Victoria, BC
A man, who accepted his fifth and sixth university degrees at a recent convocation ceremony at the University of Victoria, is not only halfway towards completing a seventh in philosophy but is...
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Eye witness
Post-apartheid South Africa continues to face serious economic and social problems as it rebuilds its divided society. The gap between expectations among the non-white communities and the reality of...
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How to ... Make the most of study abroad
WHAT: The UK has sent students abroad for decades and will need to send more if it hopes to match the numbers of EU students coming here. Jim Coleman reports. WHY: A stint abroad is a plus on a...
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Star Turn
Julia Hinde experiences the cool and calming delivery of a medical school lecture on the autonomic nervous system. There is no doubting that William Large's first-year lectures on the autonomic...
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Agony aunt
Q Some of my overseas students are looking decidedly dejected and out of place and, with Christmas coming up, I would welcome some tips on making them feel more at home in this country. A Sometimes...
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Postgrads get into class training
Although there are no official national statistics it is known that more and more postgraduates are required to teach. Jeremy Hoad, general secretary of the National Postgraduate Committee of the...
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Asian crisis hits overseas intake
The full impact of the Southeast Asia crisis on student recruitment overseas emerged this week, with figures showing a 13 per cent drop overall in new higher education intakes from abroad this year....
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Serb profs refuse 'loyalty' contracts
Serbian academics have until today to sign contracts of employment under the new restrictive Universities' Act, which is effectively a declaration of loyalty to the Yugoslav government of Slobodan...
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Call for stronger industry links
Academics should be encouraged to collaborate with industry through initiatives that carry similar weight to the research assessment exercise, recommends a report published this week by the Higher...
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Controls planned for activities abroad
The government and the National Audit Office this week called for tighter controls on universities' and colleges' overseas activities, as a report revealed how Southampton Institute made "significant...
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Designers of new Pounds 30,000 Art Bar at the Royal College of Art
(Photograph) - Bar mades: students Gitta Gschwendtner (left) and Angel Monzon, who designed the new Pounds 30,000 Art Bar at the Royal College of Art, celebrate their success with a beer at the...
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New Universities are first online
The challenges of the global tuition market "In the UK, it is universities that were created from the polytechnics in the early 1990s that lead in developing collaborative links with overseas...
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Thinking globally, acting locally
The challenges of the global tuition market Technology is transforming how students learn within universities, and this change will spur the globalisation of higher education, according to Tony Berry...
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The challenges of the global tuition market
Last month Alison Goddard looked at the threat to universities from increasing competition worldwide. In advance of the conference "Tomorrow's world: the globalisation of higher education", she...
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Oil giant backs council
Moscow British Petroleum has agreed to fund a Pounds 150,000 environmental education and language training programme in Russia's far east, where it plans to bid for an oil exploration contract. The...