Classified information sees the light
The Natural History Museum has for the first time appointed a science director, reflecting the importance it now attaches to its long-hidden but expanding research work, Aisling Irwin writes. The...
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Plans for 30,000 new places
One national and 11 regional universities could be established by the end of the century, costing more than Pounds 300 million and creating 30,000 or more places, according to information compiled by...
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Circular quality
Circular quality The Higher Education Funding Council for England has sent a circular letter to all vice chancellors asking for comments on a discussion document about how to bring the quality...
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Train to nowhere
(Photograph) - Train to nowhere: Roxanne Powell of the London School of Economics stands before the axed Advanced Passenger Train at the National Railway Museum, York. She presented a paper about the...
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Fees must rise or quality suffer
Universities rapidly expanding their postgraduate and part-time student numbers will have to increase their fees if quality is to be maintained, the funding council has warned. Speaking at last week'...
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Unions reject 2.1% offer
Unions in the old universities have flatly rejected this year's pay offer to academic and technical staff, saying it amounts to a cut in real terms. The 2.1 per cent increase proposed by the...
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Immortal cells key to cancer
Scientists' understanding of how cancers develop is being rewritten by a new discovery in cell biology. The mechanisms that control cells dying may be the most crucial aspect of regulating the body,...
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Funders call for salaries lure
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has called for a continuing expansion of student numbers, backed by "fully competitive" salaries for staff. In a trenchant submission to the Government's...
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N. Ireland plans Scots model
Northern Ireland's regional education boards are likely to lose control of further education in the province. But the proposals for their future have not dispelled the uncertainty hanging over...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from the child of a Warwickshire estate manager: "Her finely-touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. Her full nature, like that...
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Speaking Volumes: Landscapes of Power
Susan J. Smith on Sharon Zukin's Landscapes of Power . In an era where it is more fashionable to know everything about something rather than something of everything, I have appreciated being in a...
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Duty-free zones
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
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Beyond incompetency
In Search of Management
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Good housekeeping on a dirty planet
The Greening of Industrial Eco-Systems - Greening the GATT: - Environmental Diplomacy - Governance by Green Taxes:
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Japanese way of the world
Becoming World Class