A letter to Santa Claus?
The story of human rights since 1948 is a dismal one, and the United States and Britain are the villains, says Noam Chomsky The Confucian Analects describe the exemplary person as "the one who keeps...
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Diary of a somebody
Tony Benn sees his 60-year archive, soon to be in the British Library, as a way of setting history straight. Kam Patel met him Tony Benn lights his pipe and strolls into the tiny kitchen of his...
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'Frankenstein' foods: why my committee approved them
GM foods served at doom temperature. The scientists writing here, who have been at the forefront of improvements tofood safety, believe that the genetically modified foods on sale in Britain...
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100 more years to find our God
A female albeit straight archbishop, Cote d'Azur weather in Britain and a life expectancy of 30 - Alan Thomson asks leading experts what the future holds The year 2000" has long sounded so futuristic...
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GMC approves regular testing for doctors
The General Medical Council voted overwhelmingly this week to implement regular testing of doctors to ensure they are fit to practise. Doctors who fail the tests could be struck off.
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UCAS splits from education info firm
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has parted from education information company ECCTIS 2000. UCAS is to sell its 30 per cent shareholding in the company
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German degree overhaul proposed
Hamburg Germany's top higher education advisory body is developing a higher education system that would replace the country's traditional diplom four-year-plus degree with international-style...
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League tables may end in tiers
The push towards local universities with policies to widen access was strengthened this week by government proposals for new league tables. The government has drawn up indicators to show how each...
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Social divisions traced in old binary divide
New statistics onstudents from poorer backgrounds in higher education show huge variations betweeninstitutions, writes Harriet Swain. Research by Bob Osborne, professor of applied policy studies at...
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FE ups share of HE students
The number of full-time students taking higher education courses in Scottish FE colleges rose by 6 per cent between 1996-97 and 1997-98 to 30,000. The latest provisional statistics from the Scottish...
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Welsh thumbs-down for post-16 direct funding
Direct funding of post-16 education and training provision by the new Welsh Assembly would be a mistake, the Welsh Funding Councils have argued. In their response to the Education and Training Action...
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Break-up warning over unitised framework
Plans for credit accumulation and transfer in the 16-19 qualifications framework could lead to fragmentation and incoherence, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has warned. A consultation by...
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The fast lane
(Photograph) - The fast lane: Durham University engineering students Helen Ashby and Andrew Mullin take a close look at the Formula Vauxhall racing car given to the university. Photo: Sam Atkins
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Flower power
(Photograph) - Flower power: a student taking her NVQ level II floristry at Bicton Agricultural College in east Devon arranges flowers and foliage at a local shop. The department has won the Rose...
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Makerere aids refugee cause
Kampala Uganda's Makerere University is to set up a refugee studies programme to enable university students to learn more about the problems of forced migration and to explore better ways of helping...