Britain promotes university links
Durban THE END of apartheid opened the doors of Africa's biggest economy to foreign influence and to a greater flow of the development aid South Africa sorely needs. Higher education, a strong but...
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Peer review: democracy, sausages and lotteries
LES ALLEN 'Throw out the panels, throw out the referees and have a lottery for all the funds' My experience with the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council suggests that the concerns about...
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Mini-watch
(Photograph) - Mini-watch: Thai students brazen out Chulalongkorn University's ban on miniskirts for which they face marks deducted from their good behaviour record
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Peer review: democracy, sausages and lotteries
ROYAL SOCIETY `Like democracy, peer review is the least corruptible approach that we have' The main job of peer review is to select the best research, the best papers and the best research workers on...
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Peer review: democracy, sausages and lotteries
MARK GRIFFITHS 'I'm afraid this paper reminds me of the sausages I had in England 35 years ago... ' I have taken a backseat interest in the peer review system for many years, wondering whether it is...
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Fact file
The higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: Of first-degree language graduates who went to work: * 28 per cent went into clerical and secretarial occupations * 24.2 per...
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Youth looks at peace process
Students are holding their own multinational talks on the future of Northern Ireland in Belfast Students were meeting in Belfast today to debate the political future of Northern Ireland. They...
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Artists fight prejudice
Students are holding their own multinational talks on the future of Northern Ireland in Belfast Shane Whelehan is a fine art graduate of Ulster University, now holding the sabbatical post of vice...
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Will your gift-horse kick?
Oxford is in trouble; UMIST is in trouble. The THES investigates the price of private finance Fundraising, once the domain of Oxford, Cambridge and a few other elite institutions, is now a growth...
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Success engendered
Gender research reveals surprising attitudes to women a work Research has revealed a "Helena Kennedy/Cherie Blair phenomenon" of support for successful women. The study, by Fiona Wilson of St Andrews...
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Working-class women resent stereotyping
Gender research reveals surprising attitudes to women a work Working-class women are being profoundly affected by the stream of negative images of themselves in the media, according to new research...
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The terrorist legacy
Students are holding their own multinational talks on the future of Northern Ireland in Belfast Northern Ireland's universities and colleges are proud of their record in largely keeping sectarianism...
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College heads call for sacking of AoC board
MORE than 150 colleges have rallied behind a call to sack the board of the Association of Colleges over its handling of the Roger Ward debacle. And AoC chairman Jim Scrimshaw said that if the board...
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Lifelong paper relegated
THE government has downgraded its master plan for lifelong learning from a white paper to a green consultation paper. The move, confirmed this week by the Department for Education and Employment,...
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OU revolution for doctor training
THE Open University may set up its own medical school. It would be based at hospitals and surgeries and would revolutionise the way doctors are trained. The OU has been involved in postgraduate...