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NZ carrot offered to peg fees
New Zealand's Labour/Alliance coalition has promised universities and other tertiary sector institutions a 2.3 per cent increase in government subsidies next year in return for an assurance that they...
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Envy of Africa falls into crisis
Once the envy of its neighbours, Zambia's tertiary education sector is now in the midst of a severe crisis that threatens to undermine chances of equitable social and economic development....
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Dons roused anti-Mugabe camp
Outspoken academics in Zimbabwe were at the forefront of opposition to Robert Mugabe's government in the crisis-torn months preceding last weekend's elections. They played a key role in generating...
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Council to oversee region
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have set up an inter-university council for East Africa to coordinate higher education in the region. The three states have contributed $925,000 (Pounds 615,000) towards...
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Scots tie Sino knot
The University of Abertay, Dundee is set to build up expertise in doing business with China, just as the World Trade Organisation has decided to grant the country full membership. Abertay has signed...
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Manchester University
Manchester University's bid to the Arts and Humanities Research Board is for a Centre for Anglo-Saxon studies, not a Humanities Research Institute as reported in The THES of June 9.
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Bristol University
* Bristol University has asked us to point out that Sir John Kingman remains vice-chancellor until the end of August 2001. On the Move, page 8
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E-learning so far fails to deliver
Australian universities are unlikely to be affected in the short term by foreign institutions offering online learning, according to a new report. There are few signs of successful virtual...
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Arts renaissance in hi-tech fast lane
Arts graduates are in demand among the cutting-edge technology companies of Canada's west coast, where the image of the taxi-driving philosophy student is being shattered by pioneering work-study...
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Creating space for knowledge economy
Companies and universities of the future will need to radically reshape their work spaces to survive and thrive, according to a leading business academic. The keys to this reformation are to be found...
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CDs can replace lectures
The introduction of technology into the lecture theatre looks set to reduce the number of lectures by about two-thirds and significantly improve student learning, but only if academics accept radical...
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Cancer hope of genome project
The prevention and cure of several major cancers will be among the first fruits of the complete sequencing of the human genome, according to Gordon McVie, director general of the Cancer Research...
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Pacific heads try for Apec influence
An elite group of Pacific Rim university heads is attempting to increase its influence on the leading agency for open trade and economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific economies. The Association of...
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Exhibiting genetic news
Most of the world's press left the Sanger Centre's human genome press briefing with notes, recorded sound-bites and VT clips. But Nicola Perrin returned to the Science Museum in London with key parts...