Time, brawlers please
British pubs have come under the scrutiny of psychologists at Nottingham University in a plan to teach licensees how to stop drunken brawls. Psychologist Phil Leather said violence was a serious...
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All out
(Photograph) - All out: Students from Plymouth University's Exmouth campus staged a "march- out" last week in protest at cuts in higher education.
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Exam body link-up
A new joint committee linking the National Council for Vocational Qualifications with the School Curriculum Assessment Authority was launched this week. The committee, announced by Gillian Shephard,...
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Matrimonial union
Higher education at last has its answer to James Carville and Mary Matalin, who simultaneously conducted a courtship and plotted opposing United States presidential campaigns in 1992. Following last...
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Rat Pat
Alumnus to be proud of no 34 is the subject of a joke currently doing the rounds of US academia via the Internet - Q: "What is the difference between a big fat hairy rat and Pat Buchanan?" A: "One...
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Peace dividend
A severe sporting blow last week to the stereotypes attached to the academic disciplines of peace and war studies. Most preconceptions would assume that any contest between the open-toed sandal bunch...
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Lord comforts Whitehall's whore
If you want someone to cut through cosy clubbability, Lord Beloff is your man. He is more acid rain than breath of fresh air, but his directness stands out against the over elaborate courtesies of...
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Alfred burns degree courses in status chase
King Alfred's College in Winchester is sacrificing degree courses in its quest for university status in the next decade, writes Andrew Napier. The higher education college, which has 2,600 students...
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Men retain grip on TV industry
Men dominate top independent television production posts in the United Kingdom, though high-flying women are helping other females climb the career ladder, a new report reveals. Helen Baehr, at the...
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Solar sauna set to multiply
Throughout the icy temperatures of this winter, there has been a small haven of warmth in Scottish higher education. Tariq Muneer, lecturer in energy engineering at Napier University, has designed a...
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China loosens state grip on graduate job market
This year China will see a total of 8.7 million higher education students, of which 8.3 million will be studying at first degree, and 360,000 at postgraduate level. University and college graduates...
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Black staff reject Wits verdict
An inquiry by a top South African lawyer has cleared 13 senior academics at the University of Wi****ersrand of allegations of misconduct levelled against them by William Malegapuru Makgoba, the...
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Review as a mug's game
Having just engaged the professional services of a solicitor at Pounds 125 per hour, the absurd position that academics who publish in professional journals have procured for themselves was brought...
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You can't revive a corpse
We recognise that reductions on this scale and suddenness are likely to cause difficulties for institutions," the chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England has said. The...