEO: The Commission proposes to open negotiations with Ukraine on satellite navigation
Brussels, 7 September 2004 On 2 September 2004, the Commission sought Council approval for its recommendation to start negotiations on a cooperation agreement with Ukraine on the development of a...