Get ready to raise the bar
The Education Minister, a former Olympic medallist, is determined to surmount any hurdles and give Finland a world-class tertiary sector, he tells Raili Seppänen Antti Kalliomäki, Finland's Minister...
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Supermodel Secrets
Continuity, generosity and simplicity make Finland's research funding system a real eye-catcher. Raimo Väyrynen praises its elegance Finland is without doubt one of the success stories of national...
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Rewards of long-term relations
Markku Leskela explains how universities, industry and students all gain from close collaboration The laboratory of inorganic chemistry at the University of Helsinki has a long tradition of...
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Academy paves the way for cross-border traffic
Schemes are afoot to increase the mobility of researchers and to support advanced study for those in industry, says Maunu Häyrynen Few research and development staff in industry hold PhDs even though...
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Funding and flexibility: keys to the future
Finland's universities must adapt to survive in the competitive international market, says Raili Seppänen Finland's universities are going through turbulent times. External pressures such as...
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Dual system is singular success
A dynamic polytechnic sector with a status on a par with universities attracts many students and prepares them to succeed in the knowledge economy, says John Pratt It is hard not to be impressed by...
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A worldly wise tradition
Finland's international intellectual links have been a central part of its history, says Marjatta Hietala From the Middle Ages onwards, Finland's location on the outskirts of Europe has not stopped...
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Campus created in an acre of pixels
It was raining in the city but Edinburgh University's e-learning MSc tutorial convened on the beach regardless. The students discussing a text about social networking with their tutor were quite...
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Ministers vilify researchers
Politicians are accused of discrediting academics and distorting results, report Phil Baty and Jessica Shepherd. The Government stands accused of undermining academe's "vital independence" after...
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'It will be an exciting and challenging time... and we will have a key role'
Rick Trainor will take over as president of Universities UK at a crucial time for the vice-chancellors' group As the next president of Universities UK, Rick Trainor, principal of King's College...
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British academy
The British Academy awarded the following medals and prizes for 2006: Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies: Graham Stanton , Lady Margaret's professor of divinity, Cambridge University; Derek Allen...
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UCU 'surrender' over pay deal
University and College Union activists deliver an official rebuke to their leaders over their actions in the national dispute this year, Tony Tysome reports The many thousands of lecturers who took...
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Iraq aid appeal amid violence
An emergency fund for Iraqi academics was launched in London this week as a spate of killings followed the kidnapping of 150 scientists in the Higher Education Ministry. In the ten days after last...
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V-cs fight Mouse's corner
Vice-chancellors have launched a robust defence of so-called Mickey Mouse degrees in a paper that champions the worth of courses such as golf studies, surf science and brewing. The report, nicknamed...
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Next week
Take one... A Westminster lecturer is videoing himself marking essays as feedback enters the 21st century PLUS Research misconduct revealed: net is closing on academics who fiddle research results