Candid corpse
Liz Crossan, obituaries editor of the British Medical Journal, has been bemoaning the fact that many obituaries present a less than accurate picture of the late lamented. The BMJ at one point asked...
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Anger over new deal for Durrands
John Tarrant, deputy vice chancellor of the University of East Anglia, will become vice chancellor of Huddersfield University in October, it was announced this week. But controversy is brewing on the...
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Colleges in crisis after TEC fails
The collapse of a training and enterprise council in London has left further and higher education institutions in its area facing budget cuts running into millions of pounds. Emergency talks were to...
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Group's Pounds 250,000 grant brings CAT nearer
The establishment of a credit accumulation and transfer system for London has moved a step nearer with the successful bid for Pounds 250,000 from the Government's Single Regeneration Budget. Matched...
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Staff claim brain damage from lab leak
Staff at De Montfort University are suing their employer alleging negligence because of a chemical leak which they claim has caused them brain and nerve damage. A writ should be served next week by...
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Spot check
(Photograph) - Gary Clough, sculptor in residence at Falmouth School of Art and Design, has been awarded a two-year fellowship worth Pounds 24,000 by the Henry Moore Foundation. He will develop his...
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Seeing through psychic imposters
Friday 13th is turning out to be unlucky for charlatans claiming to have psychic powers. Richard Wiseman, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, and Robert Morris, Koestler...
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Critical Ward
The West Midlands region of Natfhe is protesting against the CBE for Roger Ward, chief executive of the Colleges Employers Forum, claiming that his influence on further and higher education has been...
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Colleges lose EC cash fight
Halton College in Cheshire has lost a High Court battle to recover more than Pounds 3 million from its county council following a row over European funding. The college claimed that financial...
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Diet guide for students
They may be the most unlikely group to suffer from post-Christmas bulge, but many undergraduates would benefit from a New Year's healthy eating resolution, according to student welfare watchdogs at...
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Dock landed
Liverpool John Moores University signed an agreement this week with property firm London and General to take part in a Pounds 100 million science and technology park development in Birkenhead. The...
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Animals saved
Scientists at Dundee University have this week reported the promising first-year results of a Pounds 3 million drug development programme which is expect to reduce radically the use of laboratory...
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Grant pledge snub
The Government came under fire from local authorities and education charities this week for breaking a promise to review discretionary awards before the New Year. Information issued recently by the...
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There she blows
(Photograph) - The Royal Yachting Association's Seamanship Foundation has donated six Hunter Duette yachts to Southampton Institute to run the Young Skippers scheme. They are just part of a donation...
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Gene genius
Two British researchers are among the winners of the Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine. Robin Lovell-Badge of the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research and Peter...