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APPOINTMENTS University of Edinburgh Professoressor James Ironside has assumed the role of Director of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit. Under management restructuring plans...
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Bridging cultural space big enough to test Nasa
The key to success for the GLA and London is partnership with educational institutions, says Trevor Phillips In public school novels, the boys of School House (or whatever) seldom stray off the...
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Year of the dragon
Welsh centres of expertise are linking research innovators with businesses. Iola Smith reports on an initiative that is already attracting interest from abroad Europe lags behind the US and Japan in...
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OECD sparks hike in research
Denmark has announced a new national research strategy in an attempt to meet criticism from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development three years ago. Jytte Hilden, research minister...
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Chairs
University College of St Martin, Lancaster The following have been appointed to chairs: Colin Richards, former visiting professor at the University of Newcastle and HMI for Ofsted; Mike Walsh, former...
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To get the people in, first listen
Mary Stuart knows at first hand the life of the inner-city poor. Now a Sussex pro vice-chancellor, she is determined to give them every chance to attend university, writes Pat Leon. Mary Stuart was a...
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Central planning agency need not rule out diversity
Your leader (THES, October 20) rejects the call for a central higher education planning agency. You are surely right to doubt the efficacy of the proposal; but you seemed to have missed the main...
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In pursuit of the new paradigm
Oxford's new Said Business School aims to meet the changing expectations of students and the labour market. Deputy director Mari Sako tells Martin Ince how. There are a few things things everyone...
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Who could argue for a 50m rand telescope when an OAP hasn't received her pension?
South Africa's quest for social and political reconstruction is presenting the government with some tough choices. Health and housing for the black majority remain priorities, but the country's...
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Risks in overseas liaisons
When universities link up with institutions abroad, they can get more than they bargained for. Matthew Chapman reports. When it comes to promoting their courses, United States higher education...
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Sainsbury cash talk cheers up scientists
Alan Thomson reports from the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth this week Gordon Brown: 'The new economy of the next decade will need more competition, more entrepreneurship, more flexibility,...
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V-cs plan body to lift standards
David Jobbins and Philip Fine report on the Association of Commonwealth Universities meeting in Ottawa. Commonwealth vice-chancellors have approved in principle a plan for a Commonwealth...
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Funding revamp shifts focus of science
Sweden is restructuring its research network to focus on innovation. Michael de Laine reports on the changes and on the country's key role in arctic studies. A bill to revamp Swedish research funding...
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Why engineers must go back to nature
Kam Patel reports on an initiative that aims to inject green ideas into Britain's engineering courses. Engineers must be aware of their stewardship of the planet, not just during their lifetime but...
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Key skills are a capitalist issue
UNIVERSITIES will never be able to define and assess a set of "key skills" acceptable to industry, an Institute of Education report will warn later this month, writes Phil Baty. The report's author,...