Complex debate spoiled by hype
Michael Harrison defends his university's approach. The headline "Second best degree risk" (91茄子S, April 28) and the Higher Education Quality Council chief executive's "timebomb for the Government"...
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Painting along the empire line
Impressionism in Britain - Prospects, Thresholds, Interiors
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Family of man dividedover in-laws
Did modern humansevolve from Neanderthals or wipe them out? Olga Wojtas sifts the latest archaeological evidence For almost the whole of this century, there has been a heated scientific debate about...
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The Earth as lab
Scientists are increasingly confident that they can pinpoint the culprits of global warming, says Stephen Schneider Awareness that pollution can degrade our environment is hardly new. That was...
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Access to a life-long college
North America is leading the way in providing a rich seam of electronic learning resources which can be tapped by communities which need them the most. Keith Yeomans reports from the US on the...
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The tragedy of a yellow mist and cloudedjudgement
Learning from Disaster:
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Some pillars for the establishment
Medieval London Houses - Imperial London: - London:
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The new model university for the Millenium
Ray Cowell argues that seminal developments in recent years amount to re-inventing the role of institutions. The international debate on the future of higher education ranges over a perplexing number...
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Keep the library lights burning
Bill Grimwade reports on the progress of Britain's first purpose-built university in 25 years. To design the University College of Lincolnshire - Britain's first purpose-built university for 25 years...
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The big squeeze
Institutions must wake up to pressures on space, says Paul Roebuck. Universities have been behaving as if the rise in student numbers was akin to an invasion of lemmings. They have paid scant...
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A select gathering
Measuring the Mind
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Native light and the colours of prejudice
Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922
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Bell tolls for science
The Wellcome Trust, in justifying its decision to fund more research outside the United Kingdom, uses a motley collection of arguments: some research in biomedical sciences is better done elsewhere:...
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A Romanian renaissance
Romania's struggle since the winter 1989 overthrow of Ceausescu to loosen the state's grip on society has finally turned to higher education. Here an ambitious and far-reaching reform programme is...
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Parasites at the root of records
An Introduction to Database Systems