Adult access model muddled
A single national fund is needed for the prime minister's vision of a broadband Britain to become a reality, according to a leading e-learning expert. The broadband network is considered essential...
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Twists in fibres of trade
Industrial Crisis and the Open Economy
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Leader: Ministers could find full-cost fees too hot to handle
Taken on the evidence of one surprising week, the Brave New World of higher education is like a London bus. You wait for ages for one big initiative to appear and then two come along at once....
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The shooting of British icons
British Stars and Stardom - The British Cinema Book
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Coshep makes hi-tech proposal
The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals has challenged the Scottish Parliament to adopt its radical six-point strategy to promote high-tech innovation. John Archer, principal of Heriot-...
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Utopia: where pure politicians hand out free money
The Age of Consent
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Access rhetoric fails to impress chiefs
The government's rhetoric on widening participation has not been matched by appropriate action, higher education leaders warned this week. A Universities UK conference on widening participation heard...
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Commission uses high tech measurements to tackle urban air pollution
Brussels, 30 January 2003 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched an innovative joint pilot study together with regional Italian environmental protection agency Agenzia...
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Co-existence of genetically modified and conventional crops: roundtable on latest research results
Brussels, 4 April 2003 A roundtable meeting to examine the latest research results on the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops will be hosted by the European Commission on Thursday 24 April. A wide...
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Colleges told shape of things to come
The shape of further education in the next century was outlined in a national implementation plan released by the Further Education Funding Council this week. Networking Lifelong Learning: Making It...
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Men shopping? A load of billiard balls
Katrina Honeyman reveals how one man managed to lure male shoppers out of the closet and take the embarrassment out of a feminine pursuit - thus setting the stage to make the buying of clothes...
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APPOINTMENTS The British Library Philip Davies , professor of American studies at De Montfort University and chair of the British Association for American Studies, has been appointed director of the...
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Reaching for stars
The É«ºÐÖ±²¥S examines how countries are turning brain drain into brain gain. Awards that top up salaries are bringing talent back to the UK. Julia Hinde reports. When Roger Pedersen, a prominent American...
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Equity can trip us up
Initiatives to give students a career boost may be failing those most in need, argues John Brennan If you were born on the wrong side of the tracks and you haven't become a professional footballer or...
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'We've gone beyond bottom pinching... but this is worse'
Institutionalised sexism discourages many women from a career in science. What's being done about it? asks Helen Hague. Baroness Greenfield broke the pre-publication purdah surrounding her keenly...