Science policy for debate
In his interview with Kam Patel (THES, January 13), Steve Jones refers to his failure to obtain research support from Natural Environment Research Council, with a quoted figure of "12 to 14 research...
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Austudy fraud case flawed
Geoff Maslen's report "Asians find 'study for free' loophole in Australia" (THES, December 16) mentions a study I co-authored about uptake rates of Austudy, Australia's government-financed support...
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Monopoly on an open mind
It is interesting how John Morton (THES, January 13) manages to transform the controversy over false memory syndrome into a contest between British chartered psychologists on the one hand and...
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Hostage of exam fortune
Gordon Kirk suggests a national agency to manage external examining, training opportunities for external examiners, national standards for sampling, the format of reporting and other matters, and the...
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Strike pressure for pay talks
Australian universities could suffer widespread disruption this year as academic and general staff begin industrial action for a 10 per cent pay rise. The National Tertiary Education Union has warned...
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Politics proves a fresher turn-off
Students entering colleges and universities in the United States this year are more turned off by politics than any group of freshers polled for their views since 1966 when the surveys started. The...
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Singapore critic charged with contempt of court
The Singapore Supreme Court last week ruled that an American academic who criticised the human rights records of Asian governments had a case to answer for contempt of court. Singapore's extreme...
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Plagiarism or pastiche?
The decision by Wolverhampton University to launch an anti-plagiarism campaign is bizarre and not a little brave. Bizarre because everyone knows it is bad to plagiarise -- literally to "kidnap" the...
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Standards geared up
It is encouraging that a profession that has made a vital contribution to Britain's prosperity during this century should be asking itself tough questions about its role and coming up with a sober...
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Small and modular is beautiful
Earlier reports of the death of courses may have been exaggerated, but this time things look serious. A principal of a college in the Midlands was heard to say the other day that he had no courses...
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Students to pay 25% of course
The New Zealand government has cut subsidies to university students which it says will mean tuition fees rise by an average NZ$400 (Pounds 170) per student over the next five years. But critics are...
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Highroad to Amazon recovery
Three years ago the University of Sao Paulo announced that it planned to take over a model mining town on the Equator, and turn it into a research centre for Amazonian studies. The company, ICOMI,...
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Scholarly screw on sporting life
College presidents and athletics directors in the United States voted last week to tighten already tough academic standards for student athletes, disappointing critics who argued that they...
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Islamic university opens in Tatarstan
Tatarstan, an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation, has acquired its first privately funded higher educational institution -- the Muhammadia Islamic University, based in the capital,...
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Lost science jobs lead to standstill
The appointment of France's first scientific council, the Comite d'Orientation Strategique, to advise the government directly on research policy, was marked by 24-hour closures at four major...