On the move
The University of London has appointed the following: C. N. Mann , director of the Warburg Institute, dean of the School of Advanced Study from January 1, 2002; Timothy Shaw , professor at Dalhousie...
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Old trouts set the trend
Lovers of leather could find themselves making a new fashion statement thanks to Peruvian engineer Barbara León. Ms León won second prize in a technological innovations competition, run by Lima's...
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Nick goes back to Bac
After years of helping to develop a new system of sixth-form examinations for England, Nick Tate, former chief executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, has found there is no...
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In the news: Tony Hey
Tony Hey has always appreciated the importance of communication. His role as director of the e-Science core programme gives him a way to help to circulate information. But having found inspiration...
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Eyewitness: Canada's looming health care shortfall
Small, remote rural communities, even in developed countries, find it hard to attract and retain physicians. Around the world, experts agree that medical training needs to be located in these areas...
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World watch
Washington More American students are applying for aid to cover the cost of tuition, room and board. Some 55 per cent of undergraduates and 60 per cent of graduates asked for cash in 1999-2000, a...
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Sun sets on old public way
A new managerial cost-cutting culture is coming to Japan's universities, write Bern Mulvey and Charles Jannuzi. In a long-anticipated move, the Japanese government has decided in principle to grant...
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Reform angers philosophers
French education minister Jack Lang has bowed to pressure from philosophy teachers to neutralise reforms due to start in lycees in September, despite claims by an opposing group of philosophers and...
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Student 'fabricated' quotes
An internal committee at Haifa University has found that a masters thesis presented by Teddy Katz contained fabricated quotes purporting to come from veterans involved in an incident at the village...
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Aid cuts and fee hike hit Harare
The University of Zimbabwe is heading for crisis, with looming student anger over a whopping rise in fees and the university set to lose crucial donor funding. As a state body, the university -...
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Home of learning loses out to uppity neighbours
New England, the undisputed home of higher education in the United States, is confronting a sudden erosion of its dominance. The region's disproportionate share of the country's university students...
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Vietnam's PM calls for better standards
Vietnam's prime minister has issued an urgent plea to the country's universities to raise standards to meet the demands of a modern economy. In a speech to lecturers at the National University of Ho...
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Vocational colleges award degrees despite v-c hostility
More Australian technical and further education colleges are awarding degrees despite strong opposition from the country's vice-chancellors. The sector enrols more than 1 million students on...
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Cult e-zine hits right note
Six years ago a Sardinian mathematician with a passion for music started a free hi-fi web magazine aimed at cutting through the hype of the commercial press. Now www.tnt-audio.com boasts 1.5 million...
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Industry links net a £12m reward
The UK government has backed seven new multimillion-pound university partnerships with business, including a project to develop nanotechnologies to create gas sensors for use in aircraft fuel tanks....