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Peter Boizot received his honorary degree from the University of Westminster in person in recognition of his services to the City of Westminster and the Venice in Peril Appeal. His pizzas, like our...
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The levy is for turning round
A special levy would focus minds on how desperately underfunded HE really is, says Gareth Roberts. Over the past few years, universities have argued with the Government that continuing reductions in...
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Having a ball with ballast
With Richard Branson due to take off with East Anglia's scientific experiment in his hot air balloon at the end of this week (page 6), we have stuck seven young scientists in our own metaphorical...
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Grasp the levy now
This week, for the first time since last November's Budget, the vice chancellors have succeeded in attracting national attention to the funding crisis in universities. They have done so by...
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Army man leads stricken campus
The Nigerian university where a senior administrator died late last year after a beating by junior staff is expected to reopen in March with a retired army officer appointed by government at its head...
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Youth distrust Hong Kong handover
Hong Kong's young people are expecting a bleak future under Chinese rule and have little confidence in the current British administration, an academic survey has found. The telephone survey of 1,660...
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Demanding and confused
In societies where labour is highly mobile employers will always be reluctant to invest in training - and Britain is a classic case. Yet training - and training at high intellectual levels for today'...
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In defence of Cambridge excellence
During the week beginning February 12, Cambridge University is holding a postal ballot on a proposal to introduce an education studies tripos. The result should be known on February 19. Almost all...
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Pupils pack in to prep classes
The number of school-leavers entering preparatory classes for France's grandes ecoles jumped a spectacular 7.5 per cent this year, after two years of decreasing numbers. More than 61,000 students are...
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College meets its Waterloo as 340 retire early
The University of Waterloo will see the largest exodus of staff in Canadian university history as 340 employees - nearly one eighth of its workforce - accept early retirement to help offset...
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Extra cash for top quality
Australian universities have been subject to a quality audit for the third year running but not one achieved top score in the four categories the quality committee devised this year. For the first...
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Aspire or expire
(Photograph) - US academics are taking lessons from media consultants in how to match the Ivy League's heavyweight image. "What we do is important," they must learn to say, and say it well.
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US-type training urged to up output
Britain should develop an American-style mass education system if it is to match the economic productivity performance of the United States, says the National Institute of Economic and Social...
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Junior academics strike for pay deal
Israel's universities have again been hit by strikes. Several thousand junior academic staff say they will not return to work until the university heads committee recognises their union. Laboratory...
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Bayrou promises to include all views at launch of strategy talks
Talks on the future of the university system have got under way at the French education ministry, where all representative bodies, unions, committees and associations have been invited to help draw...