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David Petrie, chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Foreign Lecturers, and Victoria Primhak, chair of the European Freedom of Movement Monitoring Unit, have announced their intention to stand...
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Toronto to investigate drugs firm
Canada's highest-funded medical research university has agreed to investigate allegations that a pharmaceuticals company suppressed negative findings on one of its drug trials. Leading researchers at...
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US postgraduates offered Irish prize
The Irish government is to invest $3 million in a scholarship fund named after United States senator George Mitchell, who chaired the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement. The project will be...
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France relaxes foreign entry burdens
France has eased restrictions on foreign researchers and students wanting to work there. Researchers from abroad are being encouraged to take up posts - scientists are particularly welcome - so...
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Recession compels Japanese to drop out
Japan's worst recession for 50 years has been blamed for the rising number of students withdrawing from university courses. Financial hardships are reckoned to have forced 3,000 students to quit...
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Private partners expand British in_uence in regional Russia
The influence of British education and training will expand in regional Russia through a unique cultural franchising scheme. The British Council, which runs eight regional offices in addition to its...
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Suu Kyi awarded honorary degree
Burmese human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi received yet another honour when the University of Melbourne awarded her an honorary doctor of laws in absentia. Suu Kyi's husband, Oxford scholar...
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Database explodes race 'myth'
Two former presidents of Harvard and Princeton universities claim in a new book to have exploded the "myths" that have fuelled a United States backlash against preferences for racial minority...
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You earn as they learn
Learning technology experts gather in Oxford next week and they will not be talking about lecture videos. This year's thing, says Jonathan Darby, is learning environments. Oleg Liber foresees (below...
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Sun shines for Kent course
Computing graduates from the University of Kent will be able to enter the job market with an industry-recognised Java technology certificate, under an agreement between the university and Sun...
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Sarah's wonder vision
Last month Sarah Morley, a 26-year old psychology research student at the University of Hertfordshire, jetted to New York. In an Oscars-style ceremony, Stevie Wonder handed her a $150,000 cheque,...
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Caught in the crossfire of conflicting cultures
Education's new management style must not impair sound pedagogical judgements, says Conrad Russell People working in public service jobs today are at the sharp end of a violent clash between two...
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Power of purse used to drive skill bandwagon
This week sees the first of The THES's new fortnightly Teaching sections (pages 31-34). Its publication coincides with the Skills Task Force's report Towards a National Skills Agenda and Education...
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Face it, we need more scientists
When I read the trailer for Simon Jenkins's article ("Face it, the last thing we need is more scientists", THES, September 11), I was tempted to write with a pre-rebuttal, so sure was I of the...
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Face it, we need more scientists
Simon Jenkins is right: science does matter. He ranges over many issues in last week's article but he is wrong on several important points. For a start, government is not "the only paymaster in town...