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Botswana feels strain of student surplus
Botswana is experiencing a chronic lack of available places in tertiary education after the government terminated its non-military national service in April. Two cohorts of school-leavers are now...
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Death forces exchange debate
In the wake of the shooting of an American student during an overseas exchange programme, the United States Congress is considering legislation requiring universities to monitor more closely the...
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Initiative changes image of engineer
The all-female Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, has launched a unique engineering programme designed to attract women to the subject and change the way engineers are taught, writes Jon...
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Tax dream is turning into public-service nightmare
ߣߣÊÓƵns pay less tax than those in comparable nations, but successive governments have spent less on public services. The result, said the National Tertiary Education Union, has been a dangerous...
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IT workers gain virtual union
With virtual universities appearing round the world, ߣߣÊÓƵ will soon have a virtual union for professionals in the information technology sector. The Association of Professional Engineers,...
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Science park could bring Glasgow 3,000 new jobs
Glasgow's universities are set to play a key role in a £60 million science development that will potentially bring 3,000 new jobs to the city in the next five years, writes Olga Wojtas....
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Scottish spin-offs show how to connect
One of the more horrifying of medical horror stories is of a patient waking up during surgery and feeling pain but being unable to alert anyone. Audiomedix Ltd, a Glasgow University spin-off company...
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Plan will give students money and prospects
Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh has launched a multi-pronged campaign to boost students' career opportunities without hampering their studies. A key element of QMUC's Investors in...
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Risk thrives in open society
Regions with a large number of gay couples and ethnic minorities are likely to be more successful at entrepreneurship. Speaking at the launch of the International Entrepreneurship Forum in Birmingham...
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Robots herald Chico's arrival
New-media artist Chico Macmurtrie signalled his appointment as a senior research fellow at Nottingham Trent University by previewing his latest creation - an installation called "The...
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Spanish centre is funded by PwC
IESE Business School and consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers are setting up a $1 million centre for research into European e-business. The centre, officially launched yesterday, has been operating...
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Raising profile is a start but what about pay?
The Commons select committee inquiry into higher education is in little danger of becoming another Dearing-style doorstopper, as chairman Barry Sheerman fears. Its terms of reference may be wide, but...
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Jung: rational views
In his review of books on the philosophy and psychology of consciousness, Jeffrey Gray attributes the phrase "New Mysterians" to Daniel Dennett (Books, THES, October 13)....
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Gatekeepers to the middle class
Ian Lovecy fails to acknowledge the pivotal role of universities in the reproduction of social inequalities (Letters, THES, October 13). By continuing to admit only those who have acquired particular...