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Birkbeck College University of London Jonathan Michie, lecturer in management studies at the Judge Institute of Management Studies, fellow and director of studies in economics at Robinson College,...
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Europe will not go away Sir Ron
Britain attracts more exchange students than it ever sends abroad. Anne Corbett argues for a more positive approach towards Europe when the country takes the Union presidency in January The 83,000...
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Citibank switches on to bright students
STUDENTS from Peru, Vietnam and London are this year studying for a masters in the United States thanks to funding from Citibank, which has sponsored five Fulbright scholarships to the country's...
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Cleese dreams of scriptwriters
NO ONE would ever have guessed that John Cleese was a secret gardener. To filmgoers throughout the world he is known for his outlandish acting talent rather than his green fingers. It was, however, a...
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Thrills in an elevator up to the 34th floor
THE LAST recipient of the John Cleese screenwriting award was Peter Dowling, a 28-year-old assistant animator from Manchester. A year after the investment by Mr Cleese, Dowling has an agent and a...
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Wanted: business leaders
Fulbright scholarships are part of the special relations between the United States and the United Kingdom. Elaine Carlton reports on the latest deals to entice applicants ALMOST 50 years after the...
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Master of destiny
TO BRITISH-born Marc Sharpe there was a dynamism and a drive about United States businesses that he had never experienced in this country. It spurred him to save to study for an MBA at Harvard...
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Chevening road leads from Rome to London
CHEVENING scholars are postgraduate students who spend a year in a British university of their choice working on a specific research project. A total of about 2,000 scholarships a year are awarded in...
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Strong pound hits channel exchange
Stella Hughes talks to British and French graduates about Entente Cordiale scholarships DELPHINE Goldberg packed her bags and left Paris for London last week, not to start a one-year Entente Cordiale...
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High-fliers helped to Oxford
Ngaio Crequer reports on an award scheme named after Nelson Mandela's lawyer EXPORTING ideas and people to countries around the globe has been a long tradition at Oxford University. Now it is...
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Italy's love-hate relationship with Raphael
Italy probably fought hardest for Raphael, the European Commission's student exchange programme in art restoration and conservation, yet it now has the greatest problems in taking part. The country's...
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Language barriers in the seminar
Jennie Bristow examines the pros and cons of the influx of overseas students LECTURERS are preparing themselves for a new set of faces in universities at the start of the United Kingdom's academic...
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Harkness harnessed to US health policy
A CHANGE in the arrangements for Harkness fellowships are causing mid-Atlantic pique, confusion, and in some cases heart-felt grief. The outstanding people selected for the award were funded to...
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Honorary degrees
University of Exeter DD: Desmond Tutu, archbishop, prominent anti-apartheid campaigner, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. DLitt: Bridget Riley, artist; Joyce...
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Appointments
The Wellcome Trust Mike Dexter, (above) director of the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research in Manchester, will succeed Bridget Ogilvie as director on her retirement next year. University of...