Inner life of don-dom
Inundated with information about nearly every aspect of higher education, we lack sustained discussion of the changing inner culture of universities. There are several good starts, however. Tony...
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Campus security is a key issue
All of us in universities are ambivalent about safety and security on our campuses. We expect to be hermetically sealed against thieves, drug pushers and peeping toms but we resent any obvious...
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Deep divisions over disaster debriefings
Disaster debriefings, which are becoming increasingly popular, may make victims worse, a psychologist said this week. Debriefings, which were offered to survivors and relatives after the killings at...
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Simple eye test for diabetics could save sight
Scientists at Aberdeen University have made a technological breakthrough which they believe could provide a much simpler means of testing for eye disease, the most common complication of diabetes....
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Europe aims for just Aids approach
European Union countries should adopt a libertarian and progressive policy towards people with HIV and Aids, in contrast to the United States model which tends towards draconian measures in its...
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Don's Diary
MONDAY. "Today's Monday, today's MondayI" as the monotonous 1960s song said. But in my case it is not the washing but a 9.15am lecture. I have taken over, mid-term, from a colleague on the basic...
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Hostage to stress hits out
(Photograph) - Terry Waite (left), the former special envoy and hostage, lashed out at critics of post-traumatic stress disorder at a conference this week. Addressing an audience of psychologists and...
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Seed of an idea: Colin Ferris
(Photograph) - Seed of an idea: Colin Ferris, lecturer in ecology at Leicester University, has collected hundreds of acorns from local oaks and planted them on the roof of a university building. He...
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Big Issue is good for health
The Big Issue magazine is transforming the lives of the homeless people who sell it on the streets, according to research by consumer specialists at Liverpool John Moores University. Some 70 Big...
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Dearing team dream
(Photograph) - Lord Beloff, Conservative peer and former vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham (top left): "One person I would nominate is John Roberts, formerly warden of Merton College,...
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Too few places for Ulster sixth formers
The potential benefits of higher education still outweigh the expense, according to a Northern Ireland study of sixth-formers. But, Tony Gallagher and Bob Cormack from Queen's University and Bob...
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Single office to run Whitehall statistics
Whitehall's army of statistics collectors will be run by one organisation from April 1. It will be headed by a former academic, Tim Holt of Southampton, and the policies and prices it sets could...
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Recap at red brick inspires pupils
A programme at the University of Glamorgan to help underachieving school pupils could be a model for a national campaign to raise educational attainment, according to dep- uty vice chancellor John...
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Dearing team dream
Huw Richards takes a look at the people who could (and who should) be involved in running the Dearing inquiry A senior Department for Education and Employment official will be the secretary of the...
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Call for sub-committee
The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals has called for a Scottish subcommittee to be set up, chaired by a full member of the Dearing inquiry. Scottish bodies have this week been...