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Colleges let their IT slip
COLLEGES are failing to embrace information technology, according to a report published this week by the Further Education Funding Council. The report, which is being seen as a warning to ministers...
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Lecturers protest at 2,000 job cuts
Two thousand jobs are under threat in new universities and course closures are blocking access to key degree subjects such as languages and social work for working-class communities, lecturers' union...
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GLA's education voice
Whoever the political winners and losers of the Greater London Assembly elections may be, one winning profession is academia. Five of the 25 members of the London Assembly have university links,...
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Analysis: Mixed report for class of '92
Ten years on from the end of binary divide in higher education, Claire Sanders assesses the successes and failures of new universities in a united sector Ten years ago Liverpool Polytechnic declined...
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Europe's chemists join forces
Europe faces a serious threat to its highly successful chemical industry and must combat it with a common research and development policy for chemistry and chemical engineering, according to a report...
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E-dream will only come true through teamwork
Open and distance learning is the future. David Hardy explains how Europe is overcoming the hurdles Higher education announces revolution more often than it achieves it. This is hardly surprising...
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Plea for French-built synchrotron
France should develop a new-generation synchrotron on its own territory, a parliamentary committee has unanimously concluded, flatly contradicting former research minister Claude All gre's decision...
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Analysis: You've got to be loud and proud
In an era of increased competition, image is everything and the university that rests on its laurels is destined to lose out. Alison Utley reports. Image is all in the modern university. Parents,...
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For the record
Westminster to open Uzbekistan branch The University of Westminster is to open a branch in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Courses for bachelors and masters degrees will be offered in economics, management,...
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Record number of research projects outlined at December meeting of COST officials
Brussels, 8 January 2002 European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research. 146th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials for Scientific and Technical Research (COST)....
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Monsieur Philippe Busquin: Lancement du programme d'essais cliniques contre les maladies de la pauvret¨¦ Caixa Forum Barcellone, 19 avril 2002
Barcellone, 19 avril 2002 Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Mesdames les ministres, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis tr¨¨s heureux de pouvoir annoncer aujourd'hui la premi¨¨re phase d'une...
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UK lags in green research
The United Kingdom has the lowest expenditure per capita on environmental research and development of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, MPs were told this week....
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E-envoy backs broadband bid
Britain has to make sure it becomes the world's number one broadband nation - not least to underpin effective lifelong learning - but it will take more than just government action to achieve that...
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Falling fortunes of the lands of the rising sun
The Great Divergence