OU project shows how 'Cezanne' knits together
How a concept such as "Cezanne" is transformed into a knitting pattern is the subject of a project just launched by the Open University. Researchers aim to find out where designers get their...
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Chinese magic works with students
The number of foreigners studying in China has trebled since 1991 to more than 37,000, according to the State Education Commission. Of these, 4,100 students from 147 countries were granted Chinese...
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Easy paths to great grades
Frank Webster argues (THES, May 24) that the increased use of assessment via course work rather than by examination can be interpreted to mean that standards have not fallen. However, what this...
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English rules the waves
Thirty years ago, it would have been difficult to travel around Western Europe speaking only English. This is not true today. In fact, the standard of English among the educated in some of these...
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Dearing co-opts experts to plug gaps
Sir Ron Dearing's committee of inquiry into higher education is to gather a small team of advisers and may commission original research to back up its investigations. After its first two meetings,...
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Cash for local skills
Two hundred further education colleges in England are to receive more than Pounds 19 million from the Government's Competitiveness Fund to help meet local skill needs, James Paice, the education and...
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Tooled up: Jonathan Mills
(Photograph) - Tooled up: Jonathan Mills, a BA Hons industrial design student at Hallam University, displays a DIY power drill - part of his degree show
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a living Nobel peace prizewinner: "One day I was able to get up, after gathering all my strength. I wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall....
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Spacemen behaving badly
The Challenger Launch Decision
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Structural success
Engineering Failure Analysis
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The bigots on Capital Hill
Separate and Unequal
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The spy in the Oval Office
For The President's Eyes Only - A Century of Spies
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The trouble with Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein on Mind and Language - Wittgenstein Reads Freud
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All about Honest Abe
Lincoln
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A good guide to the propagation of the species
Human Reproduction Update