French crave UK-style move on autonomy
French universities must have more say in running their own affairs, according to Bernard Belloc, head of the country's university presidents' organisation. Professor Belloc, who became leader of the...
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Vienna
Legislation to make Austria's universities autonomous legal entities from January 2004 has completed its passage through parliament.
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Hanover
At least a quarter of all German students give up their studies before final exams, according to a study by the Hanover Further Education Information System.
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Top universities taking more state pupils Leading universities have started admitting an increasing proportion of students from state schools since chancellor Gordon Brown complained of their “...
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ATL likely to follow Natfhe in striking
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers is likely to follow lecturers' union Natfhe with a strike over pay in further education colleges. The ATL, which has members in 15 colleges, will ballot for...
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British Library says sorry for disruptions
The British Library has apologised to users for the disruption to services resulting from this week's strike. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union downed tools on Monday over pay...
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Frustrated Tory shadow quits to spend time with his family
Shadow further and higher education minister Alistair Burt resigned this week, expressing discomfort, regrets and frustration after less than a year in the job. Mr Burt told The THES he resigned the...
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MPs put science bodies in dock
The UK's leading science and engineering bodies discriminate against academics in emerging disciplines and in universities outside Oxford, Cambridge and London, according to MPs. The House of Commons...
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A woman on the edge of a nuclear precipice
Veteran nuclear campaigner Helen Caldicott says a belligerent, ill-informed US president controlled by staff wanting ever-more exotic weapons has raised the risk of nuclear war to a post-cold war...
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Critics leave secret agent neither shaken nor stirred
How has James Bond retained his appeal for six decades? Maybe it's the evergreen allure of the alpha male, suggests Adrian Mourby. James Bond is 60 this year and he is pretty lucky to have made it so...
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Taking the measure of our mobility
Philip Collins went from housing estate to Houses of Parliament. Now, as director of the Social Market Foundation, his interests include the future of the university. Karen Gold reports. The hero of...
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Academic all-rounders stroll from the quad to the crease
The sound of leather on willow bowled over two scholars and enticed them away from their normal fields of study, writes Huw Richards. A political theorist and a materials scientist. A Russian-...
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Lessons from the loss of faith
The credibility of science now rests with co-authors, who need to ensure that they check a paper's validity before it is published, says Robert Park. It has been the summer of lost faith. Each day...
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Passion dies for bride of the state
Higher education has become a slave to its cold cash-monster master - in a humiliating and mutually unhealthy marriage, says Kenneth Minogue. There's an unmistakable touch of menace in the way Lord...
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Footprints in stolen sand
When you're lying on that beach in Belize congratulating yourself that as an ecotourist you're not damaging the environment and are helping the local economy, think again, says Rosaleen Duffy. When...