In the series that I am presenting on Channel 4, An Indian Affair , I look at the relationship between Britain and India, beginning with the East India Company and Robert Clive and finishing with the...
Q. What do students do on the web? And if it is what I think it is, should I stop it - or join in? A. Like any learning environment, the worldwide web offers a feast of enriching educational...
A fire ravaged the informatics department at City University in May, but Anne McHardy found high and low-tech procedures saved vital programs. Two days after a fire destroyed a third of City...
As British blood donations are banned by anxious countries, a team believes it may have found a simple test for vCJD. Emma Baines reports Last year, when the European authorities were advised by...
The EU's Framework 6 will give more autonomy to managers of research projects and harmonise intellectual property rules, Keith Nuthall reports The European Commission has proposed the detailed formal...
Eat your heart out, Rory Bremner. Scientists have discovered an Indonesian octopus that can alter the shape and colour of its body to mimic at least three different creatures. While other species...
The atmosphere is the great leveller when it comes to determining global climate. Scientists have found that it plays a much greater role in redistributing heat from the tropics to the poles than do...
Chile ups spending to boost standards Chilean education minister Mariana Aylwin has announced a special government contribution of 31,000 billion pesos (£30 million) to help raise flagging higher...
£28m PPP builds two FE colleges in NI Sean Farren, Northern Ireland’s minister for employment and learning, has launched a £28 million public-private partnership for new buildings for further...
The Guardian The chief executive of one of the UK's main exam boards quit yesterday after accusations of marking blunders. Christina Townsend left Edexcel following what she described in her...
APPOINTMENTS Royal Northern College of Music The following have been appointed: Melinda Maxwell , director of woodwind studies; Linda Merrick , director of performance studies and senior tutor in...
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