Taking a reign check
Portraits of the royal family can tell us much about how their subjects' view them, argues Charles Saumarez Smith George VI is having tea in the Royal Lodge, Windsor with his family. The King is...
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More warrior queen than Mrs Brown
Recent biographers of Queen Victoria have become so familiar with "the private Victoria" that they have neglected the public figure known to her subjects, says Walter Arnstein, professor of history...
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Why the Windsors are more than a tabloid farce
Ben Pimlott tells Harriet Swain why academics should take the British monarchy seriously When Ben Pimlott was preparing his biography of Elizabeth II last year, he ran into a former colleague. "I...
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Fact file
Findings from the Higher Education Statistics Agency for 1996-97 reveal that: * 122 institutions reported a surplus in 1997 compared with 116 in 1996 * 59 institutions reported a deficit in 1997...
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Experience sans frontires
EUROPEAN ministers have announced the launch of a "training passport" that will allow young people to have work experience recorded throughout the European Union.
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A brave new green world
New universities are pioneering the use of environmental policies. Julia Hinde reports "Sustainable development is very much a mainstream higher education issue", Scottish education minister Brian...
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No beggar's banquet
Alumnus to be proud of No 176 is tax expert Mick Jagger. Proof at last that the old boy learnt something from that truncated spell at the London School of Economics.
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Call for fair deal on rent deposits
STUDENT leaders have backed calls from the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux for a fairer deal on rent deposits, following its study into abuses by landlords withholding them.
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Changes to the bill
Lords to renew fight against teaching bill The Liberal Democrats say there have been 197 government changes to the Teaching and Higher Education Bill since its introduction. More were made this week...
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Forward planning
The Millennium Bug appears to have hit Wales early. Heads of institutions in the principality have received a consultation paper on audit codes of practice dated June 2, 2098, which makes the...
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Pilot sold `degrees' for Pounds 318 each
A PILOT has been convicted of selling bogus degrees for the "University of Yorkshire" from his spare room. He charged Pounds 318 for degree courses and an extra Pounds 54 for honours, Harrogate...
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Bargains revealed
THE TREASURY will soon be able to find out which universities offer the best value for money - and how they compare with further education colleges, writes Harriet Swain. A team set up by the Higher...
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Call for CVCP unity
VICE-CHANCELLORS of top research universities have been warned they risk scuppering higher education's chances of more cash unless they unite over standards. Diana Warwick, chief executive of the...
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Manchester is the business
MORE than 60 per cent of employers admit that their perceptions of a university will "considerably" or "totally" influence their choice of graduates, according to a Performance Indicator Project...
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Seconds out for loan debt auction
A SECOND billion-pound slice of student loan debt is to be sold off to the private sector. N. M. Rothschild and Sons will advise the Department for Education and Employment on the sale to be launched...