Chairs
University of Manchester David Langslow, lecturer in Latin philology and linguistics at University of Oxford, chair of classics; Elaine Graham, senior lecturer-elect, Samuel Ferguson chair of social...
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Honorary degrees
University of Ulster DLitt: Keith Kyle, professor and reporter on the BBC's Panorama programme; Catherine McGuinness, Dublin High Court judge, chair of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, member...
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Close encounter
(Photograph) - Cambridge University's Amateur Dramatic Club publicise their performance of Ticklebang at the Edinburgh Festival. The comedy, by Dillon Ritson, the winner of the 1997 Guardian...
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Scientist ousted over altered food claim
A scientist who warned that his unpublished research raised the possibility that genetically modified food might damage human health was suspended this week by the Rowett Research Institute in...
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HEFCE consults on health research
The problem of assessing the quality of broad areas of health-related research could be solved by setting up sub-panels beneath the main assessment panels, writes Alison Goddard. The Higher Education...
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AUT slams GTC proposals
The government's plans for a General Teaching Council amount to little more than a toothless organisation that is unconnected with higher education, university teachers argued this week. Responding...
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Fear for medical merit rises
Patients are to have a greater say in deciding which medical doctors receive bonus payments, the government announced this week. But the Council of Heads of Medical Schools is cautioning that the...
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The ACU in Ottawa
The Association of Commonwealth Universities holds its five-yearly conference for chancellors, vice-chancellors and chairs of council in Ottawa this week. About 600 representatives from more than 470...
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Commonwealth studies are for the good of all
Pat Caplan says the Association for Commonwealth Studies will not be a club but a way of fostering understanding in many fields Why choose 1998 to launch an Association for Commonwealth Studies and...
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Partners mapping the future
Secretary-general Chief Emeka Anyaoku outlines the crucial role of higher education in expanding the association, promoting its fundamental democratic values and broadening its vision Since the...
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Commission on Commonwealth Studies
'There is an urgent need to bring Commonwealth studies up to date, reflecting the evolution of the Commonwealth into a truly polycentric association, in order that teaching, research and skilling can...
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Malaysian campuses under severe strain
Malaysia's universities are being stretched to the limit as a direct result of the economic crisis causing more students to study locally. The government has cut university budgets by around 10 per...
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UK outclassed in pay league
Chris Johnston reports on the findings of a survey comparing Commonwealth academic salaries with those in the US The Big Mac Index, devised by The Economist magazine, has been used by two Australian...
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Scrutineers perpetuate reign of error
The assessment of research at Hong Kong's universities has confused quantity with quality, argues Orlan Lee Hong Kong's academic community must be one of the most closely scrutinised in the world....
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APHEN brings Asia together
A Unesco project is linking academics in 12 Asian countries via the Internet, writes Geoff Maslen in Melbourne Universities in Commonwealth and certain Asian countries are promoting multilateral...