Crime-busters take care
The articles on genetics and crime by Adrian Raine, Krebs and Kacelnik, and Michael Rutter (THES, February 10) give an excellent picture, while the comments by other contributors add interesting...
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Semester pessimists
I feel compelled to challenge the indiscriminate criticism of semesters expressed by Jennifer Craven-Griffiths (THES, February 24). The problems which she associates with semesters, and by extension...
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Italian universities unfairly stereotyped
Paul Bompard's description of the Italian university system (THES, February 17) needs to be supplemented. The private sector's contribution is not only very small, but offers no guarantee that its...
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A case of kicking over those French traces
Events involving Eric Cantona in the past few weeks have encouraged considerable discussion in common rooms and even in classrooms. Is it possible to teach a course on French culture without the...
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Showdown of evasive v. abrasive
The student demonstrations and the French government's capitulation over higher education reform have already been forgotten by politicians in a new storm over illegal phone-tapping. But the problems...
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Frontline states look for brains trust
South Africa's neighbours are hoping the country's transformation will revitalise higher education throughout the region, but also fear the build-up of a new, regional brain drain to its better...
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Another theory to mask inequalities
Perhaps I am naive, but is not rational choice theory simply yet another example of economics being little more than an elaborate justification for the status quo? Like most adults, I am a spouse, a...
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Bread and scrape I
Higher Education Funding Council for England allocations for the academic year 1995/96 are more of the same; steady down the slope to mediocrity. There is nothing dramatic: nothing glaringly unfair;...
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Roar of pain from the leopard reborn
Bophuthatswana's sole university is struggling to adapt to a role away from its homeland past. Carolyn Dempster reports from Mmabatho. A large bronze leopard stands guard outside the impressive...
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Beijing nurtures brains for 21st century
Beijing University has launched a programme to nurture a body of highly-skilled teachers and researchers for the next century. The "middle-aged academic elite programme" will involve selecting 200...
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Clinton puts faith in study
Higher education is threatening to become an issue in the next United States presidential election. Democrat Bill Clinton hopes this tactic will mark him out from his Republican opponent. Mr Clinton...
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Gospel according to Newt
Every Saturday Newt Gingrich, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, steps up to the podium at a small private college in rural Georgia to teach his course "Renewing American...
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Russian wants free speech
A dissident Russian scientist, who spent two years in prison after revealing his country's production of chemical weapons, plans to set up an organisation for Russian scientists to campaign for...
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Professor taps into water wastage
A Coventry University professor has designed an environmentally friendly system for tapping rainwater and recycling domestic water supplies which could cut average water bills by a third. Chris Pratt...
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Bobbies join pollution fight
Environment experts in universities have joined forces with authorities in London to help reduce pollution and health risks associated with road traffic in the City, writes Kam Patel. The three-year...