Beta Cell Biology Consortium
Deadline: 16/03/2001
Deadline: 16/03/2001
Deadline: 05/01/2001
Deadline: 31/01/2001
(All time pm unless stated.) Melvyn Bragg: In Our Time (9.00 am R4). The last of the current series discusses nihilism, nothingness and Nietzsche with philosophers Rob Hopkins and Raymond Tallis....
Yale offers incentive to foreign students Yale University is to extend its "need-blind" admission policy to foreign students, guaranteeing that it will financially support successful applicants. The...
Cubie warns of 'graduate tax' Andrew Cubie, convenor of the independent inquiry in Scotland that proposed a £25,000 earnings threshold for contributions to a graduate endowment scheme, has warned...
FINANCIAL TIMES Edinburgh University will announce a groundbreaking deal to borrow £40m through an unsecured loan - a possible blueprint for similar moves at English universities THE GUARDIAN Private...
(All times pm unless stated.) Natural Design – Robocritters (8.00 am, repeated 11.00 am, 2.00, 5.00, 8.00 BBC Knowledge). How robot designers are learning from the natural world. Meridian: The...
British pretender collects cash in Paraguay The chairman of an allegedly British institution, The England and Wales University, has obtained an undisclosed sum from private universities in...
OU opposes limits on bursaries The Open University in Scotland has condemned the Scottish Executive’s plans to limit mature students’ bursaries to full-time students. In a submission to today’s...
FINANCIAL TIMES Nycomed-Amersham, a British drugs company, is set to conduct genetic research in China and Brazil in a money-saving move that will also help sidestep protests in the United Kingdom...
(All times pm unless stated.) Ian Hislop's School Rules (1.15 am C4). Hislop's education series recalls the dawn of comprehensive education (repeat). Bernstein (2.10 am C4). Leonard, that is (repeat...
Durban don loses dismissal fight An anthropology professor at the University of Natal has been recommended for immediate dismissal by a committee of inquiry that found her guilty of serious...
FINANCIAL TIMES The perception that MBA programmes turn out ruthless, power-hungry egoists whose only attitude to business is how to make money could be true, according to the latest research from...
TUC backs paid study leave The Trades Union Congress has added its weight to a push for paid training leave for all employees. Labour MP David Chaytor launched a bill last week...