Statistical myths give lie to white-paper policy
The government hasn't noticed, but access is expanding, and the case for fees is unsound, argues Tim Curtin As the period for consultation on the government's higher education white paper ends, two...
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Beijing leads Asia's march to the forefront
Tigers of the Pacific Rim are making their presence felt as more than 50 institutions outside Europe and North America jostle for position in the world's top 200. Martin Ince reports There is good...
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'False claim' dispute pits research against industry
Australia's Securities and Investment Commission has launched an investigation into a leading academic's complaints about claims made by a university-linked biotechnology company. The commission is...
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Arson link to Pacific tests
One Friday night back in June Bosco Boscovich went out to dinner in Perth, Australia, with some friends from Curtin University. After a bottle or two of wine the talk turned to the decision by the...
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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 University of Melbourne...
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Asians praise British quality
AN AUSTRALIAN survey of students in six Asian 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 University's plan to build the first branch campus of a British university here as a "landmark" in their drive to broaden higher education opportunities....