Queen's castle dogged by debt
A Canadian university is divided over the potential sale of an unusual asset - a 15th-century castle in the south of England. Few universities in Canada own property that is older than the country...
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Students told to hurry degrees
The Netherlands' controversial study finance scheme has come under renewed fire from students and universities. Their targets are changes to the 1993 legislation that links grants to performance. The...
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All researchers need management skills
The effect of highly personalising the article "Stress and the single manager" (THES, May 31) was to overlook most of the main issues addressed by the Association of Directors of Research Centres in...
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A shot in the dark
Scientists have jumped the gun in saying that environmental pollutants will cause the infertility of the human race. Where is the evidence? asks Gillian Bentley. The public could hardly be blamed for...
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Asthma jab in sight
A vaccine against asthma could be a reality within ten years, a leading specialist predicted this week. The vaccine would be the conclusion of a fertile area of research showing that people are less...
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New space mission
Space scientists have vowed to rebuild Cluster, the European space mission which exploded just after its launch in French Guiana last week. They want to build a more modest version of the mission -...
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Nigerian murder protests
Nigerian student leaders declared a day of mourning this week for Kudirat Abiola, the murdered senior wife of the detained opposition leader, and other detained and assassinated pro-democracy...
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No freeze on postgraduate roll
My colleague Mike Goldstein expresses his surprise (THES, June 7) that the proposal in the recent review of postgraduate education, which I chaired, to "freeze" the number of taught postgraduate...
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Single minded
One theory of consciousness rules supreme, Tony Durham reports, while readers reply to one scientist's views. Judging by the 100 or so responses to our questionnaire on consciousness, THES readers...
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MRC to lose only doctor in the house
The Medical Research Council is to lose its second most senior post as a result of senior management reviews conducted by the Treasury. This, combined with the loss of two more of its senior staff...
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Students connect to careers on Net
Three-quarters of Britain's students already use the Internet and 30 per cent of them seek careers advice in this way according to research by the Manchester-based Central Services Unit. The CSU,...
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Cancer cure hope
The possibility of curing cancer is no longer a pipe dream according to Dundee University researcher David Lane. Professor Lane has won international recognition for discovering the tumour suppressor...
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Bridge builders
The number of women studying architecture has risen from 26 per cent of the total last year to 31 per cent for 1995/96, according to the Royal Institute of British Architects. There were 2,315...
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Cash for Hunter
The Government has pledged cash support for a new computer system designed to identify bogus grant applications. Eric Forth, the higher education minister, announced a Pounds 70,000 grant towards...
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Top-up fees on agenda
Birmingham University's response to the cuts could include the imposition of a top-up fee on first-year students from 1997/98. Gill Allcutt, director of finance, last week informed finance directors...