Appointments
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has appointed the following governors: Charles Bean, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE;...
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Student votes urged
A campaign to encourage students to register to vote was launched this week, headed by the National Union of Students West Midlands Area. More than two million young people were not registered at the...
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Fraser fingered
Sir William Fraser, former vice chancellor of Glasgow University, could head the joint planning group that will seek to establish a single body for quality in higher education. His name has been...
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Millions are lost on contract research
Higher education is losing out on millions of pounds in income because universities fail to achieve full-cost recovery when undertaking contract research work for industry, government departments and...
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Autonomy battle for Eire
The Irish government faces parliamentary defeat over proposals for legislation seen to limit university autonomy, even though the details of the Bill have not yet been officially published. A vote on...
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Voice of God?
Nine years on from the "hand of God" incident in the 1986 World Cup, Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona won cheers instead of boos from an English audience as the Oxford Union heard a 35-minute...
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Hospital site could be just what the LSE ordered
The London School of Economics will be seeking Government assurances on funding before taking up an approach as possible future occupant of the contentious St Bartholomew's Hospital site. The LSE was...
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Banks may underwrite new loans
The Government is to float proposals for a new student loans scheme involving the banks and building societies. Department for Education and Employment officials are expected to table plans in the...
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AUT calls for accreditation
The Association of University Teachers is calling for universities to follow the example of professions such as accountancy, law and architecture by introducing formal and compulsory accredited...
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Sir Tim Lankester appointed director of the School of Oriental and African Studies
(Photograph) - Sir Tim Lankester has been appointed director of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, just two weeks after losing a tussle to remain permanent secretary of the...
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Sacking threat to lecturers
Sixty two lecturers at Bedfordshire College of Further Education face dismissal by the end of this month unless they sign new contracts. The college has told staff still on the old "silver book"...
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Principals fight engineering cuts
Further education colleges are scaling down their engineering departments so far that a lobby group has been formed by college principals seeking to halt the widespread trend, writes Alison Utley....
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Skeleton staff
Tim Cornwell reports on how anthropologists in the United States are helping to solve crimes and investigate human rights abuses. It was a snapshot of Haiti's dark legacy, a vivid memory of terror in...
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Conflicts of interest
Combatants in a war are driven by a sense of duty rather than by aggression, argues Robert A. Hinde When one person intentionally harms another, we desc- ribe the behaviour as aggression. When one...
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Quoting an Arab
Stella Hughes reports on the furore caused by the publication of a supposedly anonymous interview by an academic on a disaffected youth who was shot by French police as a terrorist. (below) outlines...