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Innovation centres planned The government is to spend £30 million setting up five innovation centres at universities in Durham and Newcastle, Manchester, Bristol, the West Midlands and Sheffield. The...
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V-cs' boss quits to head education department The executive director of the Australian vice-chancellors’ committee, Stuart Hamilton, has quit to head the department of education, employment and...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Private sector companies would play a big part in running a revamped secondary school system in a second Labour term. Keele University has spun off a company to exploit breakthroughs...
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TV & radio guide - Tuesday
The Secrets of Maps (9.30 am). "Colonial Secrets": Simon Calder on the maps of British colonies that were ordered in 1670. Harsh Realities (9.00 R4). Medical series on NHS priorities and treatment....
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Chancellor Gordon Brown is attempting to safeguard his plan for a US-style tax credit on research, which could fall foul of European Union rules. A white paper on industrial...
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Latest UK news
Cash proposal to recruit teachers Undergraduates would be paid up to £2,000 to train as teachers during their summer holidays under plans unveiled today. Other initiatives outlined in the...
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Latest international news
Mexican undergraduates face expulsion Students who last week held captive more than 30 political science professors by removing their trousers and shoes face expulsion from the National...
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TV & radio guide - Monday
Schumann's Lost Romance (4.30 am C4). Did Clara Schumann distort our view of husband Robert's work by suppressing some of his music after his death in 1856? Cellist Stephen Isserlis investigates,...
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TV & radio guide - weekend
SATURDAY February 10 » Breaking the Seal : Military Records (9.30 am BBC2). Part three of Open University series on archives first shown last year. Pounds, Shillings and New Pence (10.30 am R4). Evan...
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Laurie Taylor column
All rise for the vice-chancellor. Thank you, bursar. As you will know, this emergency meeting of senate has been called to deal with our recruitment crisis. Despite everyone's best efforts, there is...
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Letter: Monster spends
As promised on your front page, James Lovelock's review of The Quest for Mars (Books, THES, February 2) did slay some monster myths about Mars. But I would be sad if it spawned a new myth. Lovelock...
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Letter: RAE is failing us
While I agree that excellence in research comes through diversity (Research, THES, February 2), another factor is equality of opportunity for emerging subjects. Unfortunately it looks as though the...
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Letter: Rude awakening
Over recent months I, too, have received a number of emails from ac.uk addresses - among them, Portsmouth, Southampton and Huddersfield - inviting me to subscribe to pornographic sites or to clear my...
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Letter: Voyage of rediscovery
I am mildly amused that Denmark is the latest country to discover that counting research publications devalues research ("Re-user friendly data", THES, January 26). The same discovery was made by the...
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Letter: Luton qualification
The quotes attributed to me on the front page last week ("Cuts looming as students fail to sign up", THES, February 2) require qualification as to their accuracy and legitimacy. I was invited to...