On the move
Richard de Friend, former pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Kent, joins the College of Law as director of its London branch at Store Street. He will be joined by Paulene Collins, who leaves...
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The THES Diary
BLUE PETER SPEAKER Whatever happened to Ruth Gee, former head of the late Association for Colleges? After advising government minister Stephen Byers and signing up for an MBA, she takes the spotlight...
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Don's diary
Monday I am in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, trying to get a feel for how Indonesians themselves perceive the dramatic events of earlier in the year - when students took to the streets to protest...
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Eye Witness
Violent demonstrations in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, are a daily reminder that the result of the July general elections is still contested and that the country's bloody history cannot be easily...
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Hope amid the corruption
Modern Russia may be falling apart, but Richard Sakwa still found a tired optimism for the brave new order Russia is a society marked both by metacorruption - the systemic interpenetration of...
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Gaza
Universities on the West Bank are facing a massive reduction in student numbers for the coming year because of a travel ban imposed by the Israeli authorities on students from the Gaza Strip....
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Paris
France's national library reopens next month at its new Paris site in a Left Bank redevelopment zone. More than ten million books, 350,000 magazine titles and a million audiovisual items have been...
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Beijing
Students at Chinese universities will have a choice of 249 specialities in 11 degree subjects next year after a ministry of education curriculum restructuring exercise. Previously there were 504...
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Strasbourg
David Petrie, chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Foreign Lecturers, and Victoria Primhak, chair of the European Freedom of Movement Monitoring Unit, have announced their intention to stand...
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Toronto to investigate drugs firm
Canada's highest-funded medical research university has agreed to investigate allegations that a pharmaceuticals company suppressed negative findings on one of its drug trials. Leading researchers at...
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US postgraduates offered Irish prize
The Irish government is to invest $3 million in a scholarship fund named after United States senator George Mitchell, who chaired the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement. The project will be...
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France relaxes foreign entry burdens
France has eased restrictions on foreign researchers and students wanting to work there. Researchers from abroad are being encouraged to take up posts - scientists are particularly welcome - so...
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Recession compels Japanese to drop out
Japan's worst recession for 50 years has been blamed for the rising number of students withdrawing from university courses. Financial hardships are reckoned to have forced 3,000 students to quit...
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Private partners expand British in_uence in regional Russia
The influence of British education and training will expand in regional Russia through a unique cultural franchising scheme. The British Council, which runs eight regional offices in addition to its...
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Suu Kyi awarded honorary degree
Burmese human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi received yet another honour when the University of Melbourne awarded her an honorary doctor of laws in absentia. Suu Kyi's husband, Oxford scholar...