Rich pickings follow forced cuts
MONTREAL Canadian universities have received their highest revenues ever, despite two decades of declining government spending. The increase, say the authors of a recent report, has been earned on...
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Breaking the web
A computer program that can quell children's fear of spiders will be revealed at the Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry's European conference at the Commonwealth Institute in London in...
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France warns US: hands off
PARIS French education minister Claude Allegre has criticised the United States for trying to foist its education system on Europe, which he warned could result in the privatisation of the service...
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V-cs' plea for air
MELBOURNE Australia's vice-chancellors want the government to expand the digital spectrum to allow universities to broadcast programmes. The Broadcasting Act does not permit universities to be...
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Lampeter and Newport get merger go-ahead
Plans for a merger between the University of Wales, Lampeter, and the University of Wales College, Newport, have been given the go-ahead by governors at both universities.
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Nottingham Trent gets cultural centre
Nottingham Trent University yesterday launched its cultural policy and planning research unit headed by Colin Mercer, former director of the Institute for Cultural Policy Studies at Griffith...
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THES on the web
Hundreds of job vacancies plus full summaries of THe THES, league tables and other statistics are available at our website at www.thesis.co.uk For subscribers there are additional services including...
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Blow-out
(Photograph) - Fodens brass band, former winner of the National Brass Band Championship, takes part in a festival of 20th-century music organised by Leeds University. Photograph by GUZELIAN
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... David Blunkett explained why he wanted more inner-city youngsters to go to our top universities Geoff Layer Professor of lifelong learning and director of continuing...
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Newcomers swell ranks of old elite
The myth that new universities are better than old at social inclusion was shattered today by the publication of the sector's first performance indicators. New university Oxford Brookes was named...
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Source for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk. BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL www...
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Merger mystery
(Photograph) - Merger mystery: University of the West of England students Richard Neale, Sarah Desmond and Nathan Naylor perform The Mysteries at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which by next July...
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Staff face Christmas without an income
Hundreds of the lowest-paid university workers face an income-less Christmas because of confusion over a law governing term-time-only contracts. Public services union Unison has petitioned the House...
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Vice-principal appeals against dismissal
The former vice-principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, who was sacked in July on the grounds of gross misconduct, is to take his case to an employment tribunal. Vice-principal John Phillips was...
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Students take a close look at Universitas 21
Students are hoping to capitalise on a global network of 18 universities to improve services. Glasgow University's students' representative council this week hosted an inaugural meeting of 13 student...