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While Italian politics always repays careful watching - if you allow yourself to be distracted for a moment you are liable to find that one of the major players has resigned, been indicted or had his...
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Joker played
James Simpson, moderator of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, and author of three joke books, received a founder's day honorary degree at Aberdeen University. David Fergusson, professor...
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Indian student uncorks varsity race row
An Indian student's attempt to discover why he was refused entry to the elite Cambridge University Food and Wine Society has left a distinctly bad taste in the mouth. Udi Goyal's investigation...
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Budget hits atom smasher
British particle physicists this week were faced with the prospect of a big slowdown in their programme for building the giant detectors to be used by the Large Hadron Collider particle smashing...
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Sound landing
Riveting event of the week was clearly last week's Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals main committee meeting, when the debate was so exciting that at one stage Sir Brian Follett, vice...
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Hula hoop
The British Geological Survey is advertising for a specialist to help with a celebration of its Jason project, which beams in earth science from Hawaii and outer space via a satellite link. But the...
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Animate objects
Charity patrons can be on the doddery side, but it is a rare charity that will admit this on its headed notepaper. A pioneer in this field is the Humane Research Trust, which first lists its "patrons...
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Loan deranger
British students accused of serious ethical offences may have a new and effective defence if the case of Jake Baker, the United States student accused of placing violent pornography on the Internet,...
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Welsh winner at CVCP
Gareth Roberts, vice chancellor of Sheffield University, is to be the next chairman of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Professor Roberts, 54, defeated John Stoddart of Sheffield...
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Dressing down
An angry member of the public recently called the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals demanding it institute a student dress code on the grounds that students "especially in Southampton"...
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Union puts case for pay talks with Acas
The prospect of a negotiated settlement of the further education contracts dispute hung in the balance today as Natfhe, the main lecturers union, met to debate a call to go to Acas. The Colleges...
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'Ello, 'ello 'ello . . . quality in the dock
All over the country, the police are beginning to investigate standards of service at further education colleges. In return, the colleges are taking a close look at police complaints procedure. There...
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Trusts disrupt medical training
Negotiations between universities and the National Health Service on medical education have been thrown into confusion by the advent of hospital trusts, Sir William Fraser, principal of Glasgow...
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Colleges miss full-time goal
A survey of further education recruitment has shown colleges falling behind on their growth targets for full-time students. But the Further Education Funding Council's analysis of recruitment during...
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Socrates freed
A threat of delay to the EU's Socrates programme has been removed after Germany lifted its objections to the programme's budget of Ecu850 million (Pounds 680 million). The German government secured...