The next stage: the science of bigger balls
Now 25 years old, sports science has reached middle age, says Steve Haake, senior lecturer in Sheffield University's department of engineering. "The new kid on the block is sports engineering....
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Kuwait
Kuwait's parliament has passed the first round of legislation that will introduce private universities to the conservative Gulf state. Gender segregation is already in force in state universities and...
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Copenhagen
The Royal Danish Veterinary and Agricultural University is to rebuild its main auditorium after its destruction in a gas explosion last month. The auditorium was completed in 1858 using special...
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Addis Ababa
Asmara Ethiopian and Eritrean students have refused to take part in the war between the two countries. A majority of students at universities in both capital cities has refused to volunteer.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia is building more universities to achieve its aim of providing 40 per cent of 17 to 23-year-olds with higher education by the year 2010. Just 22 per cent currently receive higher education.
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... ... Labour MP Jackie Lawrence argued that Oxbridge MAs should be scrapped. J.C. HORTON. University of Nottingham. Ms Lawrence claims Oxbridge MAs create an advantage in the...
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Where is the paperless office?
A survey of internet use has coined a new phrase - 'former user'. Steve Woolgar writes. The current rate of straightforward rapid expansion of use of the internet may not continue. This is one...
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Agony aunt
Q I am a lecturer nearing retirement but would like to continue helping students. Is it a good tactic to offer my services to my employer or is it better to seek consultancy work elsewhere? A BARBARA...
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Why we should beg to differ
Is it beneficial to differentiate between universities and polytechnics? Bryan Gould ponders the problem. When is a university not a university? This question is agitating New Zealand's new Labour...
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Shanghai
Four more Chinese universities have merged: Fudan with Shanghai Medical and Tongji with Shanghai Railway universities. Education minister Chen Zhili and Shanghai mayor Xu Kuangdi have promised both...
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High notes
Student123.com is developing interactive CD music magazines for the student internet sector with Cheltenham-based E-Commerce International. The first issues are due this summer. Details: www....
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Big guns roll out to fight top-up fees
The National Union of Students this week claimed to have the backing of vice-chancellors and 100 Labour MPs as well as academic unions as it prepared to launch a national campaign opposing top-up...
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Province gets Pounds 40m
Northern Ireland's two universities are set to get a Pounds 40 million boost for research over the next four years. Ulster University and Queen's University, Belfast, have long complained about...
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Birmingham v-c rounds on Blair
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of running a "dishonest government" in an open letter from Birmingham vice-chancellor Maxwell Irvine, writes Tony Tysome. The letter condemns higher...
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Rich rewards for good teaching and learning
Twenty academics from England and Wales are Pounds 50,000 better off this week, following the announcement of the winners of the first National Teaching Fellowships Scheme. Funded by the Higher...