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Sir Kenneth Calman bet on a horse that should run and run at York racecourse last week when, in his after-dinner speech as chairman for the Institute for Learning and Teaching's annual conference, he...
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Imperial power drain
Staff are sweltering and stumbling along darkened corridors at Imperial College, London, following an edict to switch off non-vital equipment. "Please shut down any unnecessary power-consuming...
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On the wrong track
From a Scottish university press office, unnamed to spare its blushes: "To those of you who were recently faxed a copy of our press release on the conference on Friday, please note that we are...
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Holiday in cyberspace
Wendy Alexander, Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister, has just enjoyed a week's holiday attending a reunion at Lester B. Pearson College in Canada, where she held a scholarship. But...
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Don's Diary
Wednesday Almost halfway through my fieldwork studying social exclusion of the poor from banks and pro-poor banking policy in the central uplands of Sri Lanka. I am interviewing Muslim and Sinhala...
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Glittering prizes
The following were this week elected fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering : William Banks , professor of advanced materials at the University of Strathclyde; John Billingham , head of...
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On the move
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff , has appointed: Pam Ackroyd , registrar at Goldsmiths College, University of London, director of planning and human resources; and Kate Ashcroft , dean of the...
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World view: All for one, but none for all
Universities need radical restructuring to cooperate in addressing global problems, argues Sheldon Rothblatt. The red carpet was not exactly rolled out for President George Bush during his visit to...
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Alexandria's new library takes shape
Alexandria's lighthouse, once one of the seven wonders of the world, has long since gone. So too has the library that acted as a magnet for the great minds of classical antiquity. Today, work is...
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World watch
Brasilia Brazilian education minister Paulo Renato Souza has announced a reform that will allow the ministry to close down university faculties and suspend or terminate higher education courses that...
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Contacts continue despite mutual fury
Joint projects between Israeli and Palestinian academics are continuing despite the latest eruption of violence in the region. "They are low-profile and on a one-to-one basis. However, meetings are...
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Masked police arrest rector
The rector of the unofficial Albanian University of Tetovo was arrested by the Macedonian government last week and held for two days without food or water. Fadil Sulejmani was returning from Pristina...
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Minister vows to beat siege
Munther Salah is affable and approachable but like most Palestinians he seethes with anger at his people's plight. Dr Salah, the minister of higher education for the Palestinian Authority, was...
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Oil state opts for Canadian partner
Qatar has taken another step in its attempt to become the Middle Eastern hub for higher education. The small Gulf state has announced a partnership with Canada to establish its first college of...
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Device helps blind navigate
A team of fourth-year computing students at the University of Abertay, Dundee, has come up with a device to help visually impaired people navigate. Abertay runs industrial projects for its honours...