Pulling strings
(Photograph) - Pulling strings: Hugh Walker, principal of Anniesland College in Glasgow, meets some of the learning aids in the college's higher national diploma in puppetry. The new course, Scotland...
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Howler competition
"Once more unto the beach, dear friends". The 1995 Howler Competition is hereby declared open. Entries to The THES by July 28, bottle of Chateau Antithesis to the winner.
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Dundee unveils institute
Five teams of researchers at Dundee University are to investigate the causes of stroke and Alzheimer's disease in a new Pounds 1 million research institute. The university, Scottish Enterprise...
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Ulster dream in limbo
A secret report has said the planned Pounds 98 million "peaceline" campus in West Belfast is not economic. The confidential document, which has enraged senior academics at the University of Ulster,...
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You dirty rat queen
Zoologists have discovered a mammal whose queen uses sheer force of personality to suppress the fertility of most of her subjects. The queen of an African mole rat colony spends her time pushing and...
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NVQs pass tough admissions test
ATHES survey has found a cautious welcome for NVQs and GNVQs in higher education despite the teething problems. Tony Tysome reports. Britain's most controversial qualifications have been given a...
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Radar test spreads wisdom
Dental academics have adapted a test to check radar operators' skill in spotting enemy aircraft to examine their students' clinical competence. The receiver operating characteristics analysis system...
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Northwest research wall falls
The education ministers of Bremen, Flanders, the Netherlands, Lower Saxony and Northrhine-Westphalia have drawn up an action plan to stimulate regional collaboration in higher education and research...
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Opposition to German loans with 8% charge
The German government is considering charging up to 8 per cent interest on student loans as part of a wider plan to reform the student subsistence grant. The money generated would be redirected to...
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Unesco aids peace plan
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has signed an agreement with Unesco to establish an international school for molecular biology and microbiology for peace. The school, initially operating in ten-...
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Jailed student exam plea
Protest is mounting in France over the continued detention of a student facing charges of associating with terrorists. Alexis Corbire is accused under tough new anti-terrorism laws of having given...
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South Africa learns from De Montfort
Support for a national system for monitoring academic standards was strong among senior South African higher education managers at a Cape Town conference recently. Most of the 118 delegates to the...
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Watchdogs to keep regional teeth
A new attempt is being made to reform quality control in United States colleges and universities following the near-revolution which greeted the first effort. Such was the outcry at the initial...
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African Aids study to raise awareness
With an Aids disaster no longer avoidable in Africa, there is an urgent need to begin planning for large-scale loss of life and the serious impact on economies and development. In response, the...
