Well-known benefits in team playing
Martin Harris (THES April 21) concluded "sharing of information with all members of the community. . . can seemingly only be achieved in large and complex organisations in ways which are inherently...
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Uncertainty in pension funds
In discussing additional voluntary contributions to the Prudential or other insurance company (as opposed to the added-years scheme) Michael Connock (THES April 14) draws attention to the value of...
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EU sends funds for Swahili rescue
Swahili culture in Kenya, under threat from urban modernisation, is to receive Pounds 2.5 million from the European Union towards its preservation. Most of the money will be used to restore...
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Malawi Aids tales get set to music
When Kondwani Phwandaphwanda was accepted as a music student at Malawi's prestigious Chancellor College he was excited at the prospect of moving from his home village to the sophisticated town of...
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Question time for taboo on tenure
The knotty issue of academic tenure - politically untouchable until now - is suddenly under the microscope in the United States. Colleges are starting to offer alternatives to tenure for professors,...
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Murder closes door
United States universities and colleges are expected to think carefully about their admissions procedures following the case of the student admitted to Harvard who had murdered her mother and...
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Scientists are media shy
Australian scientists regard the popular media with suspicion, believing it trivialises and distorts their work, according to a survey of nearly 180 scientists from mainland states. Communicating via...
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Draft for graduates angers Russians
Russian academics, scientists and creative artists last week appealed to President Yeltsin not to approve a military service law which envisages the compulsory drafting of all new graduates and...
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History has an identity crisis
Moldovan students have won a temporary victory in their lively protest strike against the government's introduction of a new history curriculum in universities. They suspended their strike until May...
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Malaysian call for a voice
Academics from Malaysia's eight universities are complaining they have been kept in the dark over government plans to corporatise universities, and want a say in the planning process. Wan Abdul Manan...
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Paris faculty bans far-right student union
A Paris university law faculty has banned an extreme right-wing student union from its premises after 20 years of unhampered activity there. The board of governors of Assas Paris II law faculty...
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Poor benefit in Chinese reforms of tuition fees
Chinese education authorities have mapped out measures to help poor university and college students while promoting a unified tuition fee policy, Geoffrey Parkins writes. Zhang Tianbao, deputy...
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City spreads the vouchers word
A voucher scheme for funding adult education in the City of London may be extended to more than 250,000 people who work in the capital. The Corporation of London, which is in the second year of...
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Training pump primed
Nearly 100 universities and colleges will receive Pounds 60 million in the next four years to develop vocational education and training. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is allocating...
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Science parks get virtual
The heyday of the traditional science park could be over if the idea of the "virtual" science park catches on, according to Ian Dalton, director of Heriot-Watt University's research park. Throughout...