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John Davies scans the schedules. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week New Labour has now been in power for two years, so under the overall title Now We Are Two, Channel 4 is marking the...
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Journey to the middle of the brain
The problem with autism, Francesca Happe tells Alison Goddard, is that it stops you reading minds While millions sit glued to the latest plot twist in EastEnders, people with autism are left...
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Making the grade?
The concrete jungles of 1960s architecture are not only back in vogue - they are being listed by English Heritage. But are they hell to work in? Kate Worsley reports These days it is positively old-...
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Ivy League cleans up fraternities
Boston A small, select New England college's decision to end traditional fraternities and sororities has fanned a smouldering debate across the United States about how much colleges should regulate...
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V-cs fear copyright loophole
MELBOURNE Australian vice-chancellors fear their universities will become involved in costly legal battles because the current law on copyright does not cover electronic copying and transmission. The...
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From Rome's reformer
Rome When Ortensio Zecchino took over as university and research minister last October with the creation of the latest Italian government, pundits expected him to take the wind out of his predecessor...
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German students rate east the best
Hamburg Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, students rate universities in the former communist east among the best in reunified Germany, according to a league table compiled by the news...
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Don's diary
On Vesting Day St Andrew's College merged with the University of Glasgow to form a faculty of education. Four days to Vesting Day Draft a bid for the Economic and Social Research Council's Teaching...
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Sofia
Bulgarians see corruption as less of a problem in universities than in other state sectors. A survey put university professors and administration staff 18th out of 21 professions in a corruption...
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Kuala Lumpur
Four polytechnics will open in Malaysia this year in Jahore Baru, Kota Kuala Terengganu, Seberang Perai and Kota Melaka. Five more, in Kota Kinabalu, Muadzam Shah, Kulim, Tanjung Malim and Merlimau,...
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Stockholm
Sweden is to fund an extra 10,000 higher education places in 2001 with another 10,000 in 2002 on top of planned expansion of 68,000 places from 1997 to 2000. The budget allocates an an extra Kr779...
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Online debate
Can league tables ever be fair?. Join the THES/Nexus debate at www.thesis.co.uk Debate
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Readers' reactions
LAST WEEK IN THE THES.... David Weatherall argued that scientists doing industry-sponsored research risk being gagged. Jeremy Hoad General secretary National Postgraduate Committee For postgraduates...
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Radical reform of post-16 predicted
The government wants to shake up post-compulsory education in England. Tony Tysome and Phil Baty look at who stays and who may go Post-16 education and training in England is facing "the most...
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The THES Diary
Conference mouthful Delegates to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's annual conference last week were racking their brains over a new name for Heroic, the Higher Education Reach Out to...