How to ... Spread the word on best practice
WHAT A new, round-the-clock information network aims to get best teaching practice to all who need it, writes Cliff Allan WHY Too often, research is not disseminated and remains within the circle of...
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Sons of soil left to wither on the vine
Agriculture in Britain has sunk to a nadir last seen during the Great Depression. Farmers were once the bedrock of British society and a powerful voice in the land, but who now cares what becomes of...
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Call for chemistry shake-up
Many chemistry departments cannot survive in their present form, says a report by the Royal Society of Chemistry. There are too many undergraduate places; insufficient money to keep up the research...
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War on gulf between rich and poor
HIGHER education should reach all those parts of society it has not previously reached. There should be no place in Scotland where people assume it is not for them. The case for this policy is...
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The guru in the quad
John Kay is stepping down as chairman of consultancy London Economics and stepping into controversy as director of Oxford's school of management studies. Romesh Vaitilingam reports on the Tony Blair...
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When artists lose the plot
Art schools are turning out romantic narcissists, ignorant of the real world, argues Paul Bonaventura. There is, I believe, a fundamental problem with today's visual arts. Put simply, the larger...
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Library chief berates selfish universities
"University libraries can't cope anymore," said Matthew Evans, chairman of Faber and Faber and head of the Library and Information Commission. "The signs on the university library doors say 'members...
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Campuses urged to strip assets
A leading Australian business analyst and forecaster has urged universities to sell off all their property holdings, with an estimated worth of up to Aus$10 billion (Pounds 5 billion), and use the...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL www.nerc.ac.uk Earth...
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Is private so efficient and public so bad?
The Impact of Privatisation
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How to find the right trousers
Animation is booming but if Britain is to keep winning the Oscars there needs to be greater collaboration between film-makers and academics. Norman Taylor and Roger Noake explain. Should another...
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Courting business is key to progress
Research chief Luciano Criscuoli tells Paul Bompard the government is encouraging the private sector to help fund more research projects After almost 20 years at the Ministry for Universities and...
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Collaboration is the future
"PLUS ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" was possibly not an expression used by Tony Blair in his recent speech to the French National Assembly in Paris. But it is a fitting starting point for my...
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Monarch of glen takes the high road
Brian Duffield, dean of the faculty of cultural and education studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, has been appointed chief executive of UHI Ltd, the body taking forward plans for a new...
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The long march to capitalism
Growing out of the Plan