Bricks and stone may set the tone
Architecture can play a key role in university life argues, John Worthington. For every university that has its architectural landmark, many also have their horror stories. Buildings are potentially...
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The green teams are coming to your town
Institutions are increasingly concerned with their environmental impact. Peter de la Cour explains. The environmental importance of the higher education sector is put in perspective by the following...
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Town meets gown
Hugh Cannings, Brian Lowe and Frank Woods on Manchester city centre's academic revival. Students' choice of a university is often as much influenced by the "feel of the place" as by academic record....
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Spare a thought for customer services
Peter Murphy asks why estates managers are so invisible. Estates management appears to be suffering from its own success. For some time there has been a misguided perception that the measure of...
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Keep the library lights burning
Bill Grimwade reports on the progress of Britain's first purpose-built university in 25 years. To design the University College of Lincolnshire - Britain's first purpose-built university for 25 years...
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Room to think
Paul Fuller urges universities to put research space management into their strategic plan. Whether universities are looking to establish a research base or searching for ways to develop their...
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Space odyssey
Fari Akhlaghi describes the launch of an MBA in facilities management. Last year Sheffield Hallam University launched an MBA programme in facilities management. Already it is able to boast 33...
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The big squeeze
Institutions must wake up to pressures on space, says Paul Roebuck. Universities have been behaving as if the rise in student numbers was akin to an invasion of lemmings. They have paid scant...
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The trouble with timetables
Squeeze a balloon one way and it expands another. Alan Bowles reflects on how to fit the courses in. Animals mark their territory and defend it to the last in order to survive. Similar ancestral...
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Promotions
GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Readerships: John Baily, former senior lecturer, reader in ethnomusicology; Christopher Baugh, senior lecturer, reader in drama; Christopher Jenks, senior...
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Fellowships
UNIVERSITY OF LUTON Trevor Kletz, a visiting fellow in the chemical engineering department, has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL...
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Events
Primates and Man The Royal Society and The British Academy are holding a discussion meeting on "Evolution of Social Behaviour Patterns in Primates and Man" on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 4 and 5 (...
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Awards
College of North West London The gold medal award given by the Building Employers Confederation was presented to Frank Horan, head of the college's built environment and construction department.
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Appointments
Four independent directors have been appointed to the board of the Higher Education Quality Council: Kenneth Dixon, deputy chairman, Bass plc and pro-chancellor and chairman of the Council of the...
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Splitting image
Alan Ryan asks if America can attend to the difference of its many peoples and still preserve a single ethical, political culture. When I was very much younger, political theory rotated around...