Sir Ron takes Melbourne seat
SIR RON Dearing is to become one of two overseas members of Melbourne University's new governing council in 1998. It is the first time an Australian university has invited distinguished foreign...
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MM 2001: Looking for the next Balkans
Where in the world will major conflict flare up next? Tim Cornwell considers the likelihood of Pakistan and Colombia being the future flash points Guided cockroaches scuttling under doors to pinpoint...
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Demand for degrees out strips supply
France has belatedly started a determined campaign to catch up with its "Anglo-Saxon" competitors in the international market of higher education, setting out to entice foreign students, particularly...
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Fellowships
Welsh College of Music and Drama Honorary fellowships have been awarded to: Keith Allen, actor; Roy Bohana, music director of the Arts Council for Wales to 1997; Julian Bream, lutenist; Rebecca Evans...
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Net speeds to next level
The high-speed internet moved a stage closer last week with the demonstration in the United States of virtual surgery, broadcast-quality video and terabyte-size data library transfers over a national...
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A space cowboy goes it alone
Seeking total security, President Bush wants the US to build a national missile shield dubbed Son of Star Wars. The result, says Christoph Bluth, will be more insecurity for all. For the past four...
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Should freedom cover racial science?
The scientific study of race, says Professor Jean-Philippe Rushton of the University of Western Ontario, is proscribed by a "taboo" that has "no parallel I not the Inquisition, not Stalin, not Hitler...
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V-cs tackle underhand enrolment tactics
The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee has toughened its code of ethical practice following allegations that some universities had used questionable tactics to boost their enrolments of overseas...
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Cutting edge
No vaccine or drugs exist for a virus disease found in more than 100 countries and placing some 2,000 million people at risk. This is the reality of dengue, which occurs in tropical and subtropical...
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Pacific perspectives
Journal of Far Eastern Business:
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Invisible universities offer tangible rewards
Globalisation and the knowledge-based economy pose challenges to all purveyors of tertiary education, argues Jamil Salmi Imagine a university without buildings or classrooms or even a library, 10,000...
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History's bigger picture
This week's Anglo-American historians' conference in London aims to take on the world. Alan Mcafarlane charts its trends It is always worth looking at the development of theoretical systems from the...
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Exploring pathways in the east
THE conventional view that land, capital and labour provide the keys to economic development has been augmented by economic theories which stress that updated knowledge and skills through education...
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Higher channels
John Davies scans the schedules. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Recent-history revelations are everywhere this weekend: part two of BBC2's Spying Game, the finale of C4's Can't Pay,...