Eliot letters fan flames of row over 'racism'
A previously unknown cache of letters written by T. S. Eliot to be published next week will add fuel to a bitter literary dispute over whether one of the 20th century's greatest poets was anti-...
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Anyaoku chair set to help revitalise institute
Richard Crook has been named the first Anyaoku chair of Commonwealth studies at London University. It is hoped that the post will revitalise the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. The ICS came near...
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Scots bet on ILAs in lifelong learning bid
The Scottish Executive is to merge the higher and further education funding councils, relaunch individual learning accounts and develop new approaches to quality assurance in an ambitious five-year...
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A warm welcome is just the first step
Even successful international postgraduates can need long-term support such as mentoring and continuing induction to bridge cultural gaps, writes Gina Wisker Late last year, I was sitting under a...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Maria Konstantaki Age: 33 Job: Lecturer in exercise physiology, sports science and sports psychology, Buckinghamshire Chilterns...
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Plans to avoid debacle
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and the Scottish Qualifications Authority have signed an agreement that aims to avoid a repeat of last year's examination results debacle. Ucas made...
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Brits secure EU funds
UK universities have secured a share of European Union funds totalling @2.3 million (£1.52 million) earmarked for 19 projects involving European, US and Canadian higher education institutions. UK...
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Scots numbers rise
Student enrolments to Scotland's further education colleges have risen 25 per cent in the past three years, surpassing the Scottish Executive's target of an extra 40,000 students, or a 10 per cent...
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Webcast for Dearing
The Higher Education Policy Institute will be launched at the Royal Institution on February 18 with a lecture by Lord Dearing, its chairman, on developments since his report five years ago. A live...
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Space centre gets cash
Liverpool John Moores University has won funding for an £8 million International Space and Astronomy Centre. This will be a joint venture between Mersey Ferries, with its parent company Merseytravel...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work recommended by both left and right: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were...
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A meeting of tongues
Contact Linguistics
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The high fliers on edge of anarchy
Secret Classrooms
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Putting secret justice on trial
Open Justice
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Talk of tort law as a tool for tortured
Torture as Tort