Natal chief to head OU
Brenda Gourley, vice-chancellor of the University of Natal in South Africa, will become vice-chancellor of the Open University. Professor Gourley believes that universities have social...
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Power in NI 'skewed'
Relations between Northern Ireland's higher and further education minister Sean Farren and his Stormont scrutiny committee collapsed over student fees, a report has claimed. Research by the...
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Scheme plans to cut journal costs
A United States-based project to combat the high costs of scientific journals by creating publishing partnerships with academics and institutions has launched a European arm. Sparc Europe is due to...
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Business as usual, he's only a prince
These days, the University of St Andrews has to cope with an extended title, "where-Prince-William-will-study-art-history". It is also having to cope with intense and often inaccurate media coverage...
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Outbreak of 'new managerialism' infects faculties
"New managerialism" is emerging as a dominant force in British higher education, according to a two-year study into the running of universities. A team led by Rosemary Deem, professor of education at...
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In the news: Colin Matthews
A "not particularly conventional" fanfare for five groups of brass and percussion opens tonight's first night of the 2001 Promenade Concerts. It is by Colin Matthews, recently appointed professor of...
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Don's Diary
May I ensconce myself in a room roughly ten-foot square, switch on the kit and wait. The comp-uter screen bursts in to life: "Incoming call." Welcome to the age of the video conference; which enables...
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Glittering prizes
King's College London has awarded fellowships to: Josephine Crocker , chairman of the King's Association; Judith Dunn , research professor at the Institute of Psychiatry; Thomas Lehner , professor of...
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On the move
The e-university holding company has appointed: Sir Brian Fender , chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, chair; Alfred Morris , vice-chancellor of the University of the...
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Paying for the name
Nice to know the government is fulfilling its pledge to spend extra money on education. More than £56,000 - about 12 times the level of funding per student - has gone on renaming the Education and...
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Follow whose leader?
Whoever wins the Tory leadership contest will know he was not the first choice of his education team. Shadow education secretary Theresa May backed Michael Portillo from the start, while higher...
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Old scrubbers only
As St Andrews University awaits the arrival of new student Prince William, closely followed by a tabloid stake-out of any potential girlfriend, it must yearn for the constraints of the past. Patrick...
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Dancing to Ewan's tune
Film star Ewan McGregor got more than an honorary DLitt when he turned up at Ulster University last week. He is seeking banjo lessons for a film role and UU's Institute of Ulster-Scots has offered to...
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Laura takes leap back
The row over Oxford University's refusal to offer a place to state-school pupil Laura Spence generated reams of unfavourable publicity. But it seems they were right. "I don't feel that being from the...
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Eyewitness: First steps in Caucasus peace process
The long-standing enmity between Armenians and Turks could be resolved by a "reconciliation commission", which met for its first session last week. Commission members from Armenia, Turkey, Russia and...