SF meeting
Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for trade and industry, will meet John Chambers, chief executive of the networking giant Cisco Systems in San Francisco today for talks that may include Cisco's...
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Soap star woos Japan
Rei is a pretty 19-year-old Japanese student at University College London. She likes shopping, music and rollerblading. The only catch is that she does not exist. UCL's online virtual student is a...
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Net outruns Moore's law
The Memorial Auditorium at California's Stanford University, shaken earlier that morning by two earthquake shocks, was the scene for the opening of the sixth Hot Interconnects conference on August 12...
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Feelies to replace fillies in vet school
Computing scientists at Glasgow University are asking educationists and others to challenge them to find new ways of using three-dimensional computer technology to communicate information. Glasgow's...
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Examiners buckle under an avalanche of excuses
Frank Furedi believes the massive increase in disability claims among students may be a case of swinging the lead The university examination system in the United States is fast turning into an...
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Superb timing as academy leads way on standards
Last week the British Academy held a one-day symposium on standards in education. Good timing. The same day saw the publication of maths scores for 11-year-olds which showed fewer reaching the...
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Student funding: twin piques
The last month has seen our twin sons depart for universities, one in England and one in Scotland. At the same time the full implications of the government's changes to student funding have been...
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Teacher training crisis deepens
Four more universities plan to quit as THES survey reveals widespread discontent Fears of a mass exodus from teacher training by universities were exacerbated this week as a THES survey revealed...
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Student funding: twin piques
How many other readers recognised the tale that, with slight variations, is being repeated in universities all over the country ("Bursar admits blunder", THES, October 2)? On registration day, my...
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Out for the count
The situation in my department following a recent meeting on the upcoming research assessment exercise, due to be completed in December 2000, is a stark one. Apparently, no funding will come forth...
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Cost to the public
Cambridge University's recent High Court action against Gillian Evans (THES, October 9) demonstrates its willingness to pursue Dr Evans despite the cost to the taxpayer. In recovering one-day's legal...
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Essex not in excess
Your account of the Quality Assurance Agency report on Essex ("Too many first-class degrees", THES, October 9) is misleading. The report does not say that Essex gives too many firsts. The reference...
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Tourism at work
Lancaster University's centre for training and development is developing work-based learning programmes for both unemployed and employed people in the region focusing on tourism, work experience and...
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Good practice in UfI
I wish to clarify the position regarding the naming of the Adapt bids recently awarded ("Ban slapped on use of UfI name", THES, October 9). The volume and quality of response to the call for Adapt...
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Valuable technicians
The Royal Society's report states that recruitment of laboratory technician staff is failing to support university research ("Technical erosion reaches crisis", THES, October 9) but makes no mention...