Mistaken identity
The talk at Unesco's world higher education conference may have centred on issues of globalisation, but it was still a surprise to see Clive Booth, chairman of the Teacher Training Agency and former...
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On the move
Sir Garry Johnson, 61, chairman of the International Defence Advisory Board to the Baltic States and Republic of Georgia and director of his own consultancy, will stand down as chairman of the TEC...
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Glittering prizes
Colin Dexter, creator of Oxford sleuth Inspector Morse, has received an honorary doctorate of letters from Oxford Brookes University. Other recent honorary degrees awarded by the university include:...
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Geneva
Nobel prize-winner Carlo Rubbia's latest invention is a fission fragment-powered space engine designed to transport astronauts to Mars in 45 days, rather than the three years, and allow voyages to...
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College goes underground
All students are welcome at the College de France provided there is room. Space is the only restriction on access. Founded in the Renaissance, the state-owned Paris college is undergoing a second...
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Kuala Lumpur
University students arrested in recent protests supporting sacked Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim could face expulsion, education minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak warned last week. "...
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Beijing
Chinese universities have been told to tighten degree issuing procedures by the ministries of education and public security in response to the growing use of counterfeit degree certificates to gain...
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Eye witness
The defeat of Pauline Hanson, who once described herself "the Mother of Australia" in elections last Saturday was greeted with relief by anti-racists. But Robert Manne, associate professor of...
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It takes a global village...
Partnerships in which teachers go to work and managers go to school can help ensure quality pre-tertiary education, says Brenda Gourley. The health of a nation - economically, ethically and...
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Patent or be damned
Scientists must patent their work faster if European biotechnology is to catch up with the United States, Sandy Thomas, a research fellow at Sussex University, will tell a Brussels meeting of...
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Pirelli's Pounds 5m lifeline
Pirelli, the Italian telecommunications giant, has come to the rescue of optical electronics research at Southampton University with Pounds 5 million invested over five years. Backing for the world...
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Book bonus
(Photograph) - Newcastle University library has received Pounds 8 million from the estate of Marjory Robinson, who owned an international bookselling business with her husband. Librarian Tom Graham...
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Glasgow powers up
Glasgow and Strathclyde universities have agreed to recognise each other as "preferred partners" in research. The universities have a combined annual research funding portfolio of Pounds 100 million...
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A war god at Oxford
American Indians are setting their sights on retrieving ancestral remains and artefacts overseas following their success in United States universities. Several tribes have negotiated the return of...
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How to get a job in patents
The Patent Office offers graduates and postgrads a long-term career in a 'semi-academic' environment You may not be the next James Dyson, but you could have a career in invention in the United...