The elitism of 'people like us'
TWO FACTORS will shape the future of the university in Britain: trends and political policy. Both major political parties agree that higher education must accord with economic circumstances. This...
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Europe will not go away Sir Ron
Britain attracts more exchange students than it ever sends abroad. Anne Corbett argues for a more positive approach towards Europe when the country takes the Union presidency in January The 83,000...
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Executive cases in brief
Ten Golden Rules - Roads to the Top
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Sources for research funding
LEVERHULME TRUST www.leverhulme.org.uk 2001 Leverhulme Prize Fellowships Leverhulme Prize Fellowships are designed to recognise and facilitate the work of outstanding young research scholars of...
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The market is not the only measure
Scientific enterprise has transformed life across the world in recent decades and is now doing so again. Research provides the knowledge base for information technology, biotechnology and the other...
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When teaching interrupts the real work
Lecturers should not be afraid of educationists. They need to get involved in research into teaching methods, says Paul Orsmond Not many higher education lecturers will be promoted because of their...
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We don't need more doctors...
Alan Maynard (below) and Michael Rees (right) suggest cures for two ills of the NHS on its 50th birthday Forecasting the National Health Service workforce is rather like peering into an opaque...
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Lecturers frozen out
IT to reduce staff by the year 2000, say universities. Thousands of university lecturers took to the streets this week to protest at underfunding and low pay. But universities are planning to cut...
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The good corporate citizen
Diversification, Refocusing and Economic Performance - Corporate Governance
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Standards geared up
It is encouraging that a profession that has made a vital contribution to Britain's prosperity during this century should be asking itself tough questions about its role and coming up with a sober...
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FE colleges score but fail to win
When further education colleges were told, after incorporation, to hone their performance, few envisaged chasing so many moving goalposts. It must come as little comfort that their cheerleaders are...
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Earful of sound advice on the best ways to tap the beat
The Computer Music Tutorial
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The woman from Auntie
Former Woman's Hour editor Sally Feldman tells Kam Patel why she is leaving journalism to become dean of the school of media at The London College of Printing. Sally Feldman laughs as she recalls her...
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CBI pre-emptive move on training
The Confederation of British Industry is backing a training league table for employers. The table would set out the record of individual businesses on training investment, as a way of stopping the...
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Research Opportunities - Business and Management Studies
The following listing is for research degrees and jobs in Business and Management Studies #221> . Where possible a central contact person or office contact point has been given. Where there are...