Don's Diary
Week 1 This has been the year of the brain. The shortlist for the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science writing features books which are either about the mind, or feature remarkable ones. We have already...
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Vienna
The University of Vienna is to introduce Celtic studies to its humanities department in October. It will be the first programme of its kind in Austria, although the subject is recognised as an...
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Swansea Institute
Swansea Institute is to remain independent and seek to join the federal University of Wales. It is therefore not seeking a merger with another institution, as reported in The THES on May 21. We...
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Big blow for teaching research in next RAE
Efforts to raise the status of university teaching received a "serious setback" this week, with the announcement that pedagogical research would not be separately assessed in the next research...
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Petition fails to halt site closure
Exeter University this week refused to reprieve its threatened centre for women's studies despite vice-chancellor Sir Geoffrey Holland receiving a 1,000- signature petition against its closure,...
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Cash shortage blamed for legal research institute's woes
One of Europe's leading institutes of legal research is facing "gradual decline" unless it can raise more funds, a report warns. A review committee examining the work of the Institute of Advanced...
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LSE link-up for MBAs on net
The London School of Economics has established a commercial distance-learning university with a venture capital company and four American universities. Called Unext, it will offer MBAs by internet-...
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LSE considers further commercial partnerships
* The LSE is considering whether to form further commercial partnerships. "This is not the only distance-learning venture with commercial partners that we are discussing," said Neil Gregory, head of...
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Fears over supply of design trainees
The Engineering Council has expressed "grave concerns" over the government's failure to address a severe shortage of teacher trainees in design and technology and its plans to "considerably dilute"...
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Disabled claim victory
Two disabled vice-principals dismissed from Stratford-upon-Avon College have won an out-of-court payment, six months after Whistleblowers exposed their treatment. John Holland, who is registered...
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Bidders battle for bits 'n' bobs
The government is tightening its grip on what universities do with their money. Alison Goddard reports Two months ago, the Higher Education Funding Council for England wrote to all institutions...
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Abidjan
A court in Cote d'Ivoire has sentenced ten students to five years in jail with hard labour and no option of a fine for damage to state property, arson and wilful disturbance of public order during...
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Freedom for the fittest
In Scotland, there is a general expectation that higher education will come under the Scottish Parliament's close scrutiny. But many educationists believe this will lead to a greater understanding of...
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Lampeter plugs Welsh
Students can now learn Welsh on the internet from the University of Wales, Lampeter. Designed as a pathway to higher education in Wales, the course enables beginners to progress to the fluency...
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Next week
Francis Fukuyama on The Great Disruption caused by feminism. His book is reviewed by John Dunn. RESEARCH Unesco World Science Conference in Budapest BOOKS Desmond Tutu celebrates a life of Trevor...