Shut university to allow reform, says assessor
A government-appointed independent assessor has recommended that South Africa's University of the North be closed temporarily to allow the institution to restructure, develop new policies and weed...
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Oz gets second college inquiry
The Australian senate has established an inquiry into university funding, with special emphasis on the effects of an increasing reliance on private income. The senate sub-committee will report next...
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France gears up for work
France's universities are preparing to introduce courses geared increasingly to enterprise and the world of work and to increase and improve student mobility - into and out of the country. Last week...
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Marketers target online browsers who do not buy
Now that the heady rush to get onto the internet has abated, online and "bricks and mortar" companies are both realising that just having a website with e-commerce capabilities does...
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Invest to fill skills gap, Oz advised
The Australian government should immediately allocate an extra A$25 million (£9.1 million) a year for universities to address the shortage of computer science and information technology...
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Don't let IT eclipse teaching, dean says
Universities embracing the new economy culture must beware the danger of technology's distracting from the importance of what is actually taught. The warning came from Howard Thomas, new dean of...
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Cardiff aims to add to tally of 15 spin-off successes
Stimulating technology transfer is a priority in Cardiff. The city's university and its sister institution, the University of Wales College of Medicine, have between them created 15 high-technology...
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Academics 'dismayed' by Glasgow exploitation
The culture clash between academic and commercialisation staff, rife in North America, has erupted at Glasgow University. Glasgow has aggressively boosted commercialisation in recent years. In July,...
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Centre set to boost help to college whizzkids
Strathclyde University yesterday unveiled its multimillion-pound Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde, writes Olga Wojtas. It aims to promote entrepreneurship among staff, students and...
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Making promises that only others can keep
Is US higher education heading for a lesson in the emptiness of campaign pledges? asks Martin Trow One important fact about the United States presidential campaign is that both candidates - and the...
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Bright initiatives made to please the chancellor
Last February in a speech at the University of Greenwich, education secretary David Blunkett caused a stir with two new policies: the e-university and the foundation degree. The speech came as Mr...
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Open question
We were sorry to read in your Whistleblowers column ( THES , October 13) of Penelope Pugh's experience when she sat her Open University exam at the British Council offices in Buenos Aires. However,...
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Open question
Your Whistleblowers column may give the impression that the OU provides poor service to its 8,000 disabled students and the 4,500 students who choose to take their exams overseas or in special...
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Bologna foundation
As UK signatory to the Bologna Declaration on Higher Education, I was surprised to see an article, "Degree is short of European standard", ( THES , October 20) implying we do not...
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