All his own words
DID ROLY Cockman really say "fees will improve the screening process as they will deter students who do not have the ability for degree-level study"? (THES, September 5). If so, does he really...
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Directed or free inquiry?
I FOUND David Cameron's comments about the disputed Technical University of British Columbia perplexing (THES, September 5). His suggestion that the dispute is about basic versus applied research is...
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Glass and gas
(Photograph) - Carl Nordbuch, the specialist demonstrator at the University of Wolverhampton, demonstrates his skills during a practical workshop at the Contemporary Glass Society symposium hosted by...
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Complex contradictions
Huw Richards and Alan Thomson report on evidence to the Commons the Dearing report. Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals "It is a complex issue," insisted Martin Harris, chairman of the...
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Factfile
* 18 per cent of engineering/technology students are from overseas. * 17.7 per cent of law students are from overseas. * The humanities, education and the physical sciences drew less than 5 per cent...
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Equity opens door to student members
EQUITY, the actors' union, is to offer membership to drama students for the first time. Anyone enrolling for a year or more on any full-time course connected to drama will be eligible for special...
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Dearing adviser becomes KPMG consultant
Coopers and Lybrand's dominance of the higher education consulting field is to be challenged. Management consultants KPMG have recruited Nigel Brown, former deputy provost of London Guildhall...
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Bangor launches Pounds 1,000 scholarships
The University of Wales, Bangor, is to introduce Pounds 1,000 scholarships next year at the same time as the government's new tuition fee payment scheme comes into operation. But the timing is...
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Wellcome pledge to Daresbury Laboratories
The Wellcome Trust had pledged Pounds 10 million towards a new Pounds 100 million X-ray instrument for Daresbury Laboratories in Cheshire. The machine, called Diamond, is likely to replace Daresbury'...
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Labour fears on part-timers
The Government will fail in its aim of creating a learning society unless it goes well beyond the Dearing recommendations on part-timers, the secretary of the Labour backbench education and...
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Something in the air
Swindon, Ipswich, London Docklands, Highlands and Islands, the Lake District ... read it and weep. See The THES on October 10 for details of Britain's newest university, with unimagined thrills and...
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Post A-level admission on the way
VICE CHANCELLORS have agreed to introduce a post-A levels admissions system if administrative problems can be solved. Representatives from universities, colleges, schools and the admissions service...
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Blunkett aims for 35% participation
LABOUR, which came to office last May committed to expanding higher education, has given the clearest indication yet of its first-term ambition. David Blunkett, secretary of state for education and...
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Sacked principal 'abused power'
Stan Mason, former principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, has been fired for gross misconduct following an inquiry into staffing practices. Professor Mason had been seeking an early retirement...
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Internet Expansion
This week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, is expanding to provide a new service for subscribers. A complete and fully searchable archive of The THES from October 1994 will be available to all...