First aid offered to ailing theses
An internet discussion group is helping students to deal with their languishing dissertations. The Dead Thesis Society offers online support for those who find themselves among the 50 per cent of...
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New media hit by graduate shortfall
New media firms are suffering from a shortage of graduates in spite of fears that the industry is collapsing, according to a lecturer at City University. Neil Thurman, electronic publishing course...
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£100m deal to fund spin-offs
Four universities have struck a deal with a £100 million investment fund that will help them to spin off technology companies. Bristol and Southampton universities, together with University College...
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Seeing the light
The British Library has released a CD-Rom of The Lindisfarne Gospels that allows a reader to 'turn' the onscreen pages in real time and to enjoy greater detail. The library has used the technology to...
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Wealthy Scots are short on admirers
Business is booming for Scotland's young entrepreneurs, according to experts at Strathclyde University. But the whizzkids should beware the resentment of fellow Scots, who love a trier but disapprove...
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Search for the roots of Caribbean sex divide
The University of the West Indies is asking why men are turning their backs on study. Marlene Hamilton reports. Women have outnumbered men in British universities for several years and are now...
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Diversity or lingua franca for Europe?
Four out of five people questioned in a straw poll carried out by David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor, do not believe that diversity in languages is...
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Offensive 'spam' plagues colleges
Britain's universities are being targeted by computer junk mailers known as "spammers" who trade on the good reputations of academic institutions to peddle porn. The problem is reaching epidemic...
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Latest international news
Rector charged with fraud The rector of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been charged with breach of public official duties, mishandling of public money and fraud after the...
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Latest UK news
NUS rejects top-up option The National Union of Students is dismayed that vice-chancellors are considering top-up fees as a possible income stream for higher education. The NUS said that higher fees...
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From today's UK papers
GUARDIAN Chancellor Gordon Brown and development minister Clare Short will announce plans on Monday for a multibillion-pound international fund to provide cheap vaccines against childhood diseases to...
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Laurie Taylor Column
" Ministers are considering a further increase in the premium paid to universities for each student they recruit from a poor neighbourhood " - THES , February 16. Hello. Ah yes, hello indeed. Am I...
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Letter: Bean-counterclaims
We recently had a letter published (THES, January 26) that criticised the transparency review being carried out in the sector. This is the scheme whereby staff have to keep 24-hour diaries of their...
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Letter: Surveying's shallow foundations
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors bases its new partnership scheme on teaching quality assessment, the research assessment exercise, entry standards and student employability ("Surveying...
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Letter: Surveying's shallow foundations
As a member of the Partnerships and Accreditation Board (PAB) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, I have consistently questioned and opposed three of the four threshold standards adopted...