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Government signals makeover for learning accounts The goverment intends to introduce βnew lookβ individual learning accounts to boost adult skills. Education secretary Estelle Morris announced the...
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Teachers warned on political stance The Department for Education has warned teachers not to profess strong opinions about the military action in Afghanistan. "Many parents, teachers and young people...
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It's a hellish title
Education minister Margaret Hodge has been clarifying her title. At this week's launch of the learning and skills research centre, a government-funded body looking at post-16 education, she said: "I...
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Fearful of falling at the first hurdle
Libraries are treasure troves of information but some students do not have the key. Barbara Hull explains. Most lecturers need no reminding that some students today start their undergraduate careers...
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Star Turn: Angela Jacklin
Sharon Ann Holgate meets a Sussex lecturer who finds that the best way to understand special-needs children is to experience learning as they do. Angela Jacklin has an effective way of showing...
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A sorry tale of BSE blunders
Even before the botched experiment on BSE in sheep made the news, shortcomings in Maff's studies of BSE had been pointed out by Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, who thinks the government should change how its...
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Cutting Edge: David Cantrill
Growing up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, I often escaped to the bush to explore. The variety of unusual plants held a fascination that I suspect stemmed largely from my father's work as a...
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EU learns a vital lesson from BSE
Alan Osborn reports on the fight for slices of the Sixth Framework cake. The European Commission has proposed significant changes to the European Union's Sixth Framework research programme, aimed at...
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French plug skills gap
Jane Marshall reports on how a potential exodus is being used to rejuvenate scientific research. France is to create 1,000 public research posts in the next three years in a bid to stave off an...
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Planes put heritage on the map
An aerial survey of England will reveal the nation's archaeological heritage in unprecedented detail, writes Steve Farrar. English Heritage is accelerating its national mapping programme, while the...
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US clamps down on student visas
President Bush issued a directive this week indicating tighter controls on overseas students arriving in the United States. His announcement, made at the first session of the Homeland Security...
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Plan to combat scrapie flawed
Government plans to rid the United Kingdom of sheep deemed susceptible to scrapie - a disease related to BSE - might fail because a key scientific question remains unresolved. Malcolm Ferguson-Smith...
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Lab fears project snub
Louise Ellman, MP for Liverpool Riverside, has asked science minister Lord Sainsbury to end confusion over the future of the Daresbury Laboratory, which lost the prestigious Diamond Synchrotron to...
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Cambridge hammered in new report Fundamental failings of management and accountability at Cambridge University led to the disasterous implementation of a Β£9 million financial accounting system that...
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No more cash for students, Hodge says
Students can expect no more money from the government's review of undergraduate support, education minister Margaret Hodge said this week. Whatever extra there is for higher education will be...