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Many statistics quoted by senior public figures on the proportion of students receiving local education authority support for tuition fees are based on estimates rather than on actual figures. We...
Many statistics quoted by senior public figures on the proportion of students receiving local education authority support for tuition fees are based on estimates rather than on actual figures. We...
I agree with Andrew Oswald that Britain needs independent universities, but not that "real universities are research institutions... and not, repeat not, primarily places of teaching" (Soapbox, THES...
Andrew Oswald's view that universities are not primarily places for students will bewilder funding councils, most academics and the hordes of young people on campuses who are wandering around under...
For: THES From: Professor G. Lapping Dear Sir, I discovered a reference in last week's THES to your current editor's impending departure. May I wish Auriol Stevens a happy retirement. She will, as...
Our analysis of the easiest and hardest British universities to get into shows that there is indeed an elite group of institutions whose members are successful at attracting both research funding and...
It is eight years since South Africa's return to democracy and the beginning of the reconstruction process that promised so much to the country's oppressed majority. But the process of transformation...
Brussels, 05 June 2002 Seven bilateral agreements, including one related to research, signed by Switzerland and the European Union in 1999 have entered into force. The agreements, drawn up following...
Brussels, 05 June 2002 European scientists braved the cold to carry out an airborne survey of arctic gravity in early May. The European Survey of Arctic Gravity (ESAG-2002) was successfully carried...
Paris, 05 June 2002 The Star Tiger team today begins a four-month pioneering research and development project at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (RAL), which could lead to a real breakthrough for...
Paris, 05 June 2002 ESA's Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator has now arrived at Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse, France where it will form part of the Ariane 5 launcher exhibit. The ARD is Europe’s first...
Brussels, 05 June 2002 FINAL A5-0183/2002 24 May 2002 REPORT on universities and higher education in the European learning area (2001/2174(INI)) Full Text EXPLANATORY STATEMENT 1. Introduction This...
Brussels, 05 June 2002 Quality Assurance Standards - current working draft (pdf -310kB) 1.1 INTRODUCTION This report was prepared by an appointed Project Team Quality Assurance (PT QA) and Guidelines...
Strasbourg, 05 June 2002 In the Sixth Framework Programme, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) will restructure its activities so as to strengthen its organisation and contribute usefully to the European...
Strasbourg, 05 June 2002 As part of a joint debate on the implementation of research programmes, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP-ED, D) will be presenting a draft legislative report on Rules for...
Strasbourg, 05 June 2002 In a second report, this time non-binding, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP-ED, D) will be presenting a draft motion for a resolution on Rules for participation in the...