Young, gifted and on the right track
Spotting gifted children used to be scorned as elitist. Now a university is being urged to help teach the brightest youngsters lost in inner-city schools. Bibi Berki reports. Joe Renzulli - one of...
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Islands of sanity in a highly charged atmosphere
Israeli academic and novelist Amos Oz tells Anne Sebba why universities can have a crucial role in the quest for peace. Ask Amos Oz, the Israeli academic and novelist, the best way to cure fanaticism...
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Where grass is greener
If the prospect of the next research assessment exercise is already getting you down and another short-term contract is all that is on thehorizon, what about taking a job abroad? Over the next few...
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Police foil Islamic militant plot to assassinate rector
Istanbul Turkish police have foiled a plan to assassinate the rector of the Inonu University. Police arrested 24 people and seized a large amount of arms, including pump-action shot-guns, rifles and...
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After the bombs, what next for Belgrade University?
In an email interview at the outset of Nato action against Serbia, Jagos Puric, rector of Belgrade University, described the effects on his institution. After the end of the bombardment, he tells...
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THES supports University of Pristina
The Times Higher Education Supplement is supporting the scheme to assist the University of Pristina with the long-term aim of its return to the Kosovar capital. Details of the campaign can be...
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Fan-plastic path to the easy life spreads to city
Cola drink manufacturers, banks and universities are sharing the profits of campus smartcard schemes, Liz Amos and Tony Bell found on a US trip We went expecting to see major developments using chip...
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Online doctorate flies in face of convention
An Australian student has been awarded what is said to be one of the world's first two PhDs for research conducted, supervised, submitted, examined, and stored all online. Simon Pockley completed his...
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I reckon my one is better than yours
As the Institute for Learning and Teaching opens, Alison Utley asks students to grade lecturers The Institute for Learning and Teaching finally opened its doors this week, beginning the long-awaited...
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The THES Diary
Gambling man Announcing Pounds 2.5 million worth of cuts recently, Liverpool John Moores University vice-chancellor Peter Toyne quipped that one way of solving the cash crisis could be to gamble...
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Lagos
Students suspected of membership of rival secret cults shot and killed an assistant registrar of Nigeria's Delta State University and his wife at their home in Abraka. Some students have been...
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Software for GPs' surgeries
John Fox is working to make sure that computers make life easier for doctors. Geoff Watts reports. You probably know the despair of seeing your computer respond to a simple command with an...
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High-flying lecturers wooed with lucrative awards
A new Pounds 1 million per year award scheme is about to be launched for outstanding lecturers Outstanding lecturers will be eligible for a share of a new Pounds 1 million scheme designed to...
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The Cambridge effect
Most of the firms in Britain's 'Silicon Valley' are Cantab creations. Kam Patel reports Cantab Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge University spin-off established ten years ago, has emerged as the fastest...
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Sheffield in freemason pact
The freemasons have been in secret negotiations with Sheffield University to set up a multimillion-pound research centre to "promote the interests of freemasonry", The THES can reveal. The university...