Noble pursuit
Alumnus to be proud of No. 141 has this week sent an RAF officer across the Nevada desert faster than he could have travelled in most aircraft. Richard Noble, an expert in extracting old aircraft...
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Police raid rights seminar
AFRICA AN UNEASY calm prevails at the University of Jos, Nigeria, in expectation of possible violent student reaction to the arrest of a number of students and civil rights activists. University...
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Fees boost for Makerere
AFRICA ONCE dubbed the "Harvard of Africa", Makerere University is celebrating its 75th anniversary alongside Ugandan celebrations of 36 years of independence with a policy shift: greater enrolment...
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Sexual abuse making women drop out
AFRICA MAKERERE University's vice chancellor, John Ssebuwufu, has set up a special committee to probe allegations of sexual harassment. Student leaders at the Ugandan University have claimed that...
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NUS tuition fees policy under fire
STUDENT leaders are struggling to hold their troops together as campaigning hots up over tuition fees. Demonstrations organised by the National Union of Students will take place in 15 regions...
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Wolverhampton Students' Union
Wolverhampton Students' Union has carried out a survey of new students to find out the possible effects of tuition fees and loss of the maintenance grant. Of the 1,557 students who responded, 64 per...
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Low pay blights Scots students
LOW pay is endemic among Scottish students, with part-time work severely disrupting their education, according to a new study published by the Scottish Low Pay Unit. The study argues that rather than...
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Tories eye new members
CONSERVATIVES have launched a recruitment campaign to overcome undergraduate antipathy towards the party. They hope to mop up thousands of student members disaffected by the Labour leadership of the...
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Garrick misses short-term point
THE GARRICK committee, Dearing's Scottish arm, has shown an "alarming" capacity to look in both directions at once, according to the Association of University Teachers Scotland. The AUTS stresses...
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Young bite the Euro hand that feeds them
Some of Europe's brightest students gathered in Brussels last week - and asked for more. More information about the European Commission's education and training programmes; more effort to target such...
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Jail policy looks to Africa
A NEW research centre devoted to the study of prisons is looking to Africa for inspiration in dealing with community service sentences. Home secretary Jack Straw gave his support to the project last...
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Children are ill-served by legal system
CHILDREN involved in cases of abuse or neglect need a better idea of court processes, say researchers studying the 1989 Children Act. Although the way these cases are handled is considered the "Rolls...
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Colleges reap cash bonanza
THE WALL Street boom is producing dividends - literally - for universities and colleges in the United States in the form of record contributions from investor-donors and unprecedented growth in...
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Oz waits for Kemp to show true colours
AUSTRALIAN universities are privately assessing the weight of history while publicly extending the welcome mat to the new minister for higher education. Prime minister John Howard last week relegated...
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Wind of change in Brazil's sails
ABRAZILIAN transport ministry economist who completed her thesis at a British university earlier this year has had a profound effect on Brazilian shipping legislation to make the country's fleet more...