Referee blows whistle on war
SANJUAN. In the remote pueblos of the Guatemalan highlands people have yet to hear of the peace accords now being signed by the government and guerrilla leaders. They are still living with the terror...
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Degree no way over racial barrier, survey finds
Graduates from ethnic minorities still face obstacles to employment despite having gained a degree, according to a study released this week. The Ethnic Minority Graduates: Differences by Degrees...
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Cheap solution ruled out
Pressure from English university heads for a cheaper quality assessment system could lead to its disintegration, Paul Clark, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council's new director of teaching...
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Fingered green
Sir Ronald Oxburgh, rector of Imperial College and president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, told in his presidential address of an elderly lady who asked him whether he...
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Workload and redundancies exercise brains
THES reporters turn the spotlight on the working groups set up so far by Sir Ron Dearing as part of his inquiry into the future of higher education. The Dearing inquiry working group on the use of...
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Dole tossed in history's trashbin
Clinton's star waxes and the CIA's wanes but Blair has not yet eclipsed Thatcher in the American consciousness. Huw Richards savours the debates at the American Political Science Association...
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Partnership is the way forward
Dear Ron... Our two final open letters to the Dearing committee of inquiry into higher education urge it to conisder the student point of view. Ghassan Kharian, co-ordinator of New Solutions, urges...
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Students to cash and carry credits
The practice of awarding academic credit to students is common in most universities and in many colleges. The award of credit has enabled institutions to recognise incremental progress towards named...
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Research done to order wastes 'time and money'
The "dogma" that high-quality teaching can only be done by serious researchers should be abandoned, according to the president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Sir Ron...
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Vice police rely on netiquette, not legislation
Censorship of the Internet is impossible and decisions made about the computer network must reflect this reality, according to a University of Kent academic. Duncan Langford, a computing fellow, said...
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Deal struck with Mexico
Britain's burgeoning vocational education industry should enjoy a multi-million consultancy bonanza following the British Council's success in striking a Pounds 283,000 deal with the Mexican...
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Golden boy
Alumnus to be proud of no 65 is John T. Myers, a Republican member of the House of Representatives from Indiana recently rated by George magazine as one of the top-10 pork-barrelers (securer of...
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Expansion vs. value for money
THES reporters turn the spotlight on the working groups set up so far by Sir Ron Dearing as part of his inquiry into the future of higher education. The team of ten assigned by Sir Ron Dearing to...
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Blair treads worn US path
Much has been made of the "special relationship" between the major political parties in the United States and the United Kingdom in recent years. But the contacts between the Republicans and...
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Partnership is the way forward
Dear Ron... Our two final open letters to the Dearing committee of inquiry into higher education urge it to conisder the student point of view. Jamie Darwen chair of the National Postgraduate...