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Francis Fukuyama on The Great Disruption caused by feminism. His book is reviewed by John Dunn. RESEARCH Unesco World Science Conference in Budapest BOOKS Desmond Tutu celebrates a life of Trevor...
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Bett report ready for publication
The Bett report on staff pay and conditions in higher education is expected to be published on June 23. A final meeting of committee members agreed a number of amendments, thought to be minor.
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Governors take the punches
Public spending watchdogs worried about imbalance between university autonomy and accountability are under pressure to give the Higher Education Funding Council more powers to intervene, writes Phil...
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The watchdog gets a sharper set of teeth
The short-lived experiment with college autonomy has largely failed, ministers appear to have concluded. Barely six years since colleges were incorporated - liberated from the control of local...
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Glittering prizes
Journalist and broadcaster Beatrix Campbell has been awarded a doctorate of the Open University. Roger Falconer, Hyder professor of environmental water management at Cardiff University; Michael Kelly...
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In the news
As only the second director general of the research councils, John Taylor has been in the job just six months. But he is enjoying it, as befits someone in charge of the biggest ever cash injection...
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On the move
David Drewry, 52, visiting scholar at the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge and former director general of the British Council and president of the International Arctic Science Committee,...
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The THES Diary
Banned practice Penpushers at the Department for Education and Employment have been pondering problems caused by a groovy course at Accrington and Rossendale College - Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in band...
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Rome
Two law faculty researchers at La Sapienza University convicted of the manslaughter of Marta Russo, a student killed by a pistol shot as she walked through the campus in 1997, have been released...
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Washington
A congressional committee has recommended that non-United States students be barred from access to American university supercomputers used in nuclear weapons research in the wake of the Chinese...
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Australian referendum - Queen or country
In five months, Australians decide whether they want to cut royal ties with Britain and become a republic. Legislation for the November 6 referendum was introduced this week and referred to a select...
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Surviving the free market
Vietnam's universities are seizing the opportunities autonomy is giving them. Do Thui Thinh and John Morgan report on a recent workshop Higher education reform is crucial to the economic and social...
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Dons get tough on standards
Academics would support plans to revoke universities' degree-awarding powers, a THES survey has revealed. Three-quarters of respondents think it should be possible to withdraw powers from...
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Online debate
Tuition fees: Which way now? Join The THES/Nexus debate at www.thesis.co.uk.
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Solstra in Suffolk
The Suffolk Televersity project has selected Solstra, the net-based learning system from BT and Futuremedia to deliver courses at home, work or local learning centres.