She is Goodenough
Eyebrows were raised when The Diary spotted that prolific don's diarist Geraldine Van Bueren, professor of international human rights law at Queen Mary, University of London, had been appointed Wates...
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Not counting on Carol
Look out Carol Vorderman. A computer scientist from the University of Nottingham has developed a computer program that can solve the numbers game from Channel 4's quiz show Countdown faster than she...
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V-cs left off Tony's list
Prime minister Tony Blair this week hosted a soirée for higher education. Some 200 people attended the Downing Street event, the theme of which was excellence in higher education. A guest list...
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Schoolboy starts chaos
Lewisham College in London has come under attack from cyberspace. Shortly after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, principal Ruth Silver was contacted by the FBI because a schoolboy...
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In the news: Michael Shattock
Academics must have greater say in the running of universities and colleges, according to Michael Shattock's damning verdict on university governance. It states that there is no evidence that...
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Don's Diary
March 2001 My first meeting with fellow Booker prize judges at the Savile Club in Brook Street. A lively lunch with Kenneth Baker, Philip Hensher, Michelle Roberts and Kate Summerscale. In the months...
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Eyewitness: Zimbabwe
A Commonwealth mission to Zimbabwe left last week with a fudged conclusion to its effort to resolve the crisis over land reallocation. Meanwhile, European Union foreign ministers have taken the first...
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Where to go from here?
The atrocities of September 11 have split progressives in the US into two hostile camps, says Harvey Kaye The morning after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon I received a call...
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The pilgrim province in which to rebuild an ideal
Patrick Masterson says the EUI is key to overcoming problems in Europe and the wider world. It would be hard to think of two places further apart - in the popular imagination at least - than Florence...
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Why I ...think Bosnia holds some general lessons for Afghanistan
Soldiers, as the cliche goes, are forever fighting the last war; so are analysts, commentators and contemporary historians. The opinions of such oracles, be they disgusted air vice-marshals (retired...
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Help students - rent a video
A leisure technology levy could help cut financial barriers to access, says Gordon Marsden. "Wider and wider still" rightly remains the thrust of this government's policy for higher education. But to...
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Here's to our health
The NHS University is no threat to institutions - it can work only in partnership, argues Chris Ham. In a people business such as healthcare, the quality of service offered to patients depends first...
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Agony aunt
Q Students can use computers to assess essays by peers before they submit their own work. Isn't that plagiarism? A Of course it is. The idea that students might learn anything, especially the skills...
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How to: Be a Karl and not a Groucho in groups
Making a group from a collection of people is no easy task. Paul Kleiman explains how to ensure that the experience does not turn into a health hazard. While Karl Marx believed in the power of the...
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A few Blair babes but not a lot of mickle
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