Appointments
NACCEG Rodney Buse, former personnel director of W. H. Smith Group plc, has succeeded Christopher Ball as the chairman of the National Advisory Council for Careers and Educational Guidance. NACETT...
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The British Academy
Officers for 1996 to 1997: President: Keith Thomas; vice presidents: P. Haggett and M. McGowan; treasurer: J. S. Flemming; foreign secretary: B. Supple; publications secretary: D. Luscombe. Fellows:...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING James Hedley, retired principal of Inverness College, has been appointed as a professor emeritus in recognition of his positive contribution and valuable assistance with the...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Charities Dr M. Lacey, Pounds 140,450 from the Wellcome Trust (synaptic physiology and pharmacology of single substantia nigra pars reticulata neurones: electrophysiology of...
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE The title of reader has been awarded to Norman Vetter, senior lecturer in the department of epidemiology and public health. ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL...
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Record of achievement
(Photograph) - Record of achievement: pop star Peter Gabriel accepts his doctorate in music at the University of Bath
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Myth belonging to another age
British universities may be moving closer to their European counterparts in terms of numbers, but one aspect of university life remains different. The British system has been premised on the notion...
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Winning at the board name game
The new board of the new further education body representing the nation's colleges met for the first time this week. Few new boards can have faced such wide opportunities or heavy responsibilities....
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ILEA jewel theft
Fewer courses and higher fees have tarnished London's "jewel in the crown" adult education service, according to a report by lecturers' union Natfhe covering provision since the break-up of the Inner...
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Gaelic praise
Irish president Mary Robinson praised the Irish-Scottish Academic Initiative, a shared study programme between universities of Strathclyde and Aberdeen and Trinity College, Dublin, at Strathclyde's...
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Tony award
No career worries for Tony Blair, should his political hopes not come to fruition. Having permitted 14 pictures of himself to appear in Labour's 40-page manifesto document, he undoubtedly has the...
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Red bricks and mortar-boards
(Photograph) - Red bricks and mortar-boards: new arts and humanities graduates received their degrees at Birmingham University this week.
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Great Scott
Strathclyde University is hoping for an action-packed graduation ceremony next week, announcing that Scottish Claymores American football player Scott Couper will pick up his PhD in pure and applied...
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Complaints cost hard cash
Students pay towards their higher education and want value for money. THES reporters look at the university appeals system and what happens when degree courses are not all they were advertised to be...
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Court out
Alumnus to be proud of No. 57 is currently featured in a clearing bank advertising campaign which displays him in legal dress and announces that he would have "ended up in court" without the...