The story of a beautiful molecule
Science is founded on principles of objectivity. Scientists seek to be objective in conducting their research, and claim to achieve that objectivity. They often extend the orthodoxy of objectivity to...
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Why say au revoir when adieu will do?
What really persuaded Jill Ker Conway to write the first volume of her autobiography was the persistent praise for Crocodile Dundee, the movie that captivated the public with its romantic portrayal...
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`How many lives was it worth?'
The name above his study door -- in neatly painted letters, white on black -- was T. D. Weldon and, although the initials did not actually stand for "Territorial Decoration'', they might well have...
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Redundancies loom
A fifth of English higher education universities and colleges expect to make staff redundant or encourage early retirement in the next four years, according to funding council returns. Their...
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Labour blasts review for ignoring sleaze
The Government's review of higher education came under Labour Party fire this week for failing to tackle such key issues as management and accountability. The Department for Education has launched...
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Appointments
BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME The 1994/95 Rome Scholars in Ancient, Medieval and Later Italian Studies are: Edward Bispham, Jesus College Oxford and Amanda Collins, St Hugh's College, Oxford. DE MONTFORT...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Joan Bordas, head of the synchrotron radiation research division at Daresbury Laboratory, to the chair of experimental physics; David Drakakis-Smith, professor of development...
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Events
ERIC DOBSON EXHIBITION The University Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, is exhibiting Eric Dobson's paintings, drawings and collages from today to December 23 (Monday-Thursday...
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Grants
continued from last week UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Dr J. Littlechild, Pounds 150,844 from BBSRC (lipase enzyme structure/function relationships and their applications in biotransformation reactions - ROPA...
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Honorary Degree
UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE DLitt: Peter Townsend, emeritus professor of social policy at the University of Bristol. LLM: Maurice Sutherland, Labour leader of Cleveland County Council, 1973-77 and 1981-85...
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RISK RUNNING Psychologists at the University of Hull are looking for volunteers from within the region to help them discover what influences people to take risks. The team is particularly interested...
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Massive job losses for FE
College managers are planning to cut thousands of senior academic jobs next year in their struggle to tackle growing financial deficits. The massive wave of redundancies is a matter of simple...
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Inquiry damns Derby
A damning catalogue of errors and mismanagement at Derby Wilmorton College is released today after a Further Education Funding Council enquiry into the governance of the college. The report calls for...
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Mid-term victors call for student funding cuts
The Republican victors in the United States mid-term election want savings that could lop billions of dollars off student loans and grants. Last week the higher education lobby was studying every...
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Bodmer to Salford
Sir Walter Bodmer is to be the next chancellor of Salford University. Sir Walter is director-general of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. He was professor of genetics at Oxford University between...