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Eco-architecture is beginning to have an impact on higher education, says Oliver Lowenstein Earlier this week at the Royal Institute of British Architects, futurist Amory Lovins presented his vision...
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OU library with termodeck
Full-length versions of these articles are at www.thesis.co.uk Peter Sandy looks at how the library has always been a central feature of academic institutions. A storehouse of knowledge, a place to...
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Mancat purrs to site sale
Mike Sherrington says that selling a city-centre site to a regeneration developer and getting a new building on part of the site able to accommodate an almost equal number of students sounds...
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Transport hits the right gear
Jim Whelan says plans are afoot to help ensure higher education is a leader in environmental management. One initiative,led by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and the Association of...
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Era of 24-hour university nears
David Dunster reports that universities throughout the United Kingdom may well have budgets in excess of Pounds 50 million to spend on expansion over the coming years. They have become developers -...
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Towards a green campus
Bill Holdsworth describes how universities are striving to introduce sustainable technologies to their building programmes. Several projects embody the latest design philosophies, but are progressive...
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Are estates fit for the future?
From now on, asset management will have to meet the the demands of environmental sustainability. Keith Blake investigates The estate management strategies of England's universities are under review...
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Environmental policies writ large on campuses
Energy efficiency is good for the environment and business, writes Camille Lane Grazing sheep may seem a strange departure for a university campus, but it is part of Sussex University's active...
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Elite in plot to launch rival to QAA
A dissident group of elite universities is hatching plans to break free from the Quality Assurance Agency’s inspection framework and set up an alternative peer-review system.The news comes as...
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Orthodox colleges approved in Israel
JERUSALEM A plan to create the first haredi (ultra-orthodox) college, with separate classes for men and women, has been approved in principle by Israel's Council for ÌÇÐÄVlog. While separate...
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Freedom victory for Iranian scholars
TEHRAN The reformist victory in Iran's parliamentary elections has allowed a modernising role for the country's academics and universities. "This new democratic atmosphere will lead to a greater role...
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What are foundation degrees?
Educationists and employers arestruggling to define the nature and role of foundation degrees, writes Alan Thomson. The group designing the degrees held its first meeting last Friday. Its first task...
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Georgia is over-educated
TBILISI State university rectors in Georgia are seeking tighter laws on higher education accreditation in the wake of a boom in private colleges since the collapse of communism. Since 1991, more than...
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Racist web links land Swiss professor in court
BONN An academic who heads the computer systems institute at Zurich Technical University faces criminal proceedings for providing links to neo-Nazi, revisionist and racist websites from his...
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Thai MPs told to study for degrees
BANGKOK Poorly educated Thai MPs are dashing from parliamentary meetings to evening classes at a Bangkok university to study politics. New rules designed to end vote-buying, reduce the power of...