Swiss fear lecturer dearth
ROME Swiss higher education is facing a dearth of academics. About 40 per cent of its lecturers and researchers will retire between now and 2004, and there are not enough new academics to fill the...
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No leak in rents row
The representative of the Cambridge University Student Union Rents Campaign who said "the proposed increases only came to light via a leak" (Letters, THES, November 12) deserves a response. This is...
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Off the mark
Duncan Campbell reported that "many future doctors said they falsified patients' documents when under pressure" ("Stethoscopes and lies", THES, November 12). This misleading statement gives the...
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Perugia
The University of Perugia, close to the centre of the destructive 1997 Italian earthquake, has launched a three-year degree course in civil defence coordination.
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Muslim students rally on the streets of Jakarta
(Photograph) - Indonesian Muslim students rally on the streets of Jakarta to portest against a thawing of Indonesia's relations with Israel under new President Abdurrahman Wahid
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Moguls court U21
MELBOURNE The global network of higher education institutions, Universitas 21, is negotiating partnerships with at least five international corporations over its plan to run courses over the internet...
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V-c call to keep cash flowing
Vice-chancellors and principals will urge the government to avoid a return to "boom and bust" in higher education when they submit their bid for extra cash from the chancellor's forthcoming spending...
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Queen's Speech promises reforms for post-16 study
Further education stepped into the limelight this week with the government announcing legislation for post-16 reform and hinting at extra funding. As expected, the Queen's Speech to Parliament...
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Lecturers angry at AUT decision to suspend action
The executive of the Association of University Teachers was accused this week of failing to use its democratic machinery in deciding to suspend strike action over pay five months after it began....
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Comet threat averted
British space scientists were working this week to prevent the wreck of some of Europe's most important satellites by space debris. John Zarnecki, of the University of Kent, was one of a team at the...
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Online thrill, but geology job loss
Britain's geological record is to be digitised and put online as the British Geological Survey undergoes a major reorganisation. The move to transfer details of a portion of the survey's millions of...
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Industry link needs cash carrot
Government and education officials are making a concerted effort to create an annual Pounds 100 million stream of funding for universities to help strengthen their links with industry, business and...
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Hostels say debt deters young
Roughly 15,000 young homeless people have the potential to benefit from higher education. But they see it as "a foreign country", with the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service as "a...
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UEA fined on safety
The University of East Anglia has been found guilty of breaching health and safety laws after an explosion at its flagship school of environmental sciences. UEA was fined Pounds 9,500 and made to pay...
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Rotblat pushes for an ethics oath
Sir Joseph Rotblat's campaign for a Hippocratic oath for scientists is stirring up the international debate on science ethics. The nuclear scientist and Nobel laureate has been contacted by...