Times Higher Education Supplement 1995 - Abstracts

Times Higher Education Supplement 1995
TitleSubjectAuthors
A Balkan question in search of an answer. (conflict in former Yugoslavia)EducationHuw Richards, Gerard Kelly, Sian Griffiths, Simon Targett, John Bosnall
A book by any other name.(humanities resources on the Internet)EducationRichard Poynder
A child of our time. (profile of Michael Tippett, composer)EducationJulian Philips
Achilles heel. (interviews of traditional and modernist classicists; Perspective)(Interview)EducationIlsa Godlovitch
A city of lost hopes.(impact of war on Sarajevo, Bosnia)EducationAmela Sadagic
A clash of two cultures. (integration in South African universities)EducationZoe Eisenstein
A class sister act. (Bell Hooks)EducationSian Griffiths
A fight to the finish. (science and history)EducationSteve Fuller
A known subversive: five and a half years ago, the wife of an Oxford academic was deemed such a threat to the military government of Burma that it placed her under house arrest. Today the world will discover if it feels safe enough to let her out.EducationBarbara Bradley
A liberal solution. (higher education in Cape Town, South Africa)EducationMamphela Ramphele
A life-enhancing tool or a brain-bashing device? (risks of virtual reality)EducationHuw Jones
All genned up, nowhere to go. (views on the PhD qualification; Research Opportunities supplement)EducationAlan Macmillan
'All the central questions of humanity are beyond science.' (science not superior to art)(Column)EducationBrian Ridley
Amateur sleuths turn to DNA tests. (applications for DNA testing)EducationRifat Malik
A measure of freedom.(possible benefits of IQ tests as a means of assessment)EducationJames Tooley
American gripes about grades.(grade inflation in US universities)EducationMurray Lee Eiland
A narrow gauge.(using intelligence tests to replace exams)EducationRichard Pring
Ancient foundation courses. (classics education)EducationPeter Jones, Nick Tate
A negative result.(moves against affirmative action programs)EducationDavid Edmonds
An inside job or a set-up? (biological disposition to criminal behaviour)EducationKam Patel, Adrian Raine, Stephen Rose
Anna of grand fables. (Anna Anderson)EducationJohn Klier
A prefabricated brave new world.(changes in UK society in the 20th century)EducationW.G. Runciman
A prize for admittance. (importance of culture in econmics)EducationWolf Lepenies
A race against disaster. (education and social change in South Africa; includes related articles on views of students)EducationBrenda Gourlay
Arbitrary rules which impede learning. (college admission policies discount A levels gained early)(Column)EducationJack Hydes
A Romanian renaissance.(Romanian higher education system examined; inludes related articles on problems and targets)EducationKevin Smith
Assemblies minus instruction manuals. (need for reform of unwritten British constitution)EducationDavid Walker, Vernon Bogdanor
A theatre of arrogance.(views of E.P. Thompson, historian)EducationJonathan Ree
A tongue-tied time warp.(need to promote language learning in the UK)EducationRobert Clark
A 'zing' of truth. (pursuance of objective reality by scientists)EducationSteven Weinberg
Barbie invites dry up for Liz. (Australian republicanism)EducationDavid Corson
Barcelona now turns to Socrates. (Socrates student exchange programme)EducationRebecca Warden
Beauty is in the eye of the hunter. (urban parks recreate savannah grasslands; series on the intellectual impact of Darwinism)EducationJohn Barrow
Bells and whistles for the wedding march.(links between university computer centers and libraries)EducationDebbie Raven
Bengali Brahmin meets Berkeley. (Bharati Mukherjee, writer)(Interview)EducationRonald Warwick
Between beast and man. (Mary Midgley)EducationMartin Kelly
Between three worlds. (Afrikaans universities in South Africa)EducationWillie Esterhuyse
Between vision and enquiry. (F.R. Leavis and Harold Mason; Past Masters)EducationJohn Newton
Big brother sits at the high table. (universities in Sarajevo)Education 
Black woman breaks into higher echelon. (Ruth Simmons appointed President of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts)Education 
Blimp, Jeeves and Wooster.(UK politics after 1945)EducationCorrelli Barnett
Blindness in Gaza. (higher education in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza)(Column)EducationIvar Ekeland
Bosses and boffins pact. (UK research funding examined)EducationRonald Amann
Case of survival of the sceptical.(Nov. 1995 budget; higher education)EducationRita Donaghy
Challenge to courseware culture club. (multimedia production and academics)EducationPeter Fowler
Checkmate. (British archaeologist arrested in Bulgaria while working on Podgoritsa Archaeological Project)(Column)EducationDouglass Bailey
Cheerful assassin defies analysis. (works of Freud )EducationFrederick Crews
Chemists surf to active sights. (chemical modelling on the Internet)EducationHenry Rzepa, Benjamin Whitaker
Cheques and balances. (university teaching funding)EducationPeter Knight
Chile irons out market wrinkles. Higher education economy.EducationAuriol Stevens
Choice of freedom or mediocrity.(Government deficit charge for University courses)Education 
Citation takes fast track to a dead end.(problems involved in citing the Internet as an academic source)EducationJim Smith
Clever measures. (intelligence testing)EducationHans Eysenck
Clockwork factories. (computing science in the UK)EducationDarrell Ince
Colonial writers lost in the post.(postcolonial theory)EducationRussell Jacoby
Coming out of the broom closet.(modern witches; Perspective)EducationDiane Purkiss
Common health games. (sports at universities)EducationRichard Cox
Compound fractures: student funding for university hospitals is under review.EducationPeter Richards
Computers are best when hidden.(usage of computer books)EducationHarold Thimbleby
Confucius and chips.(chinese education)EducationMichael Austin
Confusion as centre holds. (higher education in Sweden; includes related article)EducationGordon F. Sander
Conjurers of conjecture.(depictions of science; includes related article on quantum mechanics)EducationPeter Holland
Course obstacles. (provision for disabled students at British universities; Synthesis Higher Education Trends)EducationSimon Midgley
Creating the citizen scientist.(spreading knowledge of science among the general public; includes related article on science workshops)EducationJon Turney, Alan Irwin
Crime busters take care. (genetic aspects of crime )EducationHans Eysenck
Cunning humans, selfless machines: using neural networks to mimic the way the brain works brings us no closer to understanding consciousness.EducationDavid Salt
Cure at a cost. (National Health Service reforms)EducationTony Culyer
Danes set sights on market. (research in Denmark fails to focus on marketing)EducationMichael de Laine
Demand for MRes takes off. (graduates attracted by MRes degree; Research Opportunities supplement)EducationLeala Padmanabhan
Discoursing with intent.(insights offered by sociology)EducationMichele Barrett
Disposable assets. (environmental impact of recycling)EducationRoland Clift, David Pearce
Distance is Wye's objective. (Wye College to increase distance-learning courses)EducationGeoff Tansey
Doomsday revisited. (problems posed by nuclear weapons)EducationDorothy S. Zinberg
Enrol, turn off, drop out. (university drop-outs)EducationStephen Magee
Enrol with Uncle Sam. (applying to US universities for postgraduate positions; Research Opportunities supplement)EducationKate O'Neill
Essential parts. (growth of modular degree courses at UK universities; Synthesis Higher Education Trends)EducationNorman Jackson, Patricia Gregg
Ethics of vivisection moving into focus.(Column)EducationMalcolm Eames
Europe adopts new scheme for researchers. (fellowship pay)EducationJosephine Stein
Europe's quality wave. (universities must become more accountable)(Column)EducationDiana Green
Exam-sitting targets (Further Education)EducationAndy Green
Exhibitions in the ether. (changes in the role of museums)EducationJonathan Bowen
Feeding the enemy.(occupation of Germany by the Allies)EducationNoel Annan
Fibre-optic olive branches.(new technology in Israeli distance learning)EducationHelena Flusfeder
Figure it out: the position of non-Caucasians in higher education remains uneasy.EducationPat Younge
Final frontiers: science has obscured the once clear line between life and eath and it is time our ethics developed in response.EducationPeter (Judge) Singer
First lessons in mind reading.(learning programmes for autistic children)EducationSimon Baron-Cohen
Flickering brilliance. (filming technology conferences)(Multimedia)EducationPeter Fowler
Follett's FIG leaf for libraries.(problems faced by UK university libraries)EducationFrederick Friend
Gambling on visions. (The Standardised Argument Report)EducationEva Pascoe
Game, dataset and match.(database services for academics)EducationDerek Law
Gaza's eye on future. (Al-Azhar University).EducationPaul Jeffrey
Gender deficit and tradition.(performance of women in education in the UK)EducationGillian Sutherland
Ghosts of past haunt present. (science education in South Africa; includes related article on research funding)EducationIsaac Amuah, Malegapuru W. Makgoba
Giant eyes on the final frontier.(importance of Britain's involvement in giant telescope projects; Perspective)EducationJohn Meaburn
Grave mistakes. (British cemeteries)EducationTony Walter
Great expectations. (South African National Commission for Higher Education)EducationMala Singh
Guardian of OU ethos. (Director of the Open University's Institute of Educational Technology, Mary Thorpe)(Interview)EducationRifat Malik
Hackles rise as system is game for a change.(training and education in South Africa)EducationKaren MacGregor
Hangover cure for the bear with a sore head.(alcohol abuse in Russia)EducationStephen White
Here be dragons and treasure too. (mind-mapping)Educationkaren Gold
Here, hear and over there.(influence of the US on UK politics)EducationSamuel Beer
Hope in Pandora's box.(problems arising from French testing of nuclear weapons)EducationHarry Bernas
Hybrid ripe for change.(teacher training systems)EducationAnthea Millett
Hyped text in context.(publishing and the Internet)EducationSimon Jenkins
Information culture in search of a landslide.(university libraries and information technology)Education 
Japanese universities warm to industry.EducationJohn Greenless
Judgement day for dentistry experts.(implications of case involving UK Institute of Dental Surgery)EducationG.K. Evans
Just walk this American way. (UK moves towards American approach to financing university students)(Column)EducationRupert Wilkinson
Kenya's dying universities.EducationIrungu Ndirangu
Kuwait's ambassadors from student world.(impact of war on the University of Kuwait and government efforts to revive it)EducationDavid Jobbins
Learning to love biographers.EducationBen Pimlott
Less Minerva, more Venus.(university monographs)EducationTim Cornwall
Liberal with the ink.(papers written by Gladstone, UK prime minister in the late 19th century)EducationColin Matthew
Liberte, egalite, venalite. (Yves Meny)EducationAnne Corbett
Life lines, death sentences. (apartheid, 'Writer as witch' lecture, The Dissident Word: The Oxford Amnesty Lectures 1995) (Transcript)EducationAndre Brink
Loaves, fishes and cereal yields. (world population and food production)EducationTim Dyson
Lolly and the Ivy League.(history of Harvard)EducationDorothy Zinberg
Mandela steps in to race crisis. (South African President Nelson Mandela; race conflict at University of Durban-Westville, South Africa)EducationKaren MacGregor
Man: the story so far.(new versions of Darwinian theory)EducationTim Ingold
Maritime great who sank without trace.(explorer, pirate and privateer William Dampier; Perspective)EducationAnton Gill
Marry in haste....(proposals to change UK educational qualifications)EducationIan Johnston
Material case for mixed-up culture. (multimedia in education in the UK)EducationJonathan Darby
Metaphor made real with an open mind.(Open University of Catalonia sets up virtual campus)EducationRebecca Warden
Models and mentors. (affirmative action in South African universities)EducationMakaziwe Mandela, Malegapuru Makgoba
More students can mean less. (new approach to accepting students into higher education)(Column)EducationBahram Bekhradnia
Mourning Britain's new dawn.(impact of Winston Churchill on the history of the UK)EducationJohn Ramsden
Murder taints 'tolerant' campus.(Bar-Ilan University, Israel)EducationHelena Flusfleder
Musical cheers and beautiful noise. (music)EducationJohn Barrow
'Neo-Darwinism has failed as an evolutionary theory'.EducationBrian Goodwin
'Neo-Darwinism has never claimed to be a theory of everything'.EducationLinda Partridge
No Incas in Hastings. (European colonialism examined)EducationJared Diamond
Not just a load of old Tosh.(computer training for teachers)EducationChristina Preston
NUS shows funding preferences. (National Union of Students; includes related article on Association of University Teachers' warnings about pay)EducationPatricia Santinelli, David Charter
NVQ peril for professions. (UK vocational education)EducationPeter Smith
Open road to OMI sweet home. (Open Microprocessor systems Initiative)EducationJulian Newman
Open space for anytime learning. (distance-learning courses)(Multimedia)EducationKaren Valley
Organising the free for all system. (Joint Academic Network)EducationDerek Law
Our noble cause.(UK House of Lords)EducationDavid Cannadine
Our three pound engine. (progress towards greater understanding of the human brain; Perspective)EducationPaul Churchland
Out of the melee into the fire? (Prospect, a new current affairs magazine)(Column)EducationSimon Midgley
Oxford's blues.(Oxford University finances; includes related information)EducationIlsa Godlovitch
Past lives on floppy disk. (use of computers in a history department)EducationMike Cosgrave
Personal assault on the senses. (pocket-sized computers)EducationPeter Thomas
Politics by other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980-1994.EducationRonald Segal
Presidential eye on the dorm. (students and politics in Jerusalem, Israel)EducationTania Hershman
Promise made real.(developments in multimedia technology)EducationChris Hutchison
Puppets on a string. (intellectuals manipulated by Willi Muenzenberg)EducationStephen Koch
Realistic expectations. (usage of virtual reality)EducationJohn Vince
Rebel yell at vulgarity. Interview with Yevgeny Yevtushenko on Russian culture and capitalism.(Interview)EducationRadhakrishnan Nayar
Research reforms anger scientists.(proposals to change research policy in Denmark)EducationMichael de Laine
Return of the natives. (higher education in South Africa)EducationPeter Vale, Maarten de Wit
Right turns. (rise of fascism in United Kingdom; includes related article)EducationRoger Eatwell
Rise of the Anglo-Chinese. (importance of English links for Chinese)EducationGungwu Wang
ROMping to the bank. (usage of multimedia technology; includes related article on education technology in the UK)EducationDavid Clark
Sacred cows' herd instincts.(criticism of fashions for teaching English in the UK)Education 
Safe sex, safer publishers. (promotion of safe sex)EducationTamsin Wilton
Safety pins for a safety net.(history of UK welfare state)EducationNicholas Timmins
Sasakawa slips between the lines. (Ryoichi Sasakawa)EducationPeter McGill
Satanic disabuser. (Jean La Fontaine)EducationCelia Kitzinger
Saving God's little Acre of the rainforest. (Acre state in Brazil)EducationFay Haussman
Scandal of postgrad army. (views on higher education research assessment exercise)EducationAlan Jenkins, Graham Gibbs
Science for the good life.(likely directions of scientific research)EducationDai Rees
Search for a pharmacy that works. (computer-assisted learning for pharmacy students)EducationDavid Mottram
Self-raising power.(research into leadership attributes)EducationHoward Gardner
Selling science short.(university research)EducationMartyn Hammersley
Sex and the single-minded. (Hong Kong students very serious about their studies)EducationVittoria D'Alessio
Sexism charge prompts closure.(University of British Columbia faces allegations of sexism)EducationClive Thompson
Sickness can be good for you. (explaining diseases)EducationRandolph Nesse
Silence greets Leviathan.(political theory in the UK)EducationJose Harris
Site of debate. (World Archaeology Congress - III)EducationJonathan Sawday
Skewed selection needs rethink. (UK university applications system)EducationPeter Richards, Chris McManus
Skill breaks disabled block.(work of Deborah Cooper head of UK National Bureau for Students with Disabilities)EducationJohn Bosnell
Slow on the uptake.(UK economic policy after 1945)EducationEric Roll
Social engineers with cash in hand. (higher education policy in the UK)EducationDiana Green
Sociology head is forced into hiding. (Ronaldo Munck and Honor Fagan hide in Durban, South Africa)Education 
South Africa learns from De Montfort.EducationMichael Brown, Andrea Brown
So what do you do, Mr Major?(changes in the role of the UK prime ninister)EducationPeter Hennessy
Speaking your mind.(language and perception in different societies)EducationMark Pagel
Splitting image. (preserving a single ethical, political culture in America)Educationalan Ryan
Sport offers a chance for the thinking man. (profile of sports professor John Callaghan)(Interview)EducationRobert Ward
Struggling free from casualty: professions allied to medicine have come of age but face challenges to their development.EducationRoger Ellis
Student aid scheme creaks into action. (South Africa student aid scheme)EducationKaren Macgregor
Student funding off the back burner. (UK survey of finance for students)Education 
Students put peace politics first. (students and politics in the West Bank)EducationPaul Jeffrey
Student unrest rocks Swaziland royal rulers.(University of Swaziland hit by protests)EducationCarolyn Dempster
Studying amid the shrapnel. (The Balkans)Education 
Sum mistake? (debate on standards of math teaching in the UK)EducationMargaret Brown
SuperJANET fights shy of backbone role.(UK broadband academic network)EducationTim Greenhalgh, Tony Durham
Taming of the screw.(British University funding)Education 
Task force zeroes in on profit pursuers. (publishing rights)EducationBernard Donovan
The Asian renaissance.(education in Southeast Asia)EducationWang Gungwu
The Atlantic paper chase. (US colleges own mass of British literary material; reprinted from Lingua Franca, The Review of Academic Life; Perspective)EducationDaniel Zalewski
The best kept low pay secret around. (salaries of UK university staff)EducationMartin Harris
The cape of good hope. (collaboration among colleges in the Western Cape, South Africa)Education 
The digit as a rule of thumb. Calls for the works of authors and programmers available online to have the same protection as writers and composers in conventional arts.EducationJane Dorner
The Don Juans. (affairs between students and lecturers; includes related article giving a case study)EducationPam Carter, Tony Jeffs
The earth as lab: scientists are increasingly confident that they can pinpoint the culprits of global warming.EducationStephen Schneider
The grass could be greener. (rural areas)EducationGeoff Tansey
The great unwashed.(views of Richard Lacey on research into sterilisation of skin)EducationMartyn Kelly
Their finery hour.(graduation ceremonies for UK students; includes related article with comments from students)EducationLeala Padmanabhan
The Lady who turned to nationalisation. (Baroness Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister, and higher education policy)EducationSimon Jenkins
The long, hot debate. (disagreements over existence of global warming; Perspective)EducationAyala Ochert, Fred Singer
The mathematician and the mystic. (Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore discuss reality)EducationAndrew Robinson, Dipankar Home
The new bank that likes to say yes. (Grameen Bank, Bangladesh)EducationSue Wheat
The quest for Seren-dipity.(information technology project at Bangor University library, Wales)EducationIola Smith
The reel thing. (academic study of film; Perspective)EducationIan Christie
The river of sorrows. (conduct of life of Indians of the Amazon in Brazil)EducationClaude Levi-Strauss
The second sex. (women from state schools are less academically formidable today)EducationGerard McCrum
The sociable revolutionary. (Marilyn Butler, first female rector of Exeter College)(Interview)EducationJenny Wallace
The worth of nations.(profile of Tom Nairn, specialist in nationalism)EducationRob Brown
This sceptical isle.(excerpt from 'Uniting the Kingdom? The Making of British History'; Perspective)EducationDavid Cannadine
Thou shalt honour thy sources. (plagiarism by university students; Perspective)EducationJim Parlour
Tigers, tigers spurning rights.(democracy in East Asia)EducationMichael Leifer
Time to care about those in care.(educational needs of children leaving residential care)EducationPete McParlin, Eric Graham
Time to push the reactive button.(university cuts)EducationMartin Harris
To the victors, the spoils? (significance of second world war for modern-day Britain; Perspective)EducationHuw Richards, Brian Brivati, Niall Ferguson, Brendan Simms, David Edgerton, Ina Zweininger-Bargielowska, Andrew Roberts
Turbulence signals a lucrative experience. (changes in global education)EducationMichael Gell, Peter Cochrane
Ulster's restrained guardians.(role of armed forces and police in Northern Ireland)EducationPaul Wilkinson
Unfinished business.(Women and childcare responsibilities)EducationNancy Folbre
United appeal for a no zone.(United Nations peacekeepers in Croatia)EducationJames Smith
Universal picture. (describing the cosmic history)EducationMartin Rees
Uprooting red daffodils.(profile of Meenakshi Mukherjee and her work)EducationAnita Roy
US backs apartheid protestors. (alleged discrimination against foreign academics in Japanese universities)EducationPeter McGill
V-cs must grab political advantage. (challenges facing university vice chancellors and college principals)(Column)EducationTom Burgner
Virtual politics, as seen on TV: Did Clinton's health care reforms perish in the glare of the TV lights?EducationEdwin Diamond, Robertr Silverman
Vive la difference.(new political ideologies)EducationJohn Gray
Warning signs at the rebirth of an idea: innovative and market-led approaches to patient care are being reflected in specialist training.EducationMagnus Shearer
War-torn campus reopens.(Kabul University, Afghanistan, reopens)EducationSam Faulkner
Water and troubled oil.(Greenpeace and Shell clash over oil platform disposal; includes related article)EducationTony Rice
We have the technology. (minds and machines)EducationJohn (English pop musician) Taylor
Weights and measures. (British university league table)EducationTony Cannon
When the Earth boils. (volcanic eruptions)EducationHazel Rymer
When the peasants are truly revolting. (populism)EducationGed Martin
Whitehall's superconductor. (interview of British government's new Chief Scientific Adviser Robert May; Perspective)(Interview)EducationMartyn Kelly
Who chopped down the cherry tree? (teaching of history in the US)EducationAllan Winkler
With friends like these....(impact of World War Two on the UK)EducationJohn Charmley
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