Garrick misses short-term point
THE GARRICK committee, Dearing's Scottish arm, has shown an "alarming" capacity to look in both directions at once, according to the Association of University Teachers Scotland. The AUTS stresses...
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Young bite the Euro hand that feeds them
Some of Europe's brightest students gathered in Brussels last week - and asked for more. More information about the European Commission's education and training programmes; more effort to target such...
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Jail policy looks to Africa
A NEW research centre devoted to the study of prisons is looking to Africa for inspiration in dealing with community service sentences. Home secretary Jack Straw gave his support to the project last...
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Children are ill-served by legal system
CHILDREN involved in cases of abuse or neglect need a better idea of court processes, say researchers studying the 1989 Children Act. Although the way these cases are handled is considered the "Rolls...
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Colleges reap cash bonanza
THE WALL Street boom is producing dividends - literally - for universities and colleges in the United States in the form of record contributions from investor-donors and unprecedented growth in...
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Oz waits for Kemp to show true colours
AUSTRALIAN universities are privately assessing the weight of history while publicly extending the welcome mat to the new minister for higher education. Prime minister John Howard last week relegated...
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Wind of change in Brazil's sails
ABRAZILIAN transport ministry economist who completed her thesis at a British university earlier this year has had a profound effect on Brazilian shipping legislation to make the country's fleet more...
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Germany goes private
THE GERMAN state of Baden-Wurttemberg is planning to set up a private international university to attract more foreign students to the region. Education minister Klaus von Trotha is studying the...
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Musical procession
(Photograph) - Students from Leeds College of Music perform at an open day for the college's new building in the heart of Leeds
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To Russia with profit
PARTNERSHIPS in education and training are the key to Russia's economic recovery and development, British prime minister Tony Blair told scientific and business leaders in Moscow during his first...
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French split on migrants
A NUMBER of prominent French academics are embroiled in a public dispute over immigration and nationality laws sparked by draft legislation. The Government's failure to fulfil a pre-election promise...
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Life learners prepare for radical shifts
The central principle of a lifelong learning curriculum, based on knowledge and citizenship, should be a social theory of learning that runs through our lives like the message in a stick of rock. We...
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Diversity: big issue
Consultations on the Dearing committee's report, Higher Education in the Learning Society, are now closed, although late submissions are still trickling in. Next comes the report of Bob Fryer's...
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Marriages of true minds
Dearing on quality: doomed to failure. Compact arrangements are a central theme running throughout the Dearing report. It is difficult to disagree with the partnership arrangements envisaged, based...
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Managing difference as easy as one, two, three
European decision-makers of the future will have to be proficient in at least three languages, says Nicole de Fontaines A common language, spoken and understood by all, is a dream for some people and...