One light bulb and an illuminating year
Jocasta Gardner brought a breath of fresh air to Albanian teaching. Or was it just the constantly open windows? I am not sure anything in the British or German university systems would have prepared...
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Lighten up, let your hair down, stop griping
Busy during the holidays? Who are you trying to kid? asks Valerie Atkinson in the latest in our summer vacation series. Just once, could we not all admit that the summer vacation is a doddle? Less so...
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South Sea crusade
The preservation and documentation of endangered languages has been deemed a priority in the South Pacific islands. Geoff Maslen reports. More than 1,100 languages are spoken on the islands that dot...
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Tribal languages are given a new lease of life
Sheldon G. Weeks describes a literacy programme for minority languages in Botswana. Twenty-six languages are spoken in Botswana, but before the country's independence in 1966 the British colonial...
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On the trail of stolen dreams
A study into the exploitation of Aboriginal designs for commercial gain is yielding practical results, says Geoff Maslen. After ten years of battling to prevent the plundering of Aboriginal artists'...
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Rules of engagement
Svava Bjarnason and Patrick Coldstream reflect on the theme of this year's ACU conference for vice-chancellors and principals. Our cliches point to our preoccupations. The phrases "knowledge society...
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Keeper of the plains and the forests
Wachira Kigotho reports on an environmental advocacy programme that is making an impact in Tanzania. Tanzania's rich biodiversity is threatened by logging of rare hardwoods, charcoal burning on the...
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Life's lessons hold key to study success
Philip Fine describes a Canadian scheme that offers a way of entering university on the strength of experience. Canada's Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Centre has the ability to reach out to a wide...
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Care for the environment and cash for the university coffers
Martin Ince outlines the work of Environmental Consultancy Services. Academics with a concern for the environment want to change the world as well as observe it. At Northumbria University they are...
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The champion of 'grey matter' trade
Kenneth Asch examines the legacy of the retiring principal of McGill University in Montreal. In January this year, Bernard Shapiro, principal of Montreal's McGill University, opted for early...
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Cellular songs in the key of life
Unlocking the process by which the body renews itself will help scientists tackle disease and give us a better understanding of ourselves, says stem-cell pioneer Roger Pedersen, who famously quit the...
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Voice of the people recast as language of terrorism
Spain's campaign against separatist bombers has had a big impact on a quest to preserve the Basque language, reports Jackie Urla. Are language rights human rights? And if so, what do these rights...
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Symptoms of medical malaise 1
I am horrified that medical schools may be compensated for losses in their teaching grants provided they take students with lower-grade A levels ("Losers could regain grants", THES , August 22). To...
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Resting experts
Paul Taylor's belief that "research demonstrates the subject expertise one would hope essential" in higher education is touchingly quaint (Letters, THES , August 1). Neither Quality Assurance Agency...
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Criminal error
Angela Pinter alleges that I have suggested that criminal tendencies are fixed and can be diagnosed at birth (Letters, THES , August 22). At no time have I ever put forward such a ridiculous claim....