Lome
Demonstrators set alight the main administrative block of the state university in the capital city of Togo. A clash occurred when security forces were requested by the university authorities to...
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Madrid
More than 6,000 Spanish students marched through Madrid last week in protest against a report they claim will propose privatisation of higher education. The demonstration, organised by 30 left-wing...
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Australia pledges aid to East Timorese
MELBOURNE Thousands of students from the University of East Timor are still without accommodation, equipment, teachers or money to keep themselves. Almost six months after Indonesia finally accepted...
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Boost for Scottish enterprise
Five Scottish universities have this week launched a Pounds 4 million venture to promote the entrepreneurial spirit in higher education and boost the commercialisation of Scottish inventiveness....
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Big help for small businesses
South-eastern electronics and engineering companies now have access to industrial research and development facilities thanks to a new centre at Sussex University. The Pounds 4 million South East...
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'Guru of web usability' speaks
The successful development of the internet as a device for communication will only happen when education unpicks the bad design habits learned over the past five years, according to usability expert...
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Distance learning examined close up
A Glasgow University team aims to develop "data mining" techniques to assess whether huge investments in distance learning are paying off, writes Olga Wojtas. Glasgow argues that while millions of...
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Fill the knowledge gap and rebuild trust in science
Starting small in 1986, the public understanding of science has become big business. National Science Week - which starts today - is a timely point for the House of Lords to think what happens next....
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Government policies turn off target students
Warning bells should be ringing in ministerial ears this week as signs of frustration with the government's widening participation policy emerged in higher education ("Swapping the ghetto for the...
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What the future holds for graduate employment
Is a degree worth anything in the jobs market these days? Richard Pearson outlines the employment prospects for students The economy is booming, but many of this year's 200,000 graduate job seekers...
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AUST quality defended
Whistleblowers was critical of the Asian University of Science and Technology and its association with Imperial College (THES, February 25). I am proud to have been the founding dean of engineering...
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How to Survive an OU residential
WHAT Tutors are expected to guide students through huge chunks of course material at Open University schools WHY Tutors, like students, need to have confidence in their academic and social abilities...
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Open University facts
* The OU offered 235 residential schools for students on undergraduate degree-level courses in 1999 * 22,310 students attended these schools * About 25,000 students are studying at the OU at any one...
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Agony Aunt
Q Many of my colleagues do not want to take their full holiday entitlement because of their career commitments. I need the break, but I feel guilty about wanting to spend time with my family. What...
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Sharing our sense of wonder
Scientists are duty-bound to explain the significance of their work to the public, says Frank Close In National Science Week 1993 the minister for science, William Waldegrave, set high-energy...