Old German jewel in new turmoil
Stone book in stone hand, William von Humboldt stares out at Berlin's traffic from the university he founded more than 180 years ago as a universitas litterarum striving to give a humanist education...
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Cuts confrontation
Canada. Cuts confrontation: students angered by spending cuts smashed windows and stormed the Ontario legislature building in Toronto after breaking through a phalanx of police.
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All's well that ends Will in Aston
Fresh doubt about the sole authorship of a Shakespearean play has been cast by two scientists from Aston University, Birmingham. Using pioneering computing techniques, Professor David Lowe and Robert...
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Disharmony over music assessment
Higher education quality chiefs have come under fire over their handling of complaints about the allegedly "unprofessional" and "confrontational" style of funding council assessors. Royal Holloway...
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Nick knack
All of which leads on nicely to alumnus to be proud of No. 31: Sir Nicholas Lyell, a member of Pratt's Club, and Attorney-General, whose actions in the discharge of that post have provided Sir...
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US state colleges in 'crisis'
United States. Financial insecurity, a sense of lost mission, and a wave of public criticism from the political right are fueling talk of a crisis at state colleges in the United States. The...
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Oxford research job jitters
A survey of 500 contract re-searchers at Oxford University has uncovered "serious and damaging shortcomings" in their employment. According to the Association of University Teachers, Oxford received...
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Mounted police always get their 'radicals'
Canada. A student's curiosity has led him to break open a file revealing that the University of Saskatchewan in Canada was the subject of undercover surveillance for over 50 years. In the summer of...
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New currency proves worth
As new university allocations loom, Peter Knight unveils his list of those best funded for teaching in 1994/95 It is a legitimate question of public policy to want to know which university is well...
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Tree-huggers and nature's muggers
Nature's Keepers
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The epidemiological zoo
Plague's Progress
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A semi-detached view of life
Scholarship Boy
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Mothers for the fatherland
Master Race - The Origins of Nazi Genocide
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Movers and shakers
Race and Culture
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The belaced and the beliced
Gender, Sex and Subordination in England 1500-1800 - The Prospect Before Her