Adding an annexe to the ivory towers
When The THES came into the world, the UK taught 446,000 students in a higher education sector that included 45 universities. Now there are 1.5 million students and 105 universities. Michael Shattock...
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Those 1,300 weeks in brief
1971 First issue of THES October 15 Bristol planning to introduce two-year pass degrees Margaret Thatcher, secretary of state for education and science, trying to reform student unions South Bank...
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The ism that spawned a momentary glee
If universities have changed enormously in the past quarter century, so too have the ideas that are taught in them. Peter Aspden considers academia's flirtation with postmodernism. It was a word that...
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Redecorating Britain in a deep shade of blue
If universities have changed enormously in the past quarter century, so too have the ideas that are taught in them. Richard Cockett assesses the influence of the new right. The year 1971 was a...
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Mapmakers chase $1 prize
If universities have changed enormously in the past quarter century, so too have the ideas that are taught in them. Jon Turney looks at the extraordinary advances in genetics. The pace of advance in...
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Some stories just run and run...
Huw Richards sifts through the news that has filled our pages and reaches a remarkable conclusion. Plus ca change ... The appearance is admittedly different. Where today's THES readers are confronted...
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I audit, therefore I am
If universities have changed enormously in the past quarter century, so too have the ideas that are taught in them. Michael Power ruefully concludes that we all now live in the age of the audit. It...
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'I've seen the future, and it goes beep, beep, beep'
If universities have changed enormously in the past quarter century, so too have the ideas that are taught in them. Jack Meadows examines the IT revolution. The information revolution of the past...
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Appointments
Economic and Social Research Council Appointments to the ESRC board: James Sharples, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers and chief constable of Merseyside Police, he is also county...
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Chairs
University of Exeter Paul Diffley, lecturer at the University of London, chair of Italian; Peter Gibbins, general manager and head of IT research, Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd, chair of media...
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Promotions
University of Reading. Julia Slingo, research fellow and deputy director of the United Kingdom Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme, has been promoted to principal research fellow. She...
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First impressions
This week we are starting a new competition. Where Final Word gave the coda to well-known books, First Impressions, as the name suggests, will give the opening lines. The following introduction is...
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The Darwin impresario
Marxism's decline has been followed by a link up between evolutionary biology and social science which should produce startling insights into human behaviour, argue John Ashworth and Helena Cronin....
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Reel time
The American Film Institute has relaunched its web site (www.afionline.org) with a new interface and new content including material about the AFI's newly acquired 1912 film Richard III, the oldest...
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A calling to arms
Debbie Raven reports on the struggle to match tne next stage of NVQs with professional needs. National Vocational Qualifications and their Scottish equivalents spark extreme reactions in the world of...