Northern lights
Arktiktum in Lapland is not the most northerly institute of higher education in the world (Eyewitness, THES, January 7). That distinction belongs to the University of Tr?mso in Norway. Anthony...
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Missing women
Just two of the 17 contributors to The Millennium Magazine (THES, December 24/31 1999) were women. Editor Auriol Stevens pre-empts criticism by declaring it was the millenn-ium of men. Yet the texts...
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Drama addition
We have five members of staff, not four ("A new stage in Greek tragedy", THES, January 14). Pantelis Michelakis, an expert on the relationship between ancient drama and the modern cinema, joined in...
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The Hague
Fausto Pocar, an Italian professor of international law at the University of Milan, has been made a judge on the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal. He has conducted missions for the United Nations High...
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Kuching
Malaysian education minister Tan Sri Musa Muhammad is under pressure to review the timing of graduation and delays in postings for new teachers. The Sarawak Teachers Union says teachers were usually...
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Tokyo
Forty Chinese universities attended an exhibition in Japan in December to attract Japanese students. It was China's first large-scale effort to recruit overseas students.
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Power of prayer
(Photograph) - Power of prayer: Japanese high school students tie picture tablets on to a shrine wall in Tokyo to bring them good fortune in competitive university entrance examinations that are...
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Petaling Jaya
Malaysia's National Accreditation Board has ruled that students enrolling for masters degrees in private universities must have a first degree or its equivalent starting from next year.
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Ottawa
Wilbert Keon, Canada's first artificial heart transplant surgeon, who resigned over allegations he had sought sex with a prostitute, is to keep his job after the University of Ottawa Heart Institute'...
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UK could face Singapore snub
The British Council has warned that complacency is endangering British universities' lucrative market share of student recruitment in Singapore. Institutions that have historically enjoyed close...
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Napier defends record on student access
* Napier University invoked its strong record on widening access after being featured in the Scottish Parliament as having the highest non-completion rates in Scotland. Enterprise and lifelong...
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Economists call for R&D investment in NI
The Northern Ireland Economic Council has this week slated the lack of government funding for research and development in the province. Its report says that, while private sector spending has risen,...
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Student held following lecture hall gun siege
A drama student accused of holding fellow students hostage at gunpoint in a university lecture theatre has been remanded in custody by Sunderland magistrates. Christopher David, 23, of Ryhope,...
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Roehampton builds federal tie with Surrey
The University of Surrey and the Roehampton Institute this week launched their federation. The two institutions will collaborate on teaching, research and marketing activities, but will not be...
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Spare a thought in the queue for Body Zone
Researchers at Oxford Brookes University are visiting the Millennium Dome to find out what the public really thinks of it. Members of the Consumer Satisfaction in Tourism research group are handing...