A scientist in the extremes
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A profile of scientist Frances Ashcroft reveals a multi-talented woman with a passion for science and a talent for communicating ideas to the public. She deals in physical extremes, from the heights of mountains to the depths of the oceans, assessing how people cope and adapt from personal experience.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2000
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Top-ups will pit costly science against the rest
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The competition created by the UK government's plans to introduce university top-up fees of as much as UKPd3,000/yr will not be between institutions, as ministers had envisaged, but between courses and subjects, according to the findings of a survey conducted by the Times Higher Educational Supplement. The survey revealed that almost all universities intend to charge the full UKPd3,000/yr top-up fee from 2006, if the planned legislation is passed, but that a number of institutions will not charge the full fees for all subjects and courses. The findings indicate that at some universities variations in the level of tuition fees will depend on how costly the subject is to provide, making classroom-based subjects cheaper to study than laboratory-based subjects. Peter Cotgreave, director of pressure group Save British Science, believes that this could be disastrous for the study of science.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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Science grants to lure students
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Students from less well-off families are to be offered generous bursaries in an attempt to boost the appeal of science. The Institute of Physics is one of the organisations planning to launch such a scheme, while universities across the UK are planning to offer larger upfront grants to students who sign up to science courses. The bursaries, which would be in addition to whatever level of state support the government awards students, will only be introduced if the higher education bill, which includes the introduction of top-up fees, is passed.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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