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Deadline: 22/10/2001
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Where were you...?
Dorothy S. Zinberg, THES columnist, writes direct from Harvard University Some ten hours after I witnessed the devastation of the World Trade Center on television, moving mechanically from one...
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For the record
Business studies top of the pops Business and management studies is the most popular subject at degree level for full-time students starting this autumn, according to data from the Universities and...
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Correction: Elizabeth Hall
Elizabeth Hall was a senior lecturer in the education department of the University of Central England before retiring on ill-health grounds, and was not, as reported last week, a careers guidance...
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Next week
NEWS The end of the PhD: debt starves out research students FEATURES Will art history radicalise Prince William? Teaching It's wise to improvise: how to jazz up lectures Research Social work gets...
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Potato fights blight
The curse of the organic potato farmer may soon be lifted by a humble purple spud grown by Newcastle University scientists. The unnamed variety has proved to be almost totally resistant to potato...
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UUK slams 'mean' funding
Vice-chancellors were set to make an unprecedented demand for increased funding for student support - all but calling for the reintroduction of maintenance grants - at their annual residential...
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Three-pronged attack on red tape
University regulators were hit by a triple whammy this week, as vice-chancellors, union leaders and Cabinet Office watchdogs moved against over-regulation and excessive red tape. Lecturers' leaders...
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Cost cuts to force voluntary job losses
Heriot-Watt University is to seek voluntary job losses in a major restructuring scheme that will concentrate its academic departments into six schools and two postgraduate institutes. The unions have...
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Why a science degree is no sign of greater intellect
Many more mathematicians than lawyers gain first-class honours - 22 per cent versus 4 per cent - but that is unlikely to mean they are "cleverer" or that maths is an easier subject than law. So why...
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V-c leaves with shot at government
Maxwell Irvine, Birmingham University's departing vice-chancellor, has called the government's policies on higher education funding "a disaster", writes Tony Tysome. The sector faces trouble unless...
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Innovation - but no change
David VandeLinde, Warwick University's new vice-chancellor, has planted a tell-tale sign by his desk. It reads: "No whining". The no-nonsense message is in keeping with both his personal style and...
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Colleges fall short of higher standard
Students taking higher education courses in colleges are receiving a worse service than their university counterparts, according to a comparison of teaching quality between the sectors. Further...
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Cambridge project with Marconi under review
Cambridge University this week denied reports that its plans to build a world-class £40 million Communications Research Centre had collapsed following financial difficulties at its sponsor,...