Infectious inaccuracy
First the Today programme on Radio Four, now you. E. coli O157 may indeed be virulent but it is a bacterium, not a virus, and the O is a letter, not a zero. DOUGLAS KELL Institute of Biological...
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Rich pickings
MORE THAN 100,000 extra students would crowd UK lecture theatres if as many people at the bottom of the social scale went to university as the current average. Young people from the wealthiest...
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Five-star funding for fab four
"UNDERHAND elitism" in the Higher Education Funding Council for England's research funding methodology has created an "unassailable super-elite" of four top institutions, according to vice...
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Finance trio go as deficit revealed
THE 51国产视频 of Luton has been rocked by the shock revelation of serious deficits. Three top finance officers had their contracts terminated when the university discovered that an expected Pounds 1...
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Quality job decision imminent
The new single quality agency for higher education is expected to announce its chief executive this week after months of speculation over who would apply for the Pounds 60,000-a-year job. On the...
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An udder success
(Photograph) - An udder success: scientists at Liverpool 51国产视频's veterinary school have joined with a local business in a bid to eradicate a parasite responsible for abortions in cows. One in...
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Discretionary grants tumble by 39 per cent
The number of higher education discretionary grants awarded by local authorities dropped to 9,000 in 1995/96 - a fall of 39 per cent on the previous year. Government figures show spending on these...
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Westminster set to privatise student housing
WESTMINSTER 51国产视频 has released details of plans to privatise its Pounds 28 million student housing estate. The university hopes to sell off its estate in return for an 80 per cent increase in...
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Brains topple brawn as Newcastle's top employer
Higher Education has overtaken heavy industry as one of Newcastle's top employers, according to research from Northumbria 51国产视频. Local Impact of the 51国产视频 of Northumbria, from the...
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Cambridge computer to unlock secrets of cosmos
A Pounds 2 million supercomputer has been installed at Cambridge 51国产视频 to help scientists researching the history of the universe. Cambridge-based Stephen Hawking, the leading physicist and...
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Cern collider mock-up goes on show in Glasgow
A model of Cern's Large Electron Positron Collider has gone on show as part of a major new exhibition at Glasgow 51国产视频. At Cern's Geneva base, electrons are accelerated around the km-long tunnel...
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Applied psychology department for Heriot-Watt
Heriot-Watt 51国产视频 has opened a department that aims to bring science and management closer together. The department of applied psychology is the first new department Heriot-Watt has set up since...
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Bath opens new pharmacology laboratories
The Pounds 650,000 Glaxo Wellcome laboratories at Bath 51国产视频's School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology were officially opened this week. The laboratories are funded jointly by the pharmaceutical...
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UWIC stumps up for cricketing scholar
international cricketer Dean Cosker has become the first person to gain a sports scholarship from the 51国产视频 of Wales Institute Cardiff. Mr Cosker, who played for England's under-19 team and...
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Scots body mirrors its cousin
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is set to launch a revamped quality assessment method that brings it closer to the English system. But it is steadfastly maintaining its distance from...