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Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features and reviews in the newspaper. Job advertsare updated on the Tuesday before publication. Coverage of the recent...
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Job cuts to mean worse doctors
Medical schools will have to shed at least 100 academic staff to meet Government cuts, Sir Michael Thompson, chairman of the vice chancellors' medical committee, warned this week. The shortfall comes...
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Law training set for revamp
The first full-scale review of legal education in 25 years has called for greater flexibility and a stronger partnership between law schools and professional bodies. New entry and exit points should...
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BA awards to plummet
Competition for prestigious British Academy studentships for masters and PhD degrees is expected to be tougher than ever this year, writes Simon Targett. Government cutbacks mean that Britain's...
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Edinburgh probes 'scientific racist'
Edinburgh University is to investigate the teaching practices of psychology lecturer and self-styled "scientific racist" Chris Brand, whose book on IQ was withdrawn by his publisher last week. Sir...
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Reform teeters on the brink
Spanish universities are struggling to broaden their curricula. Rebecca Warden reports from Valencia where the country's rectors drew up their rescue plan and where staff and students at the city's...
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Teacher's vet
The Teacher Training Agency is to develop defined standards of knowledge and skills required in newly-qualified teachers and a system for assessing the effectiveness of teacher training. The...
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From 'Ugg' to an exchange of ideas
How did early man learn to talk? James Hurford discovers that psychologists, anthropologists, linguists and neurologists all have something to say on the subject. What was the origin of human...
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Up to his neck
Breaking the record for the largest student overdraft is David Close of Northumbria University. He arrived home from his summer job, which he hopes will clear his debts by next term, to find a letter...
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Dearing targets cited
* Five working groups named to lead inquiry * Privatisation on the agenda * Super league seems likely Five working groups are to spearhead Sir Ron Dearing's official inquiry into higher education, it...
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Real force needed to smash ceiling
There are lies, damned lies, statistics and bad timing. It is true that on July 31, 1995, when the survey was taken, Umist had no women professors in post. Several were in the glass pipeline, however...
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Could you rethink Robbins?
Last week, the Department for Education and Employment named six objectives for higher education as part of its input to the Dearing committee. Now you are invited to do better, courtesy of Peter...
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Culture collections clubbed together
The Government has placed responsibility for the United Kingdom's numerous collections of cultures and micro-organisms in the hands of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The...
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Old punk seeks life on the street
Malcolm McLaren, the father of punk, may be seen more often in lecture halls than the King's Road these days, but his inspiration is still drawn from the streets. He talks to Kam Patel. Malcolm...