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Last week in The THESI Larry Bunt argued that the casualisation of the university workforce was a good thing. * Tom Wilson Head of universities at lecturers' union Natfhe. The proportion of academic...
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Protection squad
(Photograph) - Protection squad: Bangladeshi police escort women students protesting over alleged sexual abuse by lecturers at Dhaka University. The students claim that at least 12 cases of abuse...
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THES diary
Union man with a past An interesting name emerges on the list of nominees for members of the national executive committee at the Association of University Teachers, particularly in the light of...
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Montreal
A plan to divert a percentage of earnings from scratch-and-win lottery into the Universite de Quebec a Montreal has been dropped after student protests. The campus ticket sales booth operated for...
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Glitteing prizes
Lord Glenamara, 86, chancellor at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, has been given an honorary doctorate of civil law at the University of Newcastle. Gilbert Smith, vice-chancellor at...
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Baz Kershaw
Baz Kershaw, chair of the research assessment panel for dance, drama and the performing arts is professor of drama at the University of Bristol and not, as stated on page 8 of the January 1 issue, at...
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Welsh put spin into business
Academics and industrialists in Wales are joining forces to encourage more spin-off businesses from higher education. The Welsh Development Agency is backing Top Spin, a scheme to create high quality...
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In the news
The late Francois Mitterrand once described his friend Edith Cresson as "a woman for difficult times". It is just as well. In this country, the European Union education commissioner is probably best...
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Migrants blamed for drain on coffers
Canadian universities are blaming some of their financial problems on a newly recognised category of student, the immigrant. About 2,000 overseas students a year are claiming landed immigrant status...
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Oxford eyes Pounds 15,000 fees
Oxford University's new business school has plans to launch a four- year undergraduate degree - charging students Pounds 12,000-Pounds 15,000 a year - despite the government's stipulation that...
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Poorly qualified teen force
Almost two-thirds of Welsh 16 and 17-year-olds in jobs have minimum level qualifications, according to the latest figures. The official Labour Force Survey shows that of the 34,000 16 and 17-year-...
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Earnings survey will target 3,000 students
University students will be asked how much they earn and spend as part of a new government survey. The Student Income and Expenditure Survey will target some 3,000 students, both full and part-time,...
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Pounds 10 million Oxford diabetes centre opens
A "unique alliance" between academics, the drugs industry and the National Health Service was forged this week with the opening of a Pounds 10 million centre for diabetes and related illnesses at...
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New Deal extends to college placements
Unemployed people hitherto excluded from the New Deal initiative will be encouraged to go to college in order to increase their chances of employment under an Pounds 80 million government scheme. The...
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Gene research given a Pounds 15 million boost
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is to spend up to Pounds 15 million to help British researchers identify the function of key genes. The initiative, Investigating Gene...