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Oxford setting extra tests for candidates Sixth-formers face new entrance tests to get into Oxford University amid concerns that A levels fail to mark out the brightest candidates. Aptitude tests...
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UK-Netherlands Partnership Programme in Science
Deadline: 30/06/2007
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Leader
Are conferences worth going to? "No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there," according to F. Scott Fitzgerald. For the most part, academics do not...
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Step into the spotlight
Organising a conference can boost your department's reputation as well as its coffers. Olga Wojtas reports There was a shuffling of feet and lowering of eyes at the Primate Society of Great Britain...
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Great sites to behold
Campuses across the country are creating innovative and imaginative venues to meet the demands of clients and delegates. Michael North steps into space It was cabaret tables last year, now it's wi-fi...
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Better safe than sorry
Heightened security fears mean organisers must consider the impact of visa conditions, immigration policies and personal risks of travel on attendance. Olga Wojtas investigates Last August, the...
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Rights of passage
Mark Levene says academics who care about the planet will have to start thinking hard not just about how they travel but whether they travel at all... The lady at the university travel agency laughed...
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Dear Ralph, Help! I need advice
Veteran organiser Ralph Adam helps you with your conference conundrums Q: I've agreed to organise a conference with limited funds, but am at a loss about the catering. Can I leave it to the venue? A...
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Pimm's and punts
Oxford University's convention bureau is happy to use the Brideshead image to promote its conference business, but it also boasts many contemporary selling points. Harriet Swain reports Afternoon tea...
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Corporate push spawns 24/7 culture
Demands on academics at work and beyond are rising, Tony Tysome and Phil Baty report A new breed of academic on call at all hours is emerging in response to a corporate revolution in higher education...
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Conferences: places to present new ideas and old mistresses
For most academics, conferences offer the exchange of new and cutting-edge ideas that are the lifeblood of their work, writes Phil Baty. But for some, it seems, they also present the perfect...
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'I write about the experiences of people who were born elsewhere'
Abdulrazak Gurnah is honoured with an international literary prize for his eloquent story of displacement. Abdulrazak Gurnah, professor of English and postcolonial literature at Kent University, has...
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On the move...
* Leeds University has appointed Christopher McCabe as chair in health economics in its Institute of Health Sciences. Professor McCabe previously held chairs at the universities of Warwick and...
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Slave trade sees no let-up 200 years on
Experts urge multidisciplinary research to widen public awareness of people trafficking, says Tony Tysome. Slavery researchers this week appealed to academics in other disciplines to join them in...
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Scots cash boost rivals top-ups fillip
Scotland's higher education institutions are holding their own financially despite the advent of top-ups in England, with a funding council deal of more than ?1 billion, plus a further ?75 million,...