Appointments
Lincoln Theological Institute Martyn Percy, former chaplain of Christ's College Cambridge, has been appointed director of the newly established institute for the study of religion and society in...
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Chronicler of deaths foretold
Director of the Wiener Library and eminent Jewish academic David Cesarani talks to Huw Richards about the importance of history to his race. At a library table a student pursuing her research is bent...
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On the up
(Photograph) - On the up: The University of Derby, soon to open a Pounds 7-million learning centre, is likely to be allocated more money and fewer students under the Higher Education Funding Council...
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Cornwall College and South Devon College may merge
* Cornwall College and South Devon College could merge, it was announced this week. Talks have begun on plans that could lead to a new "university centre" in Cornwall, college heads said.
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Replicant
Spotted in Heriot-Watt University's ever-informative Internet Resources (www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html): the peer-reviewed, online Journal of Memetics has been launched at www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-...
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Excellent move
Peter Gibbins is leaving his chair at Exeter University to become director of the Oxford-based Virtual Centre of Excellence in Digital Broadcasting and Multimedia Technology (www. digital-vce.com), a...
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Fact file
* Funding council grants were up 1.3 per cent to Pounds 4,452 million - 42 per cent of all income at UK HE institutions * Academic fees and support grants were up 10.8 per cent to Pounds 2,511...
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EC does it
European Commission member Edith Cresson this week opened an Internet site run by and for EC students (www.campus-voice.com).The web site offers detailed information on universities, job...
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The roaring world
"The Equator is a menagerie lion running around the Earth." Exam howlers, please, to Antithesis by the end of June. Alcoholic prizes to be won.
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The Cinderella syndrome
Nothing separates wealthy from poor students so much as summer balls. Harriet Swain reports HEDONISM is hard when you have been up since the early hours cleaning offices. But while some students this...
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Lancaster admits reckless spending
AN INTERNAL report chronicling the "reckless" management of Lancaster University, which slid into debt during an ambitious expansion programme, is being considered by the university's governing body...
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Hatton head resigns
The director of Newcastle University's Hatton Gallery resigned six weeks before the gallery was targetted for closure, in protest at the university's "stonewalling tactics", writes Alison Utley. Art...
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Eastern facts
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses * There are 23 universities and colleges with higher education provision. There are 39...
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Peterboro' to get own university
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses Peterborough should have its own university by next year, the local Training and...
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Maths days numbered
THE University of Northumbria could become the first large higher education institution to scrap its pure mathematics degree. It has reviewed its academic provision as part of a "rebalancing exercise...