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Physics puts up a fight
A "fight for physics" has been launched by the Institute of Physics to stop 1996/97 budget cuts hitting the discipline, writes Kam Patel. Institute concern was heightened by an internal review of all...
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Currency jitters hit joint work in Europe
The director general of research councils, Sir John Cadogan, warned this week that the cost of British particle physicists' participation in the international particle-smashing research programme at...
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Antithesis
Starter for five Scourge of evasive politicians and anatomiser of the failings of the British establishment, the BBC's Jeremy Paxman might seem a natural hero for students. But not so. No fewer than...
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Missile guidance
Mathematicians are great. They have recently shown us how to maximise our lottery winnings; at what stage of emptiness our beer cans are most unstable; and to walk in the rain because running leaves...
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Bad tidings
Colin McCallum, Strathclyde's director of external affairs and development, was in Canada over Christmas when his father-in-law rang to say: "I've got some bad news for you - your house is flooded."...
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Hacks on heat
Geographers may have to revise their old assurances that the climate of the west of Scotland is wet and warm. Last week's conference of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers...
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Tertiary tricks
Probing another stereotype, psychologists at the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education questioned fresh-faced undergraduates to find how they ensure they do well in their essays. Tender first years...
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Classic cliches
Psychologists explore behind those superficial stereotypes to find the fundamental . . . er . . stereotype underneath. A study of claims that, among orchestral players, brass players are beer-...
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Flamingo road
Forget the status symbol of a Jaguar car on a newly-gravelled drive. Derek Drummond, professor of architecture at McGill University in Montreal, thinks a better sign to watch for is the presence of a...
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Midwife crisis
Also in need of a new name, or rather new generic title, is Paul Lewis, academic head of midwifery and family health at Bournemouth University's Institute of Health and Community Studies. Is he...
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Bart's simplification
Crying out for a more snappy name is the new "St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital school of medicine and dentistry (at Queen Mary and Westfield College)". The college has tried to shorten...
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Wild card course packs them in
The further education centre that last year set up the country's first rock music management course has now worked out how to attract new students to further education. The answer lies very much in...
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Experts split on shift to basics
Academics who have joined forces to produce a book on Government policy options are split over calls for a reduction in higher education funding. Contributing authors to Options for Britain: A...
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Ethics reports on animal organ transplants multiply
In the rush to examine the ethics of transplanting animal organs into humans, three different top committees are to produce reports, writes Aisling Irwin. The Government this week announced the...