No pain, no gain
The birth of any new enterprise can be painful, but we were astonished to discover this week just how agonising it can be to form closer ties between institutions. Visitors seeking to learn more...
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Is Reg a good advert?
The Southampton Institute is in a quandary. If the institution is to be judged on the opportunities it provides for lifelong learning, then its performance is excellent. If, however, it is to be...
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In need of a Lara luck
Good luck to the University of Kent's cricket club in its match next month against a local pub team, the Lashings. The Lashings has just signed West Indian batting legend Brian Lara, who will make...
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On the move
David Bleiman , assistant general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, has been appointed president of the Scottish Trades Union Congress . Van Gore , professor of quality management...
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Glittering prizes
Alfred Cerezo , of the University of Oxford, has received the Beilby medal and prize, awarded jointly by the Institute of Materials, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical...
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Don's Diary: telly addict
Week one I blame it all on Dave Harvey. Having agreed to give up television for Lent, it is already beginning to hurt. Dave, the producer of Radio 4's The Message , has chosen me as an ideal person...
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In the news: Gloria Laycock
Gloria Laycock, who gave her inaugural speech as director of the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science yesterday, has found herself the focus of much interest this week as the Dando trial returned to...
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World watch
Trieste A court ruled this week that 21 foreign-language lecturers at the University of Verona should have their status as lettori restored after they contested their downgrading to technical staff...
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Eyewitness: Kremlin moves on media magnate's empire
The armed takeover of Russia's last independent national television channel, following a boardroom coup, has provoked a storm of criticism the world over. The forced imposition of new management at...
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The education of the exiled
Afghan women plan to defy the Taliban ban by setting up their own university in Pakistan. Bernard Leeman reports. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan has launched a challenge to...
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Russian students forced to act as unpaid labour
Students at some Russian universities are being forced to act as unpaid labour, cleaning up campuses and turning out for demonstrations to please local politicians. Earlier this month, busloads of...
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Spain to scrap entry exams
The Spanish government has unveiled plans to abolish national university entrance exams and to introduce a test for would-be lecturers. Other changes in the long-awaited proposals for the...
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£600,000 a year to solve our problems
A Swiss foundation that aims to enhance Geneva's role in international cooperation, solving problems relating to peace, human rights, equitable social relations and sustainable development, has...
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Sealed Turkish archives could support genocide claims
Academic access to Turkey's Ottoman archives, which could shed light on Armenian claims of a genocide, is being manipulated by the authorities. The Turkish government has disputed motions in European...
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Small-town mindset keeps young home
Young ߣߣÊÓƵns from urban areas are far more likely to attend university than those outside the big cities, according to a team of researchers with the federal education department. The main cause...