Self-raising power
What makes an effective leader and how are people persuaded to become followers? Howard Gardner studied 21 leaders to construct an Identikit picture. Which of the scholarly disciplines "owns"...
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Bully boy's bunkum
I had hoped that Bill Clinton's election to the United States presidency in 1992 would bring an end to the seemingly interminable culture wars ("the crisis of history", "the battle of the books and...
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Keep the magic rolling along
I recently joined 100,000 other fans at Wembley Stadium to see The Rolling Stones. The diversity of those attending the concert was remarkable. The Stones attracted not only ageing rockers, and a few...
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Twin victory against racism
When Bernard Shapiro publicly assumed his role as principal of McGill, Canada's most prestigious university, it was hailed as a remarkable personal feat. Joining the celebratory throng was Shapiro's...
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Ghost students in Pell grants trick
A California trade school which offered courses to poor students in auto mechanics, computer training and English as a second language fraudulently milked the Pell grant programme of $58 million,...
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Professions shape courses
The traditional freedom of Australian universities to design their own courses is becoming limited because of the growing influence of professional associations. Gordon Stanley, head of the federal...
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'I's have it, guys are on the way
A clear demonstration of the egocentric nature of English speech emerges from a novel experiment at Lancaster University which recently recorded ordinary adult conversations for a week. The research...
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Following man's early footsteps
The use of a mechanical engineering technique more usually associated with industrial robotics than human evolution has led researchers at Liverpool University to conclude that if the earliest...
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Scholars enjoy a sporting chance
Huw Richards and David Charter report on sport in HE and FE after John Major's announcement of a national review. The relationship between sport and scholarship, not to mention the extent of sports...
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Colleges out in the cold
Huw Richards and David Charter report on sport in HE and Fe after John Major's announcement of a national review. Further education colleges are complaining bitterly that the Government's sporting...
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Inner cities win the Lottery
Huw Richards and David Charter report on sport in HE and Fe after John Major's announcement of a national review. The Sports Council is to offer greater amounts of National Lottery funds to inner...
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Earth gets grip on the matter
The sun's sporadic release of matter, which can disrupt power lines and spacecraft, will be predictable within two years. The bombardment of earth with a huge cloud of matter can prove very damaging...
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Medical schools press for cash
Medical schools are warning Government that they must have funding for planned student expansion. The Government is to boost intakes by 10 per cent over the next five years, from 4,470 to 4,970, but...
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Academics keep CAT in the bag
Universities, colleges and professional bodies are reluctant to pull the wide array of credit accumulation and transfer systems across further and higher education into a unified framework with a...
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Skill breaks disabled block
This has been a year of anniversaries for Deborah Cooper. Skill, the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, which she runs, is 21 years old and the Open University, which has just awarded...