A few that got away
Does the research assessment exercise get you down? Do you dream of jacking it all in for a job in the real world? Kate Worsley talks to some of those who have made the leap from the ivory tower and...
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Crimes against humanity
Genetic scientists who violate the balance between person and body are in the same league as serial killers, argues David Canter. In a telephone kiosk outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Tara and...
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Gone fishing
(Photograph) - Malcolm Peet, reader and lecturer at the University of Sheffield's department of psychiatry, with a fish oil supplement that could benefit schizophrenics. The department has just...
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Show your interests
Scientists should disclose deals that may pose a conflict of interest, argues Sheldon Krimsky Reports of conflicts of interest in the biomedical sciences are becoming routine in North America. Just...
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Should scientists have to disclose their financial interests?
Should scientists have to disclose their financial interests? Email us on soapbox@thes.co.uk
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Madrid
Esperanza Aguirre has been replaced as Spanish education minister by Mariano Rajoy, formerly minster of public administration. Representatives of the academic community expressed relief at Ms Aguirre...
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Stephen Byer's Commons speech
Competitiveness was at the heart of Stephen Byers's Commons speech last week, the first since he became trade and industry secretary. "We intend to move forward and to deliver on our commitment to...
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UCL looks overseas for House of Lords reform
Academics at University College London are conducting a major study of parliamentary structures overseas as part of the Royal Commission inquiry into the House of Lords.
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Screen painting
(Photograph) - Miriam Hinds, a postgraduate student in textile and fashion at Winchester School of Art, has designed computer artwork that can be printed directly onto fabric. Dutch firm Stork has...
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Findings from the AAAS
Julia Hinde reports from the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Anaheim, California Gum disease linked to premature births US scientists have provided what may be...
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The THES Diary
From cradle to grave Watchdog Ofsted's crusade to raise standards has not ignored the tiny. Inspectors, whose professional zeal has been blamed for causing nervous breakdowns among teachers, include...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in the THES...Jenny Hewison argued that lifelong learning was making nurses leave the National Health Service ANNE MARIE RAFFERTY. DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR POLICY IN NURSING RESEARCH ROYAL...
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Ministers act as poor jump ship
The government moved this week to shore up the numbers of older and poorer students as figures confirmed that applications from mature students for full-time higher education places in 1999 had...
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FE calls top helpline figures
A third of calls to the government's Learning Direct helpline were about FE opportunities. Figures for the first 11 months show that of the 406,069 calls, over 135,000 were about college courses. One...
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Appeals body rules in favour of exam board
Claims that defective A-level grades were awarded by the Oxford and Cambridge Examinations and Assessment Council have been rejected by the Independent Appeals Authority for School Examinations....