Former dictator alarms tutor
Sammy Adelman, a Warwick University law lecturer, has threatened to withhold teaching from a former military dictator with a poor record in human rights who is expected as a student in September....
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Essex University
In an article last week on the future of physics and chemistry we may have implied that Essex University had cut undergraduate physics and chemistry. In fact, Essex will stop recruiting students to...
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Welsh FE squeeze tightens
The squeeze on Welsh further education will continue in the next academic year. Allocations for 1997-98 announced this week by the Further Education Funding Council for Wales total Pounds 155.794...
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Learning the ropes
(Photograph) - Learning the ropes: professional wrestlers have often been accused of acting in the ring, and now famous moves like the 'Venus Flytrap' and the 'Boston Crab' are being perfected by...
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Labour wins but province still loses
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight The Labour Government will end the controversy over incorporation of Northern...
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Security scare
(Photograph) - Security scare: concern about official cover-ups of serious crimes such as rape, assault and arson on American campuses has prompted students and their parents to propose a law that...
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God, the media and the microchip top the charts
GOD, the media and the computer are the rising stars in the postgraduate market, new figures show. The number of postgraduate qualifications available has grown over the past five years by 65 per...
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Erosion of postgrad subsidy will create elitism, say medics
MEDICINE could soon become the preserve of students from wealthy backgrounds, warns the British Medical Association student committee. The committee, which represents students nationally, campaigned...
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Cambridge lecturer takes High Court stand
A CAMBRIDGE lecturer is seeking to take the university to the High Court for allegedly breaching its statutes governing the promotion of academic staff. Gill Evans, a history lecturer and public...
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Why England's cap fails to fit
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight Robert Cormack of Queen's University and Robert Osborne of Ulster University, known...
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Cuts clip wings of high-flier scheme
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight The province's two universities are in the forefront of the last Government's...
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A strategy void adds to troubles
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight Whatever the outcome of the Dearing inquiry, Northern Ireland arguably has the most...
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Historic horseplay loses its innocence
CLEOPATRA envied the horse which bore the weight of Anthony. Jane Austen's Fanny Price pitied her horse when it was ridden too hard by the sexually energetic Mary Crawford. Horses have galloped their...
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From monster to angel
Seduced and ruined women are the focus of attention for a Leeds University lecturer who is exploring why they form such an important image in 18th-century literature. According to Vivien Jones,...
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Sleepers find tranquility in pockets of silence
Sound scientists at Southampton University are working on an ingenious solution to the problem of neighbours with a taste for loud dance music. A team at the university's Institute of Sound Vibration...