Tim runs out
At last the truth can be told of the final hours in office of the former higher education minister Tim Boswell. As the storm clouds cleared in the wake of John Major's leadership campaign victory, Mr...
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Time runs out
The University of Oxford is famous for its historians, but may soon acquire a short-lived reputation for its futurologists as well. The university's magnificent 1995/96 desk diary is crammed with all...
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Here for Das Bier
Sheffield University's newsletter is highlighting a German pub evening, which it explains is intended for anyone interested in the German language or culture, and who wants to exchange ideas, new...
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Pool cleaner
Alumni to be proud of no 9: Cameron Baxter, a final-year business studies student at Stirling University, jailed for 30 months last week at the High Court in Glasgow. Baxter, who also worked as a...
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Poor students rush for advice
Scottish Citizens Advice Bureaux have seen a marked increase in students with financial problems, according to a report this week. Poverty by Degrees says: "Bureaux throughout Scotland have reported...
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Non-lethal weapons top UN hit-list
Analysts in new weapons technology from Bradford University are expected today to urge the United Nations to issue a complete ban on the use of "inhumane" weapons, including lasers that blind...
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HE TV in the spotlight
Scotland's higher education institutions are being given the chance of securing their own television channel, putting them in the forefront of European educational developments. Scottish Television...
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Students press for reforms
More than 100 student union officers have formed a pressure group to lobby the National Union of Students for a "more realistic" policy on education funding. The group, New Solutions, hopes to pave...
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Trimble out
David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, is no longer a member of staff of Queen's University, Belfast (The THES, September 15). He relinquished his post there after the 1992 general...
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Science competition
Science minister Ian Taylor this week launched a competition to reward industry-university collaboration in science, engineering and technology. The competition will award prizes worth a total of...
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Win for Ruskin on the National Lottery
Lancaster University is to receive Pounds 2.3 million from the National Lottery to build the Ruskin Library. It will house the world's foremost collection of art, manuscripts, books and diaries...
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Prizes for designers
More than Pounds 100,000 worth of prizes are on offer for talented designers in this year's student design awards run by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce....
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Bellamy's call
A group of scientific ombudsmen should be set up to pronounce on issues of public concern, according to naturalist David Bellamy. Talking at the British Association for the Advancement of Science in...
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Women to order
Government departments are to be encouraged to appoint female scientists to public positions by a catalogue pointing them in the direction of suitable women. The Development Unit on Women in Science...
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Baby boom
Higher and further education institutions are being targetted this week by a national campaign to improve child-care facilities for students and staff. The Association of University Teachers, Natfhe...