Nine-and-a-half lives
The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council is offering a screensaver based on the paradox of Schrodinger's cat, which according to quantum physics can be simultaneously dead and alive....
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Union denounces review tactics
David Triesman, general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, has called on Glasgow University to launch an immediate inquiry into its research assessment exercise strategy....
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Cold water poured on Bath merger
Doubts were raised this week over the proposed merger between Bath University and the University of the West of England in Bristol. Senior officials have stressed that proposals for a full...
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Soton plans La Sainte phoenix
Southampton University will launch a new adult and continuing education campus next month from the ashes of the doomed La Sainte Union College of Higher Education. The college will be "a model for...
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Fairer funds debut
KEY decisions on a fairer system for funding teaching in English higher education are revealed to institutions this week. The new method developed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Sandwich train hits buffers
Glasgow Caledonian University has confirmed that overseas trips and the use of university transport are being investigated as part of an inquiry into alleged misuse of public funds by senior staff....
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Three points to a perfect image
Academic collaborations are proving fruitful for the software designer Kai Krause, whose graphics tools have inspired a generation of digital artists and designers. His company Metatools, now merged...
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Press on the cutting edge
The information explosion is creating shell-shocked newsrooms. Newsrooms which 15 years ago dealt with single-medium (paper), limited resources (clips from their own publication and some books),...
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It's going to be Massive
The virtual student, remote but an integrated part of a learning community, is the goal of research in Nottingham and Sweden. Mike Holderness reports. The scene: the office of the Head of the...
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Access the key to HE
BROADER access and better local involvement are the mainstays of the new Government's higher education policy, one of its education ministers told a conference this week. Higher education minister...
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Green grass of Longdon
Staff in the London, Birmingham and Glasgow offices of the soon-to-be-wound-up Higher Education Quality Council have been warned they may have to consider moving to "somewhere north of Bristol". The...
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Salt beef
From the Department of We Know What They Meant: Strathclyde University student president Douglas Stewart, hosting a party to present next year's union team to a wider world, voiced particular thanks...
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Not reading all about it
Grimley, the "International Property Advisers" have always featured prominently on the universities estate and buildings front. Who better to tell the press about new plans for the Private Finance...
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Passing the test
The Crown Prosecution Service has kindly sent Antithesis a copy of its Code for Crown Prosecutors. Page one, chapter one, section 1.1, first sentence says: "The decision to prosecute an individual is...
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Estonia equalises
From Tokyo to Tallinn attempts are being made to overhaul traditional university matriculation Estonia has introduced a standardised, nationwide university entrance exam, in spite of vociferous...