Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a former broker whose stock has risen recently: "A written constitution; the democratisation of civil society; the republicanisation of finance; the recognition that...
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Student accommodation
A revised version of accommodation for students available at universities in last week's league tables appears on Noticeboard.
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Don's Diary
MONDAY. Although I'm on secondment from the British Film Institute to Oxford University, I work mostly at home in London, where books, films and videos threaten to swamp the house. Monday, at least,...
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Awards
CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION. The 1996 Young Person of the Year Award was presented to Kate Mills, a research assistant at Pfizer Limited, who started her working life as a YTS trainee at Zeneca....
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University league tables
Unfortunately some accommodation institutions were omitted from last week's league tables. This is the complete list: Student Accommodation* St Andrews 100 Cambridge 91.1 Institute of Education 84.8...
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Honorary degrees
THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES. LLD: Brian Clarkson, principal of University College, Swansea (1982-94) vice chancellor of the University of Wales (1987-89), chairman of the British Council engineering and...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA. Ludmilla Jane Jordanova, professor of cultural history at the University of York, chair in visual arts; Barbara Lepine Goodwin, chair and head of department at Brunel...
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New campus
Trereife near Penzance is the campus site for a university for Cornwall, Sir Geoffrey Holland, vice chancellor of Exeter University, announced on Monday.
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Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Contrary to the information published in the listing of research opportunities on May 17, Bolton Institute of Higher Education is now a self-validating institution awarding its own research degrees.
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Loughborough link
Loughborough University is to be the accrediting partner for the new University College, Peterborough. The link was unveiled last week as plans for UCP, revealed earlier this month in The THES, were...
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Spilled papers
De Montfort University is to launch a full investigation into the security of examinations after an anonymous allegation of a breach. A spokesman could not name the subject or year of papers affected...
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Scotland the brave
Scottish further education stu-dents are being encouraged to become entrepreneurs with the establishment of a centre of excellence in enterprise educa-tion at the Scottish Further Edu-cation Unit in...
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Elections
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE MUSEUMS COUNCIL. John Bernasconi, director of fine art and head of the history department at the University of Hull, has been elected chairman of the Joint Advisory Panel of...
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Kate Mills
(Photograph) - Kate Mills receives her certificate as London and the Southeast's Young Person of the Year from Robin Paul, of Albright and Wilson. She went on to become national 1996 Young Person of...
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Heriot-Watt and Aston graduates set for job success
Finalists from Heriot-Watt and Aston universities think they are the most employable in the country, according to a survey by careers specialists High Fliers Research. Two-thirds of students from...