Red starry eyes
After bitterly rejecting communism just a short time ago, Russia and eastern Europe are falling back into its secure and familiar embrace. Harry Shukman explains an unlikely reconciliation. The...
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Party time
Student numbers in Scottish higher education institutions rose by around 1 per cent in the current session, according to provisional figures from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. There...
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SNP fund promises
The Scottish National Party claims it would invest around Pounds 240 million in research and development during Scotland's first four years of independence. Higher education would be a key...
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PFI starts rolling
A high-level government committee to examine the scope of the private finance initiative in higher education is to meet later this month amid signs that many institutions are ready to sign up to long...
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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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Devolution evolution
The screeching sound of U-turns was to be heard at the AUTS council, where delegates vied with one another to welcome the prospect of a Scottish parliament, which would undoubtedly cherish higher...
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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...