Oasis off the King's Road
Kate Worsley samples the cool office elegance of Chelsea Art College's head in our series on academics' rooms Bridget Jackson and her room could not be more different. The wiry, silk-suited head of...
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Appointments
University of Central England Sybil Spence, lord mayor of Birmingham, former chief whip of the city's Labour group, has been appointed chancellor; Judith Elkin, professor and member of the Library...
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Fellowships
Hertford College, Oxford Honorary fellowships: Max Cowan, vice president and chief scientific officer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States; Bruce Pattullo, group chief executive and...
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The suspect Romeo
Timothy Garton Ash tells Harriet Swain what it was like to be spied on by friends and colleagues working for the East German secret police Our first glimpse of Timothy Garton Ash in his new book, The...
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Barristers should stay in court
KENNEDY is not suggesting giving less money to HE; it will just "seemless" (sic). R. Allan Reese Head of applications Academic services computing Hull University
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Tories fall at the post
Huw Richards talks to the new education shadows as the Tories slide off the road William Hague and the Conservative party face an even more massive task in trying to overturn Labour's 179-seat...
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Gene test results in negative feelings
Julia Hinde reports on the British Psychological Society's health psychology conference A positive genetic test for the incurable Huntington's disease affects sibling and other family relationships,...
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Fact file
* The total income of HE institutions was Pounds 10.71 billion, an increase of 6.61 per cent on the previous year * Total expenditure was Pounds 10.60 billion, an increase of 8.04 per cent on the...
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Blunkett names new FEDA chief
David Blunkett, secretary of state for education and employment, has appointed Terry Melia as chairman of the Further Education Development Agency. He takes over from Ken Young on July 31.
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Ex-head's learning curve
Huw Richards talks to the new education shadows as the Tories slide off the road Phil Willis is having to practise lifelong learning as well as speak on it in the House of Commons. Mr Willis, 55, who...
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Minister out of water
Huw Richards talks to the new education shadows as the Tories slide off the road Being in opposition is still something of a culture shock for the Conservative party, and junior education spokesman...
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Toads get their hole
(Photograph) - Toads get their hole: Following a successful captive breeding programme at the University of Kent, 20 pairs of endangered Mallorcan midwife toads will be flown back to their native...
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Face off
(Photograph) - Face off: university students painted '6 per cent' on their faces to demonstrate outside the Nicaraguan parliament last week against a veto by president Arnoldo Aleman of a bill that...
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Fees the only option
Students stranded by Brown's budget. FEES for students became a near certainty this week when Gordon Brown's budget failed to find any extra cash for higher education. While the Chancellor managed to...
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Lecturer wins race fight
MANCHESTER University has been found guilty of racial discrimination against a law lecturer. A lengthy legal battle ended in a tribunal decision last week. The tribunal found that the university was...