The big squeeze
Institutions must wake up to pressures on space, says Paul Roebuck. Universities have been behaving as if the rise in student numbers was akin to an invasion of lemmings. They have paid scant...
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Snares in the charmed circle
The convergence of information technologies will fundamentally alter the role of universities but early experimenters are getting it wrong, Chris Hutchison argues. Education is entering a new era....
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Expert help for angst
At this moment in German history no one is certain whether the new (and in all likelihood, last) government led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl will survive the four years until our next elections. The...
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Constitutional corridors
Comparing Constitutions - Governing the New Europe - Constitutional Policy and Change in Europe
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A Romanian renaissance
Romania's struggle since the winter 1989 overthrow of Ceausescu to loosen the state's grip on society has finally turned to higher education. Here an ambitious and far-reaching reform programme is...
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Sources for research funding in 1998
EUROPEAN UNION www.cordis.lu and www.echo.lu www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg12/. Information technologies (ESPRIT) Contact: email: esprit@dg13.cec.be Open call: Research proposals in domains 1,2,6 and 8....
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One badly blemished Brahmin
Jawaharlal Nehru - Nehru
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Hear, hear and over there
Samuel Beer discerns the Americanisation of British politics and the decline of party government. Recently a British journalist recalled that Baroness Thatcher had once said that it would be a great...
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Excellence in triplicate
A ‘triple helix’ of mutually supportive work lies at the heart of Melbourne’s strategy, says Glyn Davis The University of Melbourne aims to be among the finest universities in the world. Our...
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Sources for research funding in 1998
Each month this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk EUROPEAN UNION. www.cordis.lu and www.echo.lu www.europa.eu. int/comm/...
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Native light and the colours of prejudice
Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922
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Dynamic characters
Source: Getty The 100 Under 50 universities are marked by their energy, innovation and fearless approach to the future, write Phil Baty and Katie Duncan. ߣߣÊÓƵ has overtaken the UK to become the...
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Hope in Pandora's Box
French scientist Harry Bernas gives reasons for opposing the Mururoa nuclear tests The main reason French president Jacques Chirac gave for resuming nuclear tests in the Pacific during the coming...
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The man who got things done
Lenin - Lenin
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Blueprint for a brighter future
Education is the most important thing of all. With it you can get a job and move up the social ladder." I heard these words spoken by Nadia, a sixth-former, when, as chair of the Commission on Social...