First sign of Argentine exodus
Argentina's universities are facing a dramatic increase in the number of graduates seeking validation of their academic qualifications for recognition abroad, which could spell the start of a mass...
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Lecturer charged with high treason
University of Zimbabwe law professor Welshman Ncube has been charged with high treason by police investigating an alleged plot to assassinate the president, Robert Mugabe. Professor Ncube is...
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Monash to aid Olympic bids
The International Olympic Committee has signed an agreement with Monash University, in Melbourne, to create a users' guide for cities competing to hold the Olympic games. The agreement provides for a...
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Students battle on for basic rights
Tapera Kapuya was the first of his poor Harare family to go to university, so it came as a great blow to his mother to learn that the final-year psychology student had been suspended from the...
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Scholars are well suited to a globalised world, but national rules restrict where they may work
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: The academic profession has been global, or at least free from the constraints of national boundaries, since the Middle Ages. Scholars moved more...
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Canada fishes foreign waters
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Canadian universities are seeking unprecedented numbers of new faculty, but critics point out that it is more likely than ever that applicants...
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Dutch fret over ageing staff
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Dutch universities are increasingly looking abroad for scientists to fill the gaps caused by ageing academic staff and a lack of national...
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Fast track for local blacks
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Anessa Adam, a junior lecturer studying for a masters in business finance at the University of the Wi****ersrand in Johannesburg, is one of 19...
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Lessons about letting in outsiders
An unexpected discovery led David Feldman to research the historical changes in immigrant welfare provision. It is only in the past 50 years that Britain has become a multicultural society. The...
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Asylum seekers suffer as communities dispersed
Asylum seekers are suffering mental health problems because of government policies of separating groups and replacing cash bene-fits with vouchers, Stirling Uni-versity researchers have found. Iain...
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Lecturers lead Italian protests
Italy's academics have entered the political fray to challenge the conservative government led by media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. Thousands of academics, who staged street demonstrations in Florence...
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Police check on students
Police are conducting widespread security checks on overseas students amid concerns that potential terrorists could be gaining entry to the United Kingdom. Local police forces are providing...
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Environmental Factors in the Chronology of Human Evolution & Dispersal
Deadline: 26/04/2002
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Evolution of Business Knowledge
Deadline: 15/05/2002
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People at the Centre of Communication and Information Technologies (PACCIT)
Deadline: 31/07/2002