First impressions
The Titanic was not holed by this contemporary obstruction: "Unexpected obstacle. Please don't come till thirtieth. Anna." The winner of last week'scompetition, who correctly identified the first...
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Entry bar angers students
Italian university students took to the streets twice this month to protest against legislation limiting the number of students who can enrol in certain faculties. The target of the protest was...
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Sacked lecturers go to Strasbourg
Mother-tongue lecturers from six European countries who work in Italian universities joined 23 colleagues sacked from the University of Verona at the European plenary in Strasbourg last week to back...
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Psycho test was out of order
A controversial interrogation technique that placed some University of Alberta students and staff under intense psychological scrutiny will not be used again by security staff, the university has...
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I spy with my little data gathering
If you have ever wondered how to assess and interpret huge quantities of intelligence information, Wilhelm Agrell is your man. Starting in November, Mr Agrell will be running a course called "The Art...
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Le Pen views pegged back
Leading French scientists have reacted to recent comments on race from extreme right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen by holding a debate and publishing a declaration dismissing Le Pen's statements on...
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Russians lag on the Western front
Russian university academics are lagging behind their east European colleagues in access to Western educational aid projects and the use of modern methods in social sciences teaching, according to...
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Saxony staff salaries sortie
Lower Saxony could kill one of the sacred cows of German higher education: civil service status for professors. The Lander's government has been urged to allow three of its higher education...
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Old rivals pool talents
Helena Flusfeder reports from Jerusalem on cooperation and conflict in the region. By the year 2000, water, not oil, will be the most precious resource in the Middle East, according to a group of...
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Riot tunnel fails to excite experts
Helena Flusfeder reports from Jerusalem on cooperation and conflict in the region. The recently opened tunnel near Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock that provoked violent Palestinian protests is of no...
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A hard look in the gift horse's mouth
Next Tuesday Oxford University will decide whether to agree to the terms on which Wafiq Said's donation for the management school depend (letters, page 13). The argument is partly about the use of...
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Keep external degrees an internal affair
Just how transferable is a university degree course? In the latest issue of The Manager, Alistair Somerville Ford, chief executive of the Institute of Commercial Management, tells the story of Onn...
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If they don't fit then fix them
Recently one of us, on asking to see a thesis, was told: "We don't let out MSc reports if the work is sponsored without permission of the sponsors. (Name of company) are very tight. I did publish...
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The golden irretrievable
Stop harking back to a non-existent golden age, urges Geoffrey Alderman. To foil the nationalisers the sector must self-regulate on standards without delay.. Standards now top everyone's agenda. As...
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The hand of God
Manfredi La Manna's comments on Keith Ward (THES, October 18) display a serious lack of understanding of the role of academic theology and therefore require some correction. Non-denominational,...