Vietnam's PM calls for better standards
Vietnam's prime minister has issued an urgent plea to the country's universities to raise standards to meet the demands of a modern economy. In a speech to lecturers at the National University of Ho...
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Vocational colleges award degrees despite v-c hostility
More Australian technical and further education colleges are awarding degrees despite strong opposition from the country's vice-chancellors. The sector enrols more than 1 million students on...
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Cult e-zine hits right note
Six years ago a Sardinian mathematician with a passion for music started a free hi-fi web magazine aimed at cutting through the hype of the commercial press. Now www.tnt-audio.com boasts 1.5 million...
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Industry links net a £12m reward
The UK government has backed seven new multimillion-pound university partnerships with business, including a project to develop nanotechnologies to create gas sensors for use in aircraft fuel tanks....
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Malaysian OU opts for Heriot-Watt expertise
Tan Sri Abdullah Sanusi, president of the fledgling Malaysian Open University, has finalised an e-learning deal with Heriot-Watt University to give new Malaysian students access to Heriot-Watt's...
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Six online pioneers launched by French
Six French "digital campuses" will open in October, pioneers in a government-sponsored attempt to provide online courses. Each is a consortium between institutions specialising in law, business or...
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Bid to get students to play around in class
Games and case studies must play a growing role in university teaching to counteract the trend towards computer-based learning, according to a teaching expert. Speaking at the recent conference of...
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Protest to free jailed Russian
US academics are campaigning for the release of Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian postgraduate student who has been arrested and held in custody in the United States for violating security provisions in...
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Sociology e-degree launched
Three Manchester universities are to launch jointly the United Kingdom's first electronic postgraduate degree in sociology. Manchester, Salford and Manchester Metropolitan universities have pooled...
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Heart of academia continues to beat
During the past 12 months I have been appraised, assessed, monitored and examined; evaluated, validated, scrutinised and observed. I have been appraised by my head of school while my research...
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Past the sell-by date
In the debate about teaching quality audits and the need to minimise the intrusive nature of the Quality Assurance Agency's processes I have seen little mention of the problem of the numerous...
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Latest UK news
Gates Foundation funds Liverpool research The Liverpool School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine has received £1.2 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for its work in...
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Latest international news
Russia paroles US student 'spy' A US student jailed for drugs offences in Russia is expected to be released today after a Voronezh regional court granted parole. John Tobin was serving a one-year...
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Those hazy days of summer are here
Agony Aunt and the Teaching section are taking a well-earned break in the sunshine and will return again on September 7. In the meantime, subscribers seeking guidance ahead of the autumn term are...
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Deadline: 31/10/2001