Believers who stray made to pay
Boston Some American universities and colleges with religious affiliations have come under attack for endangering academic freedom by acting upon their beliefs. One Catholic college cancelled an...
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Graduation goes off with a bang
Ibadan An explosion disrupted the 50th graduation ceremony at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, minutes before the country's head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, was scheduled to arrive....
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Call for independent inquiry at Anglia
Lecturers' union Natfhe is demanding a full independent inquiry at Anglia Polytechnic University following an investigation by The THES into allegations of nepotism, bullying and senior-level...
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Growth of the LSE Library leads to Huge storage problems
Just about every measure of library activity at the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics shows expansion. Librarian Jean Sykes believes this reflects...
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Hunt for Easter tree
British scientists are behind an international rescue bid to return a flowering hardwood tree, now extinct in the wild, to its native Pacific home of Easter Island. The toromiro tree, Sophora...
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Two-pronged attack on rheumatoid arthritis
An innovative two-pronged attack to prevent the progress of rheumatoid arthritis is being pioneered by scientists at the University of Leeds. In rheumatoid arthritis the body's immune system attacks...
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The borrowers' life on the shelf
Soaring publication prices hit university libraries just when they were getting to grips with greater student demand and the information revolution. Kam Patel asks if they can rise to the challenges...
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Biologists fear thinning of classifying ranks
Species are becoming extinct faster than they can be described but, alarmingly, fewer and fewer students are studying systematic biology, a report says. Published this week, The Web of Life, a new...
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Tyro scientists 'missing out'
Young scientists - even the most brilliant - find it difficult to get a foot on the research funding ladder, Save British Science told science minister Lord Sainsbury this week, writes Julia Hinde....
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Oxford to exploit inventions in spin-offs
The University of Oxford has launched two more spin-off companies, bringing the total to four this year. The latest companies are developing a new form of computer tool and a new class of medical...
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Physicists face budget dilemma
Particle physicists and astronomers are drawing up plans for coping with a static budget following a disappointing allocation of funds as part of the comprehensive spending review, writes Alison...
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The number of PhD students funded by PPARC is likely to be increased by 10 per cent to 20 per cent by 2000
* The number of PhD students funded by PPARC is likely to be increased by 10 per cent to 20 per cent by 2000, depending on a vote taken at today's PPARC council meeting. PPARC also has plans to...
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Dons resist North legacy
Oxford dons are resisting moves to erode the traditional autonomy of the university's colleges through increased centralisation. Oxford's Congregation debated proposals this week to reform and...
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Academy 'will stop writers feeling lost'
Novelists Celia Brayfield and Carmen Callil have gone public this week with their proposal to set up Britain's first National Academy of Writing with lottery backing. The academy will mirror the...
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Curtis Brown Ltd
Literary agents Curtis Brown Ltd will offer a Pounds 1,000 prize for the best novel written by a student on the MA programme in novel writing run by the University of Manchester. The prize will go to...