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Medical trainingShort-term regimen for fees painThe government has announced temporary measures for medical students who had feared they would have to pay up front to meet increases to tuition fees...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Using research to create a dynamic European rail sector, The Annual Reception of UNIFE (Association of Railway Supply Industries)
Brussels, 8 March 2006 The Annual Reception of UNIFE (Association of Railway Supply Industries) Brussels, 8 March 2006 Mr Navarri, Members of UNIFE, Members of the European Parliament, Distinguished...
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The new new thing
MIT's Media Lab, long renowned for a 'Wild West' research culture that invents the future, has lost some of its cutting edge. Can a new director restore it to its creative zenith? asks Zoë Corbyn
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Full speed ahead for new degrees to suit business
Tailor-made courses to fill local skills gaps will also bring in much-needed cash. Hannah Fearn reports
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Dundee tops É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Student Experience Survey as fees put focus on 'value for money'
Many universities are improving the experience for their students, as our survey shows. And they are achieving it by making the effort to understand their students’ particular needs. Zoë Corbyn...
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Offence is the best defence
As the UK looks to private companies to stimulate competition, the US for-profit universities are taking on their critics. Jon Marcus reports
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'Triple miracle' sees huge rise in EU funds for frontier research
Investment in innovation viewed as Europe's route to sustainable growth and jobs. Jack Grove reports
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We expected much more
David Willetts, advocate for the arts? Nothing like it, accuses Sally Feldman
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From where I sit - A hub of global ambition
Several factors have helped Kazakhstan grow rapidly in the two decades that it has been an independent country, among them abundant natural resources and proximity to large markets in Europe and Asia...
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Campus round-up
University of KentDoctoral study of crime paysA university has received almost 80 applications for a three-year doctoral programme in cultural and global criminology, which is being supported by...
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Cutting foreign student visas is the wrong move at the wrong time
Politically driven plans to reduce access to UK higher education will seriously harm a £5bn-a-year success story, says Nicola Dandridge
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Appointments
University of StirlingKathleen JamieKathleen Jamie is a poet in motion as she moves to the University of Stirling to take up a chair in creative writing. Professor Jamie began creative writing while...
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Research intelligence - Poacher who rather enjoys gamekeeping
Douglas Kell was a whizz at landing grants. Now he is the one handing them out. Paul Jump reports
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Sciences de la vie et biotechnologie - conclusions du Conseil: Industry Council, 6 June 2002
Luxembourg, 7 June 2002 The Council adopted Conclusions on Biotechnology (Doc. Ref. 8917/02) that address the development of life sciences and biotechnology in Europe. Commissioner Liikanen welcome...
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Campus round-up
University of ReadingRough guide to rough tradesThose who want to learn more about the work of City traders are being offered a three-day introductory course on the subject by a university business...