Moral dilemma?
John Bird speculates on the transfer fees frenzy. Eric Cantona transferred from Manchester United to Chelsea for Pounds 5 million. His goals (14) and the points they earned (23) are debited to United...
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Fighters, not militants
I am shocked by your description of students who prefer a decent grant to poverty as "militant" (THES, June 2). After the National Union of Students' executive steered through a ridiculous motion...
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A Venetian venture
The Venetian island of San Servolo, halfway between Venice and the Lido, is to become an international campus for up to nine European and American universities. The 12-acre island boasts a 15th-...
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Island sun, sea, sand and . . . studying
Erasmus students on their year abroad on the island of Reunion are tanned and happy. This French Overseas Department in the Indian Ocean is what one student describes as an "unknown tropical paradise...
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Bonn is blamed for German retreat
The president of Germany's Rectors' Conference, Hans-Uwe Erichsen, has blamed state and federal governments for the country's loss of its international lead in qualifications and research. Addressing...
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Call for more cash to go east
Ex-research minister Paul Kruger has called on the German federal government to provide special funds in order to boost the expansion of higher education and industrial research in eastern Germany,...
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Hours of disenchantment
You are right to draw attention to the length of the further education dispute, and my wish to reach a satisfactory national agreement for further education lecturing staff. (THES, May 26). A...
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Unease on the open highway
Universities may be forgiven for feeling anxious about what their staff and students may be saying on the Internet. The first they may hear if someone goes off the rails is the thud of a writ,...
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Cut down to size
The World Bank's report, Priorities and Strategies for Education, published this week, repeats a theme that has become increasingly familiar from the Bank: that opportunities in higher education are...
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Mystery over Vatican pages
United States Customs continues to investigate the case of Anthony Melnikas, the Ohio State University art history professor who gave a book dealer two valuable pages of Latin text found to have been...
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French secrets under the microscope
Research into intelligence activities has begun to take off in France, where it has been a neglected area for academic study, compared to the United Kingdom or the United States. Admiral Pierre...
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Dean is demoted after jackdaw claims
A highly-respected political and social commentator has been demoted and had his salary cut over allegations that he plagiarised the work of several colleagues, despite a finding that the claims...
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Strike ends with fees warning
The first strike by New Zealand university academics has ended in stalemate and a warning from the university hit by the industrial action that any pay rises next year will have to be met from...
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Summit to end violence
South Africa's education minister is to meet with student bodies next week to try to find ways of ending racism and violence - and promoting reform - at universities and technikons. The summit, which...
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Malaysia pays Pounds 70m for polys
The Malaysian education ministry has awarded contracts for the building of two polytechnics, each to provide places for 3,500 students on vocational courses. Shah Alam Polytechnic will be built at a...