Treasures buried by layers of hate
As the World Archaeological Congress is again outmanoeuvred by fundamentalists in the name of academic freedom, Michael Tierney calls for extreme rightwingers to be barred The World Archaeological...
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Nursery crimes
In the wake of the Louise Woodward case, researchers at Nottingham University are trying to come up with ways to identify babies who have been shaken to death. Julia Hinde reports As the public...
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Will great expectations fall on hard times?
How would your students cope if at the end of their study they had to produce a full-length novel instead of a dissertation? Harriet Swain reports on a unique course at Manchester University Not many...
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Current students
Will great expectations fall on hard times? Adrian Slatcher, 31, spent nine years as a systems analyst before giving up his job to do the course. He started his first novel while studying for an...
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Serb rector quits in clash
EUROPE THE RECTOR of Belgrade University resigned last week over the passage through the Serbian parliament of a law that academics and students claim will destroy university autonomy. The...
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Exam fraud rocks Rome's university of knowledge
EUROPE THE LATEST, and possibly worst, of a long history of corruption scandals is rocking the credibility of Europe's largest university, La Sapienza ("Knowledge") University with 180,000 students...
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Tango from Romford
AMERICAS SINCE he was born in Romford, Essex, in January 1954, Nicholas Tozer has gone a long way ... all the way to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he has become a member of the country's unique...
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Hispanics to get 'English-only' schooling
AMERICAS THE SCRAPPING of bilingual education in Californian schools could have an adverse effect on university and college access for the state's Spanish-speakers, according to its opponents, writes...
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Africa sharpens engineers' skills
AFRICA Universities in sub-Saharan Africa must markedly improve the standard of engineering and technical education if the region is to move beyond the stage of assembling products and achieve...
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V-cs issue guidelines on campus meningitis
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals is distributing guidelines for managing meningitis to all universities.
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Fact file
Findings from the Higher Education Statistics Agency for 1996-97 reveal that: Total income of higher education institutions rose 4.7 per cent to Pounds 11.14 billion Total expenditure increased 4.4...
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Strathclyde University RAE rating for Mechanical Engineering
In our quality league table published on May 15 we incorrectly gave Strathclyde University an RAE rating of 3b for Mechanical Engineering. The correct rating is 4.
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Cuts fuel campus disputes
Cuts and restructuring are causing upheaval in universities countrywide. Thes reporters look at four hotspots. UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON BAILIFFS evicted 35 students on Tuesday from buildings at the...
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Cuts fuel campus disputes
Cuts and restructuring are causing upheaval in universities countrywide. Thes reporters look at four hotspots. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Plans to shed 60 academic posts at Cambridge University through an...
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Howler alert
This man must be stopped! If Peter Barnes of the Open University is not to run off with The THES exam howler competition yet again, he needs some more opposition. Entries by the end of the month or...