Farmers fear grants pinch
Farmers and the self-employed face cut-backs in grants to their student dependents if the Irish government accepts a recommendation to take assets and capital into account. At present grants are...
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The gene genies
Anyone who has sat on a modern jury trying a case of rape knows about the DNA test. The matching of DNA in semen from the rapist with that found on the victim is a powerful piece of evidence. But it...
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Blowing the whistle on referees
The research selectivity exercise presumes that the best papers get published in the best journals. The evidence suggests that on the contrary, the refereeing process discriminates against the best...
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Youth returns to college fold
Between 10 and 15 per cent more students enrolled for higher education in Russia this academic year compared with the previous year, reversing a decline which started in 1991. An analysis of...
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Israelis raid university
Israeli army and security service units raided the premises of the science and technology campus of Al-Quds University at Abu-Dis southeast of Jerusalem late last month in a move to crack down on...
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Campuses closed for World Cup
Nigeria's 31 universities, which only re-opened late last month, may once again be closed down to prevent student activism during most of March when the Junior World Cup football tournament takes...
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Clinton begs college chiefs to back tax perk
Twenty-seven university presidents breakfasted at the White House last week as President Clinton made a determined effort to win support from higher education for his proposed tax deduction for...
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Republicans gun for arts cash
One measure of the huge political transformation taking place in the United States is that two grant-making bodies, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities,...
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Caution at reversal of humanities decline
For the first time in more than eight years, the proportion of Australian students taking arts degrees has stopped falling. Latest statistics from the federal education department show that the arts...
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Trust's `open university'
The National Trust has launched a Pounds 3 million lifelong learning programme to enhance its links with higher and further education. The project, part of the trust's centenary celebrations,...
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FEFC to police itself
The Further Education Funding Council has launched its own bid to prove to the public that quangos should not be synonymous with secrecy and sleaze. Its chairman and chief executive have agreed to...
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Aberdeen's rude awakening
When James IV of Scotland applied to Pope Alexander VI to set up a university in Aberdeen, the foundation Bull the pope issued in response was enthusiastic. The proposed university's catchment area...
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Axe falls on Europe linguistsBath and Bradford universities
Euro-MPs have joined the battle to save two internationally-acclaimed language courses from closure because of Government cuts in student support. England's only postgraduate combined translation and...
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Floor show
(Photograph) - Floor show: Margaret Peart, a former art teacher at her one-woman show at the City Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent until the end of March. She teaches...
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Pounds 67m science cash for priorities
The Office of Science and Technology has earmarked Pounds 67 million, 5 per cent of the total science budget of Pounds 1,282 million, to "priority initiatives" including collaboration between...