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? = Review forthcomingGENERAL SCIENCE- ? Superstition: Belief in the Age of ScienceBy Robert L. Park, professor emeritus of physics, University of Maryland. Princeton University Press, ?14.95. ISBN...
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Appointments
A former adviser to the World Health Organisation, Don Nutbeam, has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton. Currently academic provost at the University of Sydney, he will...
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When the geeks got brutal...
Brute Force
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Payback time?
In your report ("UK graduates earn highest rate of return", 色盒直播S , August 30), London School of Economics' Nick Barr says that "graduates earn an extra ?400,000 over a lifetime and therefore it is...
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Australian quality spread too thinly
Education Minister claims only 12 universities are needed to boost achievement, reports Geoff Maslen. Australia needs only 12 public comprehensive universities instead of the current 37, according to...
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ARTS AND DESIGN- Architecture by Birds and Insects: A Natural ArtBy Peggy Macnamara, associate professor, School of the Art Institute of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago Press, ?13.00ISBN 9780226500973A...
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What the pick of the crop means for the rest of the field
We look at the top performers on each measure and suggest what their success means for the sector's development. The Times Higher-QS World University Rankings are a composite measure in which six...
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Methodology: What the pick of the crop means for the rest of the field
We look at the top performers on each measure and suggest what their success means for the sector’s development.
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Little for campus despite surplus
Australian higher education will receive an additional A$560 million (Pounds 229 million) in federal funding over the next five years, while the nation's working citizens have been promised tax cuts...
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A taxing proposal
Nicholas Barr says that if higher education is funded from general taxation, "the taxes of a hospital porter would pay for the degree of the old Etonian" ("MPs maul ministers' blueprint", 色盒直播S, July...
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Animal rights ruling for Oxford
Oxford University has secured a landmark High Court ruling protecting its staff and contractors from intimidation by animal rights activists, writes Anna Fazackerley. An injunction granted on...
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Who got that job?
Paul Hannon Job advertised in The Times Higher , July 11 2003 Paul Hannon has become the first professor of incubation and enterprise at the University of Central England. He joined UCE from De...
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African virtual institute finds Australian partner
The African Virtual University is to expand its operations and offer places to students in 22 of the continent's countries, as part of a four-year partnership with RMIT University in Melbourne....
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African virtual institute finds Australian partner
The African Virtual University is to expand its operations and offer places to students in 22 of the continent's countries, as part of a four-year partnership with RMIT University in Melbourne....
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ART AND DESIGNThe Cambridge Companion to GiottoEdited by Anne Derbes, professor of art at Hood College and Mark Sandona, professor of English, Hood CollegeCambridge University Press, ?18.99. ISBN...