No 'arm in it, m'lud
Going out on a limb is artist Anthony-Noel Kelly (see Antithesis, passim), due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on Monday where he will plead to charges of stealing body parts. If the talented Mr...
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No brain, no pain
With apologies for lateness, the new year tidings from Mongolia. Here Hogmanay is marked by over-indulgence in dumplings and a deadly form of alcohol called kumiss. This time round thecelebrations...
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A place in time
Accolades for the engineers behind the clockwork radio and the anticipated clockwork energy revolution are popping up like, well, clockwork. First, inventor Trevor Baylis was honoured with an...
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Alien concept
As the Association of University Teachers holds out for Independence Day for all lecturers in higher education, rival Natfhe members want the force to stay with them. But in boldly going for a...
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Yellow card
Southampton football premier league striker Egil Ostenstad may have a score to settle with Southampton University vice chancellor Howard Newby. Arriving on campus to open a students' jobshop, he was...
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Food aid 'misdirected'
Huw Richards reports on the British International Studies Association. Governments are neglecting one of the most effective means of combating starvation in the way they fund United Nations agencies...
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IRA could swap its bombs for bytes
Huw Richards reports on the British International Studies Association. The information revolution is a rare example of technical change that will tip the terms of civil conflict away from the state...
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Heads will roll
This week's alumnus to be proud of (number 154 in the series) is the second person after Oliver Cromwell to find out that removing the monarch's head can lead to controversy. Justin Mortimer, , has...
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Court battle to save 100 jobs
Portsmouth University is threatening to take the National Health Service to court over the loss of a teaching contract, jeopardising 100 jobs. In November The THES reported a decision by the NHS...
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Royal College of Nursing and Natfhe
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Natfhe have sent a joint letter to health minister Baroness Jay saying the new arrangements in the Portsmouth area have serious implications for nurse education...
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Degree without license
The University of Abertay, Dundee has failed in a second bid to win accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for a new degree, only months before the first honours students are...
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UK circuses fall behind
Lack of investment in Britain's new breed of circus companies means they face a bleak future with competitors from abroad outperforming them financially and artistically, according to a Policy...
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Don's Diary
Since the Medical Research Council is better known for good science than good jokes, when they say "Bring your Wellington boots" I take it seriously. I buy a pair. I am off to Uganda to review the...
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No fun at the fair for bachelors-to-be
At a seminar on education in the new millennium, I was struck by the number of well-meant calls for learning to be fun. Fun worries me, however, because it implies something that is superficial....
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Pounds 10m centre to unlock brain's secrets
Understanding of the most sophisticated and complex machine known to man, the human brain, is set for a major boost thanks to a Pounds 10 million gift for the establishment of a world-class research...