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Buckinghamshire Business School is to offer a three-year BA honours degree in electronic commerce.
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Java on common ground
IBM, Novell, Oracle, Sun Microsystems and the Sun-Netscape Alliance will collaborate on common certification standards for Java developers.
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Sleepless in Slough
Thames Valley University, East Berkshire College and Slough Borough Council have joined with ICL to provide 24-hour IT training to small and medium firms.
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Dons split over single council for Oxford
Oxford University dons have endorsed a modernisation drive with a vote in favour of a new "efficient and streamlined" management structure. But some academics fear the reforms will damage the ancient...
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Researchers waste money by 'failing' to take advice
University researchers are likely to come under fire this month for wasting public money in a report by the public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office is expected to warn that researchers...
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Labour faces EU election 'disaster'
The Labour Party risks electoral disaster in next week's European Parliament elections, signalling trouble for the next general election, according to academics at the London School of Economics....
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Universities urged to put the future first
Universities need to focus on the future instead of just funding if they are to keep in touch with the business world, the National Advisory Committee for Creative and Cultural Education reported...
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Glittering prizes
Heather Rabbatts, chief executive of Lambeth Council; Michael Green, chairman of Carlton; and Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, have received honorary degrees from City University. Lord Bagri,...
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Eco-unfriendly
Umberto Eco, Italy's favourite intellectual, has been taken to task in the media over an article he wrote in Corriere Della Sera on biotechnology patents. Gilberto Corbellini, a distinguished writer...
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Don't trip on the red tape
Universities' obsession with safety is ridiculous and time-wasting, argues John Adams What do Routemaster buses, the Serpentine swimming club and university field trips have in common? They are all...
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Stop telling tales
Double-blind refereeing should eliminate discrimination of most kinds. Other walks of life are not as fortunate. Andrew Oswald Professor of economics University of Warwick
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... David Robertson asked how governance can be better regulated. Ron Hill Director of Corporate Affairs and Clerk to the Calderdale Colleges Corporation Halifax The views...
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Sources for research funding
THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH BOARD (AHRB) www.ahrb.ac.uk The AHRB has launched a scheme to support research in the creative and performing arts. In addition to expanding research activity in...
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US fury over data access legislation
American scientists are opposing a law that forces openness in federally funded research. Ayala Ochert reports Scientists in the United States are up in arms over an obscure piece of legislation...
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Don't listen to the teacher
Think of an engineer and what springs to mind? A graduate doing a white-collar job or the person who repairs dead vacuum cleaners? Most of the primary and secondary teachers questioned by researchers...