Angels in dirty places
The radically orthodox, they call themselves,a group of academics who believe in miracles, write about sex shops and want to see theology at the centre of the university curriculum. Elaine Williams...
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Young, gifted and on the right track
Spotting gifted children used to be scorned as elitist. Now a university is being urged to help teach the brightest youngsters lost in inner-city schools. Bibi Berki reports. Joe Renzulli - one of...
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Islands of sanity in a highly charged atmosphere
Israeli academic and novelist Amos Oz tells Anne Sebba why universities can have a crucial role in the quest for peace. Ask Amos Oz, the Israeli academic and novelist, the best way to cure fanaticism...
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Where grass is greener
If the prospect of the next research assessment exercise is already getting you down and another short-term contract is all that is on thehorizon, what about taking a job abroad? Over the next few...
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Moscow
A Chinese chemistry student studying in Moscow's Mendeleyev University was found dead after being stripped naked, covered in red pepper, bound, gagged and wrapped in blankets. Moscow police say the "...
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Beijing
The Chinese ministry of education plans to cut the number of higher education institutions by 10 per cent through mergers by 2003. If everything goes according to plan there will be about 1,800...
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Hot to reward prize pedagogues
WHAT: New systems are needed to find exceptional teachers and reward them. By Hazel Fullerton WHY: High-level research attracts extra funds while the incentive to improve teaching is less obvious....
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Terms of reference
Is there life after Bett? The Bett committee faced a mammoth task in trying to untangle and make sense of higher education's multi-layered and convoluted pay and conditions structures, writes Alan...
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Germany told to get friendly
Hamburg German universities must be more welcoming to foreign students, says a poll by the national student organisation Deutsche Studentenwerk (DSW) and the federal education ministry. Foreign...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Martin Trow warned that British universities should be wary of positive discrimination to correct racial imbalance I agree that positive action is not the way forward if we...
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Striking behaviour
The Association of University Teachers' campaign of "industrial action" is inappropriate. It also appears to be ineffectual. Does anyone believe the strike day to have been a great success? At...
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Is there life after Bett?
The Bett committee report on pay and conditions has been published. Harriet Swain reports its recommendations It was never going to be easy to tackle staff pay and conditions in a diverse sector that...
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Techno fears
The hand-wringing about genetically modified foods technology does not help the debate (Letters, THES, June 11). Vitamin A-containing rice is feasible and meets a need. But is this technology being...
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Worth a Damien?
As a PhD candidate at RMIT University in Melbourne, the article on The Leeds 13 ("No artist is an island", THES, June 11) was of enormous interest. My research project is concerned with "...
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English as a second thought
Frank Furedi describes the frustrations felt by many lecturers faced with increasing numbers of overseas students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses ("Mind your English language", THES, June...