Victims of the silent minority
Labour is so far ahead in the polls that the party will probably win the general election. But the pollsters will struggle to predict the majority because the problems that tripped them up in 1992...
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Teaching the government to think
William Plowden believes a Labour administration should exploit the nation's intellectual capital by drafting academics into Whitehall Not quite 30 years ago Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative...
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Death of the Dons Quixote
Deprived of tenured dottiness and assailed by politicalcorrectness,is the hero with a licence to lecture becoming extinct? Adrian Mourby, with an extract from his campus novel (inset), examines the...
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Oxford's alchemists
Graham Lawton talks to the scientists who have founded companies and turned their research into gold In 1992 Steve Davies, professor of organic chemistry at Oxford University, was trying to solve a...
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Beleaguered in Lima
Paul Wilkinson examines the return of a terrorist phenomenon long thought to be in decline - the embassy siege It is easy to see why diplomats continue to be a favourite target for terrorists....
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A people empowered
As India celebrates 50 years of independence, Sunil Khilnani tells David Walker that the West can learn from its democratic methods India is 50 years old this year. Birkbeck College's Sunil Khilnani...
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Global gobblers
Martin Ince reports on the latest global group, the E8 - eight countries whose huge or fast-growing economies pose the biggest challenge to the planet's environment You know the G7, that photo...
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Rain check
(Photograph) - Students marched in Brighton this week to demand lesbian, gay and bisexual equality. Cath Fletcher, convenor of the National Union of Students Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Campaign, said...
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Physics on the move
The executive committee of the academic board at Birkbeck College has recommended transferring the institution's physics department to University College London. It is under threat because of...
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Governors' code
University and college governing bodies should receive guidance on codes of practice accord-ing to a white paper published this week. The Governance of Public Bodies: A Progress Report is the...
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What's in a name?
The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has set up a working group to consider what rules should govern the use of the name "university college". Its conclusions may feed into the Dearing...
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Oversupply of graduates disputed
THES looks at reaction to the DFEE's fourth Dearing submission, which queried standards and expansion FURTHER doubts surfaced this week about Government claims that graduate supply will soon outstrip...
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Local authorities prioritise access
THES looks at reaction to the DFEE's fourth Dearing submission, which queried standards and expansion ACCESS to higher education must be extended, not squeezed, the local government associations told...
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London needs umbrella
LONDON's higher education should be integrated citywide with a possible "opted out" privatised tier of top research institutions, says a leading educationist. Gareth Williams, head of the policy...
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Middlesex faces up to Pounds 3m deficit
JOBS and courses are under threat at Middlesex University as it faces up to a Pounds 3 million projected budget deficit. The former Middlesex Polytechnic has begun a thorough review of its academic...