From today's UK papers
£1m can buy you happiness A ten year study has confirmed what the underpaid and overworked majority always feared: money can buy you happiness. The only problem is the £1 million price tag....
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Scots students demand support reforms Students from seven Scottish higher education institutions are demanding further student support reforms after unveiling a £534 million "wall of debt" outside...
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From today's UK papers
Former Greenpeace chief joins Monsanto's PR firm Lord Melchett, the former head of Greenpeace, who led its campaign against genetically modified crops, has accepted a salaried job with a public...
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Minister secures education and skills windfall Education and skills secretary Estelle Morris has secured an extra £195 million for her department, it emerged today. The windfall includes £100 million...
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Workshop to analyse relationship between science and news - Tobago, 26-28 February 2002
Brussels, 20 December 2001 An international workshop in Tobago on 26 to 28 February will focus on the role of news professionals in covering science. The event falls into three sections. Firstly the...
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FE watchdog names new chief David Bell, chief executive of Bedfordshire County Council, is to be the new head of the schools and further education watchdog Ofsted from next month. Mr Bell has been a...
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From today's UK papers
Free museums bring visitors flocking back Attendance of national museums and galleries has doubled in the month since the abolition of admission charges, figures released by the government indicate...
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Researchers join war on terror
Universities on both sides of the Atlantic are to play a central role in the battle against terrorism as governments prepare to release extra money for research into bioterrorism and related areas....
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Cutting edge: Sally Martin
Archaeology does not limit itself to the past in Albania. The Butrint site lies in the south of Albania, just inland from the Straits of Corfu. Humans first settled there in the Middle Palaeolithic...
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From today's UK papers
Open University popularity increasing Growing numbers of school-leavers are choosing to earn while they learn, by taking Open University degrees at the same time as holding down full-time job rather...
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Scotland scraps ILAs amid fears of fraud Wendy Alexander, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has axed the individual learning account scheme in Scotland after fraud...
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Next week
News Oxford and Cambridge race to reform their governance . Features Museum pieces: what will tomorrow's museum's look like? Academic hurdles: the politics of sports at universities and the rise and...
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Geographers shown the way to the classroom
Geography departments are being urged to join a national scheme promoting a teaching career to their students in a bid to combat dwindling higher education intakes. The Royal Geographical Society-...
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Sizer urges respect for parliament
John Sizer retired this week as founding chief executive of the Scottish higher and further education funding councils full of praise for devolved Scotland, writes Olga Wojtas. He said he took the...
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Scientists fail to tackle fraud
Universities must take research fraud more seriously and help lead the fight against unscrupulous scientists, according to the Committee on Publication Ethics. The fourth annual report from Cope, a...