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Sit. still vac. The colourful former Association of Colleges chief executive Roger Ward was always going to be a hard act to follow. But nine months after his departure in disgrace the post has had...
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In the news
Ever since he defended sewing up kittens' eyes to conduct experiments on vision, animal activists have plagued British Association president Colin Blakemore, along with his wife, three children and...
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V-cs go on election offensive for youth
AUSTRALIAN vice-chancellors are mounting a big publicity campaign for the October 3 general election to get voters' backing for a bigger universities' budget. The AVCC said it would be advertising in...
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Chinese girl power
CHINESE girls are starting to storm male academic bastions. Only about half the students who sit the national university entrance exam traditionally win a place but this year it seems girls did...
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Quickie degrees feed jobs market
Italy is introducing short degrees for school-leavers who have all the qualifications for university entry but who prefer to get into the workplace quickly. University minister Luigi Berlinguer...
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Shanghai
Shanghai is building 500,000 square metres of dormitory accommodation for university students by 2000. The Chinese city's 39 institutions of higher education have 165,800 students living in...
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Copenhagen
Danes are to help Poland police scientific malpractice following at least 30 cases of gross plagiarism of biomedical articles by a group of Polish scientists. A Danish delegation will help Poland set...
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Why I ...
I believe killing by Islamic fundamentalists should be condemned Jean Y Michot Theology lecturer at Oxford University and fellow of the centre for Islamic studies This week The Observer reported that...
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Burial site digs divide Jews
Under the blistering midday sun there is not much work being done on the new motorway through the white hills of north Jerusalem. A handful of archaeologists lounge in the shade of a picnic umbrella...
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Identity cards test dress code
Turkish students applying for university registration clashed with the authorities last week over a dress code that bans Islamic head scarves and beards. Veiled women students registering at Istanbul...
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Educating in a digital future
Western universities must develop 'edutainment' on the Internet or be left behind, says Sa'ad Medhat. The Internet is redefining how we live, how we do business and how we spend our leisure time, but...
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Melbourne
Australian vice-chancellors are expanding their links with counterpart organisations overseas. So far this year, the Australian vice-chancellors' committee has signed agreements with Malaysia,...
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Kuala Lumpur
Women took the majority of first-class honours and upper second degrees in Malaysian universities this year. But what concerned Malaysia more was that they were also non-Malay, mostly Chinese and...
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Sofia
All Bulgarian university students are to pay fees for the first time next academic year. Education minister Veselin Metodiev said that it was the best answer to funding problems. Most students will...
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Reviews
WIRED UP: Young People and the Electronic Media Edited by Sue Howard, published by UCL Press, pp. 194, Pounds 13.95 ISBN 1 85728 805 X, This book is less wired than the title sounds: most of its...