Fly away patrons
In central and eastern Europe irritation is growing with western experts and consultants who jet in, tell people what they ought to be doing, and draw fat fees that can come to more for a few days'...
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Paid peanuts, made into monkeys
It may be a cliche, but for once it happens to be true: morale in British universities is at an all-time low. The profession I joined 30 years ago is not one I would choose as a career now, nor is it...
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Transit problem in the West Bank
When Palestinians went to the polls last week an estimated 12 per cent of the candidates in the West Bank were academics, including a special "academics" slate in the West Bank town of Ram Allah. The...
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Cranky calls poison Adelphi
In the latest twist in an extraordinary campus row, the wife of the president of Adelphi University in New York state has been accused of making anonymous phone calls to the head of a faculty union...
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Cash to keep doctors
The South African government is investigating ways of financially rewarding medical schools that produce doctors who stay in the country, according to Olive Shisana, director general of the National...
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Australian campus for Malaysia
Australia and Malaysia have signed a bilateral agreement covering education co-operation that is expected to see Australian university campuses opening in the Asian nation. The agreement was signed...
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Dough beats merit in selection stakes
Economic realities are threatening the American ideal that even poor students who are bright enough and work hard can get into any college they desire. More expensive private universities are...
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Imperial Russia rides again
Russia watchers should ensure that the name "Gennady Zyuganov" is in their computer spell-checkers. They will need it a lot in the next few months, and probably for several years to come. The...
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Expedition safety fears unfounded
The safety of student research expeditions has been called into question by the kidnapping of four Cambridge graduates by separatist guerrillas in the Indonesian jungle. There have been allegations...
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A business class for high-fliers
Scottish business education is set to benefit from a pioneering international management course aimed at business high-fliers. The Advanced Management Programme in Scotland was last week launched by...
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True grit started at t'mill, tha knows
Where is the north of England? The answer depends entirely on your vantage point and, of course, which rhetorical device - otherwise known as a map - you use. The north is still widely regarded as a...
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Book buying below mark
A weak pound and funding cuts have left Britain's leading Germanic studies institute struggling to buy textbooks this year. The University of London's Institute for Germanic Studies, which enjoys a...
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Network of researchers to be established
A bid to set up a network of researchers into ageing and disability in the elderly has made it through to the next round of the Foresight Challenge, writes Aisling Irwin. But the bidders have been...
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Foresight bids are shortlisted
The Office of Science and Technology has invited 63 research groups out of more than 500 applicants to prepare full-scale bids for funding under the Foresight Challenge Competition. The competition...
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Scots funding squeeze eases
Exhaustion with new initiatives in Scottish higher education has led to a slight easing of a tough funding round for the coming session. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has set out the...