Thai girl, 14, good teeth ... $2K
From the forests of Brazil to the suburbs of Paris, slavery is big business - million people big. Kevin Bales reports Recently I interviewed a young woman I'll call Seba. This animated 22-year-old...
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Writing on the wall for goddesses
We live in an age of pictures rather than words. The result? Assertive women and a return to Goddess worship. Leonard Shlain reports On a tour of Mediterranean archaeological sites a few years ago, I...
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External examiners treated 'with shameful disdain'
More than 17 per cent of external examiners are paid less than the Pounds 3.60 hourly minimum wage, according to a survey by the Association of University Teachers. Lowest payments go to PhD...
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Historians split on their home base
Historians bidding for a new subject centre are struggling to unite all sections of their discipline. With a month to go before bids have to be in for the Pounds 30 million funding councils' scheme...
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Thames Valley schools braced for job losses decision
Thames Valley University staff fear that up to 30 lecturing jobs could be lost with the closure of the European, International and Social Studies School. The EISS is just one of the casualties of the...
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Scots seek funding timescale changes
Scotland's further education colleges are hopeful that their new funding council will introduce a financial timetable based on the academic year. At present, colleges are funded on work they have...
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Colleges accused of 'improper' land sales
Colleges are receiving improper cash windfalls by selling off inherited land earmarked for educational use, according to a campaign by Tameside Borough Council. The council is campaigning for...
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Further Education Funding Council
The Further Education Funding Council has issued guidance to curb the abuse of public money in private college companies and overseas operations. It said colleges should adopt a Public Accounts...
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Colleges face crackdown on fraud
Ministers have promised "very aggressive action" against fraud and malpractice in colleges with a raft of anti-sleaze measures that threaten college autonomy, writes Phil Baty. The measures, which...
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Tutors sit on mental health frontline
More than a third of personal tutors have recently dealt with student mental health problems, a Hull University survey has revealed. But some staff feel uncertain and anxious about tackling such...
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Pounds 169,000 handshake
'How is it that someone who has made this kind of financial mess can walk away with a golden handshake, with money we haven't got?' The early retirement of principal Jenny Shackleton has cost Wirral...
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Call for inquiry into Gwent principal's pay-off
The anger at Wirral comes as MPs urge a government inquiry into the pay-off and lucrative new job of Sue Parker, the former principal of Gwent Tertiary College, another college in trouble. A report...
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Governors attempt to claw back money
Governors at Halton College are seeking legal advice regarding the recovery of cash from former principal Martin Jenkins and his deputy, Jenny Dolphin. Mr Jenkins, the highest-paid college principal...
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Scapegoat vindicated
When Kate Schroder blew the whistle on a widespread qualifications fraud at the training provider Sight and Sound Education in 1996, the firm took what it celebrated as "swift action". It held its...
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20:20 physics vision
Physics departments must have more than 20 staff to prosper, the University of Wales, Cardiff, has concluded. Its physics department is raising staff numbers from 20 to 25 by establishing an...