Students question virtual diplomat
American studies and politics students from ten United Kingdom institutions have had a virtual seminar with the United States ambassador to the UK, Philip Lader. Mr Lader initiated the experimental...
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E-archives for easier access to articles
A technical convention that promises easier access to articles and enables all archives to communicate with each other in a common language has marked a milestone in online academic publishing. The...
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Sleep safe
A partnership between doctors at Queen's University, Belfast, and a local medical equipment company has led to a breakthrough that will safeguard patients under anaesthetic. A team from the...
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Tailor-made courses
Bespoke management courses for small and medium-sized enterprises have been developed at Cranfield University, as the finale of a year-long research project into training needs. The courses will run...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago in The THES... Geoffrey Copland argued that the government's new two-year foundation degrees risk being second-class qualifications Mark Blagrove, Senior lecturer in psychology,...
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Do you support the introduction of top-up fees?
Do you support the introduction of top-up fees? Email soapbox@thes.co.uk
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E-madness diagnosed
Sixty-four teams of business students from around the world are taking the first steps towards e millionaire status. The teams are competing in the Hummer Winblad Venture Partner's "February Madness...
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Broadband leap
Universities worldwide are taking part in a 16-hour distance learning event, "Global Leap", on March 29 aimed at introducing young people to the benefits of the broadband internet. Participants...
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Glasgow is IT
The Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association is bringing together more than 300 management-level staff from IT departments to consider strategic issues of concern to the sector in a...
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Ultra smart
Bristol University's computer science department has installed 100 cost-cutting workstations that use an office productivity application available on the internet. The Ultra Sparc units from Sun...
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Good of Fishel case could be in tighter contracts
A world with many types of university will have many types of academic - and a wide range of contracts between them. The High Court judgment in the case of Simon Fishel shows that whatever future...
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A gain of 3% is still a squeeze for the majority
This week's funding allocations for higher education in England show a continuing squeeze on higher education in general and, within the total, a winner-takes-all phenomenon. Overall cash is up 3 per...
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The uncertain future of foundation degrees
Something similar to David Blunkett's foundation degrees was tried years ago. Will it work this time? asks John Pratt When David Blunkett announced the new two-year foundation degrees, we could be...
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Why I......believe students need to prove they have been vaccinated against meningitis
We need to engineer ways to vaccinate students against meningitis. Perhaps we should issue documents as proof of vaccination. Then students would have to show their certificates before collecting...
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No poison lvy League
Labour MP explains why Tony Blair will not introduce top-up fees I strongly supported the introduction of tuition fees backed by loans two years ago, because, having worked in universities for ten...