Ottawa
Canada's Institutes of Health Research will accept funding applications for embryonic stem-cell research despite the lack of a definitive legal framework.
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Nairobi
Police who found a cache of arms in a student's room at the University of Nairobi, said some had been used in robberies. The main suspect is still at large.
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Brussels
The European Commission has launched a biotechnology website for debates about the field and related issues. It also includes a database of experts, a library and other information. Detail: http://...
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Rome
Italy's National Research Council, National Astrophysics Institute and the Italian Space Agency are under emergency government administration pending reorganisation. Last week, the head of the...
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Bouake
Students in Côte d'Ivoire's second largest university town protested against the invalidation of this academic year because of disruption caused by civil war.
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'Big idea' plucked from a bad old Tory ideology
The Conservatives' latest plan to win votes serves neither higher education nor society, says Margaret Hodge Last week saw another bungled attempt by the Tories to recapture voters' confidence. As...
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Bluffing brothers are two of a kind
"Feeling lucky, Jim?" David Leigh's question was more loaded than a gentle inquiry as to his brother's frame of mind and inclination to gamble. It was a ploy: an opening jab in psychological warfare...
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In the news: Bridget Ogilvie
Dame Bridget Ogilvie has had her differences with the Royal Society. She resigned as chair of the Committee on Public Understanding of Science in 2002, accusing the society of fighting a new strategy...
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Hodge: we will control market
The government may cut funding for student places at newer universities that decide to charge the full £3,000 top-up fee in order to save its higher education policy from collapse, it emerged this...
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Seven-year wait for graduate pay
It takes up to seven years for students to get jobs that pay a graduate premium, according to a study. And those from old universities have a head start over those from higher education colleges and...
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AUT: why should we teach racists?
Lecturers are demanding the right to refuse to teach students who express racist or fascist views, or who are known members of far-right political groups. The Association of University Teachers is...
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Braveheart for Scots learning
Jim Wallace, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, has been appointed minister for enterprise and lifelong learning in the new Scottish cabinet. Mr Wallace, 48, made the axeing of tuition fees...
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Cambridge upbeat despite criticism
The UK head of Cambridge University's flagship enterprise partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said he would not be deterred from taking the project forwards by criticism from...
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Gary Day
As it cosies up to corporate culture, this government is losing sight of what is true and valuable Drat that Charles Clarke. Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let everyone think he was...
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Don's diary: powering down for the winter
Wednesday New Zealand is in the grip of a power crisis. Either we reduce our power consumption by at least 10 per cent or it will be cold showers all round in time for winter. The crisis stems from a...