Sylvan unveils subsidiary
Sylvan Learning Systems, which owns the private Universidad Europea de Madrid, has launched a $500 million (Pounds 317 million) subsidiary that will specialise in internet-based programmes. The...
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Cash that appears as if from nowhere
Research findings appear from thin air, a preliminary report of the fundamental review of research has found. More research is being conducted than funded in British universities, according to the...
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Regions keen on small firm sensitivity
Most regions met Dearing's proposals with enthusiasm. Chris Humphries, director of policy and strategy at the Training and Enterprise National Council, was keen that universities get in bed with...
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Eye witness
Post-apartheid South Africa continues to face serious economic and social problems as it rebuilds its divided society. The gap between expectations among the non-white communities and the reality of...
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Scottish jobs spring
A new strategy bringing academics and industrialists together to commercialise Scottish research in science and technology could create at least another 11,000 jobs over the next ten years. This...
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Avoid logging on to despair
A sceptical Dorothy Zinberg faces the dark side of internet euphoria and urges a little cyber restraint. Long before the Nasdaq's unexpected 50 per cent plunge almost a year ago, I had begun to...
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Why the academics weighed in with the ad men to confront a growing nutritional concern
Kellogg's two-week challenge diet might sound like a dubious marketing scam for breakfast cereals, but it is backedby some leading nutritionists, writes Olga Wojtas The cabbage soup diet. The steak...
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Great idea, but what's in it for us?
The government says regional development agencies will be the engines of enterprise. However, as Tony Tysome explains, the advantages for higher education are unclear and rather unexciting Chancellor...
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How to... design mix 'n' match courses
WHAT Ronald Barnett, Kelly Coate and Gareth Parry make sense of study programmes. WHY Curriculum planning is a complicated, yet necessary part of improving degree quality. HOW The undergraduate...
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When you're old, who cares how you die?
Doctors' failure to recognise that her mother was suffering from CJD alerted Judith Okely to the medical profession's inherent ageism. The crisis over mad cow disease has shown how scientific...
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For the record
Minister hits back at AS level flop claims Education minister Baroness Blackstone has hit back at claims that the new advanced subsidiary qualification is a flop with universities, schools and...
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How to develop a world of problems
Poverty and Development into the 21st Century. Second Edition
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Blair's 'feeble' dream
TONY BLAIR's dream for a truly learning society is based on "incomplete, one-sided and feeble theory", says one of the UK's leading educationalists. Frank Coffield, who delivered the King's College...
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Size does matter in computer future
Liverpool scientists unveil nanoscale electronic components that build themselves. The electronics industry underwent a fundamental change with the invention of the transistor, paving the way for the...
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Universities urged to put the future first
Universities need to focus on the future instead of just funding if they are to keep in touch with the business world, the National Advisory Committee for Creative and Cultural Education reported...