Troubled head quits
The head of one of Cardiff University's top academic schools has stepped down after admitting that he does not have the confidence of staff for his plans. David Skilton, head of Cardiff's School of...
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Maestros come together for duet
After years of harmonious informal collaboration, the Royal College of Music and Royal Holloway's music department have announced a strategic partnership, writes Tony Tysome. An agreement to be...
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MPs look into 'lost TEC millions'
MPs are to investigate the "lost millions" of pounds in education and training funding that the government is trying to recover from former training and enterprise councils. At least £110 million is...
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Debate is 'suppressed' as Zambia turns down GM food
Zambian scientists will return home tomorrow from an international trip to investigate the safety of genetically modified food to a row over academic freedom. The trip to the US, Britain and Norway...
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Access decision divides Israelis
Israel's council for higher education intends to block an "open access" plan by the Hebrew University to admit up to 400 students from low-income neighbourhoods to its humanities and social sciences...
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V-cs in funds limbo
Nigeria's vice-chancellors have called for talks with president Olusegun Obasanjo to press their case for immediate extra funding for universities amid a dispute over a World Bank loan. The...
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The legs have it for choosy Italy
Italy's universities have increased spending on advertising by more than tenfold over four years, from €2 million to €22 million (£1.25 million to £14 million). With advertising campaigns in...
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Banda Aceh
A human rights activist who until June lectured in Asian studies at the University of Tasmania was this week charged with visa violations by Indonesian authorities. Lesley McCulloch, a travelling...
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Shanghai
Worldwide Learning, a division of TSL Education Ltd, publisher of The THES , has developed a training programme in topics including client management and risk assessment for 6,000 middle and junior...
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Montreal/Paris
Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien has inaugurated a brain tumour research centre at McGill University as part of the country's drive to be a world leader in the treatment of tumours of the...
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Canberra told to loosen reins
Australia's vice-chancellors have called for greater freedom for their universities, arguing their institutions labour under a "one-size-fits-all" policy that must be changed. Deryck Schreuder,...
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Sponges soak up bonus for Papua
A landmark agreement has been signed in Vancouver that offers a developing country a share of funding for its contribution to drugs research. The terms of the agreement between the universities of...
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In the news: Ken Boston
Ken Boston has weathered the occasional storm. As the new chief executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, he was this week pitched into the row over whether exam boards deliberately...
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Don's diary: Happy as a pig in mud
Sunday Back to the Pig's Nose Inn in East Prawle, Devon, to prepare for the next group of Earthwatch volunteers. Dinner tickets, field emergency plans, clipboards, first-aid kits, fluorescent jackets...
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Attractive package?
Some plain Yorkshire speaking emanates from the University of Sheffield, from where Mahesan Niranjan, a professor of computer science, has posted a job advert to an email list. It reads: "The...