Legal lions lie with lambs
Should animals have the same basic legal rights as people? Yes, says Steven Wise, who was incensed by scientists' treatment of a young chimp. In the mid-1980s, a tiny group of Londoners accused the...
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Castaway with no soap and a flatulent boffin
They can split atoms and clone sheep, but maroon scientists on a desolate island minus their gadgetry and can they conjure up a bar of soap? The BBC sent the Open University's Mike Bullivant and four...
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E-volution, not revolution
The first signs are emerging that people are moving away from using the internet -so have universities over-reacted to the e-commerce frenzy? Harriet Swain reports. Dot-coms, e-commerce and web-based...
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A new media chair
The London School of Economics is about to appoint its first professor in new media and the internet. The post will cover research into anything from the social, political and cultural consequences...
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E-business degree
Brunel University will launch a BSc in e-commerce this September. Time has been so tight in pulling together the programme that it will have to be launched through clearing. But David Sims, head of...
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Hatching plots from a Pounds 2.4 million Nesta egg
Next week sees the first Nesta fellowships -no-strings-attached grants for people with good ideas but too little time to pursue them. Anne Sebba offers an exclusive preview. The United Kingdom may...
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The making of a career in crime
David Wilson (below) is striving to give 'jailbirds' a voice through his research into prison study and by righting miscarriages of justice. Claire Sanders talks to the one-time prison governor It...
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Birzeit
The Islamic An Nahdah party won the student council elections at Birzeit University last week with 1,388 votes (22 seats) over the pro-Fatah Jerusalem Bloc, which secured 1,0 votes (20 seats).
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Sources for research funding
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH www.ma.hw.ac.uk/ RSE/index.htm Wellcome Trust Research Workshops The Royal Society of Edinburgh invites applications for grants of up to Pounds 2500 in support of...
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Kuala Lumpur
The Malaysian government is introducing a scheme for parents to save money for their children's higher education. Parents can save on a monthly or daily basis.
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Amman
Students clashed violently with riot police on the campus of the University of Jordan as elections were held for the university's student council on April 25. Ten arrests were made. The majority of...
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Beijing
The number of Chinese students applying for overseas study has reached unprecedented proportions, according to the Chinese ministry of education. Parents are prepared to spend their life savings on...
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TB bug made harmless
A molecular Achilles heel of the deadly bug that causes tuberculosis has been exposed. Scientists have been able to render Mycobacterium tuberculosis harmless by blocking the formation of a single...
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Heriot-Watt ends link
Heriot-Watt University and Limerick Institute of Technology are to sever their links after being accused of "dumbing down" university-validated courses at Limerick. Both institutions deny the...
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Santiago
Two students at Santiago's Universidad Arcis, injured when a Chilean foreign ministry car ran into a crowd of anti-Pinochet demonstrators last month, have lodged a criminal lawsuit for attempted...