World gives mapmakers a geochemical feast
An ambitious plan to map the globe's geochemistry could help pinpoint the causes of diseases, land desecration and minerals for exploitation. The British Geological Survey is a key player in the...
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Italy loses brain gain
ROME A programme to lure back scores of eminent Italian scientists who have left Italy to work abroad has failed to meet expectations. The special law, passed in 1988, established salaries of up to...
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French win call for fair share
PARIS Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua has agreed to share some of the resources of his regional council's private "university" with the public sector. However, state university...
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Pirates battle over degrees
Some British universities operating in Turkey are involved in illegal education programmes, the country's higher education board, YOK, has alleged. YOK, which administers and supervises Turkish...
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Kenyan students go on rampage
Kenyatta University closed indefinitely late last year following riots. More than 5,000 students went on the rampage for two consecutive days, raiding kitchens and damaging property. There were...
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A throttle on expansion
A familiar theme caught the ears of MPs ensconced in the committee rooms of Westminster late last term. They recognised it as the one whistled along corridors at the Department for Education and...
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Cross-border gains
We refer to your recent article by Paul McGill concerning the number of students from Northern Ireland pursuing their higher education in the Republic of Ireland (THES, December 8). Our first point...
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Should FE college governors be paid?
There is a long and strong tradition in this country of "voluntary" public service. That must be a good thing. However there does appear to be some muddled thinking in the debate concerning governor...
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China bans social sciences journal
China has ordered a new magazine, allied to the Academy of Social Sciences, to cease publishing. The magazine, which summarises some of the most up-to-date research under way in China's social...
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Hill faces chair fight
Law professor Anita Hill, still a deeply controversial figure four years after her claims that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her transfixed the nation, is to have a...
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Yanks flee hostility
More than 200,000 Americans have migrated to Australia since the second world war. But research shows they are not warmly welcomed and that most Yanks go home. David Mosler, senior lecturer in...
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Universities shape up for a turf war
The regional university looks set to play an important role in the future of British higher education. But is it a good thing? Like buses, universities tend to arrive in groups. After Oxbridge came...
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Momentum in Manchester
It would be a pity if your readers were left with the impression that Manchester's school of education is moving away from its traditional interests in British education ("Dynamic duo head south",...
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How software can teach good grammar
Vincent Mitchell (THES, December 22) chooses to ignore the actual problem facing many present-day students. An important reason why they find it difficult to read books is their inadequate knowledge...
