Grapevine guide to a spread of excellence
Italy has no independent organisation for evaluating universities in terms of standards and productivity. What is known about universities and single departments is the result of direct knowledge,...
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Ideology ends official quest for quality picture
The ELECTION of a conservative government in Australia last March saw the end of the only official system of ranking universities, writes Geoff Maslen. The former Labor government introduced annual...
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Magazines satisfy a national obsession
Officially all German universities are equal. A key principle of the egalitarian, anti-elitist, federal state is that students have equal opportunities whether they study in Konstanz in the south or...
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The folly of the ivy?
As four British universities prepare to join an international network, Simon Midgley and Geoff Maslen examine university links and the feasibility of a world super league of institutions. Education...
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Minority quotas face axe
If the polls are correct, California voters will this week approve a measure to ban all "affirmative action" programmes for minority students and staff in the biggest public university system in the...
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Canada launches first gay guide to law
Fewer acquaintances seeking legal advice may stop lawyer John Yogis while he walks his dog now that he has helped write a guide to the Canadian legal system as it pertains to homosexuals. Sexual...
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The last supper for Wits adverts
Now that they finally have something to smile about, are South Africans losing their sense of humour? The creators of a University of the Wi****ersrand advertising campaign think so. The ads,...
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Borders open to Net study
All countries in the Asia-Pacific region now rank "internationalisation" high on their economic agendas and see universities as playing a crucial role. According to Ken McKinnon, former president of...
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Family cure for sick man of Europe
A university which relies on government sources for less than 10 per cent of its funding is something of a novelty in Europe. To find one in Turkey comes as a surprise. There are parallels between...
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Yeltsin stops OU station broadcast
Russia's version of the Open University will screen its last education programmes this week following a decree by President Boris Yeltsin to hand over its broadcasting frequency to a popular pro-...
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Lack of safety in numbers
Next month the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development will publish the latest edition of Education At A Glance: OECD Indicators. It will shed new light on United Kingdom education...
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Fat cat factor fuels unrest in the ranks
Today the results of ballots on industrial action by campus unions will be known. Given the mood in higher education, agreement to action must be likely. Staff and students are profoundly...
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The value of free thinkers
THIS week sees three government attempts to assert government control of universities. Legislation is before the lower house of the Irish parliament on university governance (page 52). In Britain,...
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Clinton's vice
The election of a Democrat president with a Republican Congress is good news for American scientists but does not mean the funding squeeze will ease up, argues Albert Teich. Bill Clinton's victory...
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Marxism is not dead
John Ashworth and Helena Cronin (THES, October 18) assert that so called "Marxist political systems" across the world have been repudiated following the dissolution of the USSR and that, along with...