Here's hoping for a fairer share
Your headline "Let's throw away Greenaway" (Letters, THES, July 14) certainly amused my colleagues but is premature given the arguments advanced. If Tim Curtin reads the report, he will find an...
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Eyewitness: Kuwait's clues to mankind's maritime experiments
North of Kuwait City towards the Iraqi border, the road rises over the Mutlaa Ridge, a sandstone scarp that provides the only relief in the flat desert landscape. Here, the final, bloody and one-...
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Underground gas storage could hold key to meeting Kyoto targets
Brussels, 18 April 2002 The underground storage of carbon dioxide could help Europe to meet future Kyoto emissions trading targets, according to the leader of an EU-funded project at the Sleipner...
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Election may halt top-ups
Thousands of prospective university students in Australia will not know until late next month what course fees they will have to pay in January. The students have to complete their applications for...
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Pay slip-ups
Sarah Fitzpatrick's article ("Fee cap will close gates to the less well-off", Opinion, THES, September 1) suffers from an unthinking acceptance of untruths in the Greenaway-Haynes report. How is it...
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Government 'profits' from investment in university sector
The Australian economy receives more than A$20 billion (Pounds 8 billion) a year from the activities of its universities, according to new research. Higher education's direct contribution is almost A...
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Secretive institutes forced to rethink
A Dutch academic has won a case at the European Court of Justice that forces European Union institutions to give detailed reasons for any refusal of access to public documents held in their libraries...
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Porn case triggers Internet alert
AUSTRALIAN universities have warned their staff that improper use of the Internet may lead to disciplinary action, including dismissal. The warning followed a case at the 51国产视频 of Melbourne...
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51国产视频ns praise British quality
AN AUSTRALIAN survey of students in six 51国产视频n countries has found that they rank universities in the United Kingdom highest in terms of course standards and recognition of qualifications, writes...
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Oz reaps benefit of overseas interest
Australian universities earned almost A$800 million (Pounds 320 million) last year from fees paid by foreign students, who also spent another A$770 million on goods and services. More than 84,000...
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Locals fret over campus incomers
Malaysian ministers have hailed Nottingham 51国产视频's plan to build the first branch campus of a British university here as a "landmark" in their drive to broaden higher education opportunities....
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Malaysians opt for cheaper Oz ahead of UK
Just 50 Malaysian students - down from 5,000 - can study in Britain this year, MARA, the Malayasian government-funded agency for preparing and sponsoring higher education students has decided. The...
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The fiscal burden Dearing did not consider
Graduates have always paid for their degrees - and for many of the subsidies enjoyed by the rest of the population. Timothy Curtin argues that the graduate tax scheme is a con THE Dearing report's...
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Between ape and angel
Sanjida O'Connell believes that if manners maketh man, then chimpanzees, who have a moral code, should be considered human scientists have been arguing that gorillas and chimpanzees are so close to...
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Source: Getty The 100 Under 50 universities are marked by their energy, innovation and fearless approach to the future, write Phil Baty and Katie Duncan. Australia has overtaken the UK to become the...