Chinese students abide by rule of thumb
A Chinese college has gone to extreme lengths to get its students to come to class. Meiya College of International Studies at Hunan University has introduced fingerprint scanners in its classrooms to...
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US campaign to ban positive discrimination
An anti-affirmative action campaigner is pushing for Colorado to overturn legislation intended to help students from minority groups get higher education places. Ward Connerly plans to place an item...
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Narwhals to check sea temperatures
Scientists are set to a recruit a different sort of research assistant to help them plumb the depths of the icy seas. Marine biologists at the University of Washington and the Greenland Institute of...
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Jena scientists catch the drift
German scientists have discovered the mechanism behind continental drift. A team at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena said water could allow the silicate layer in the planet's mantle to...
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Queensland settles on creative preference
An ߣߣÊÓƵn university is set to scrap its bachelor of arts and sciences degrees as it moves to focus on the creative industries. Queensland University of Technology has proposed closing its...
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Graduate women still suffer pay gap
University-educated women earn less than their male counterparts working in the same field, according to research from the American Association of University Women. A year after graduation, women...
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Beware of fame-hungry climate change deniers
Dissident academics are helping to give the global warming denial lobby its veneer of credibility, says Bob Ward The most authoritative analysis yet of the options for mitigating climate change will...
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A wooden performance
The quality of theatre productions in American universities has been jeopardised by the recent shootings at Virginia Tech, it would appear. Six hours before the opening night of a Yale University...
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Pills, spliffs and a £10 voucher
Edge Hill University wants members of the public to take part in its study into the effects of Ecstasy on memory and other mental processes. Philip Murphy, the principal investigator, and his...
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Is there plenty in Kent coffers?
Journalist and commentator Tim Luckhurst "is off to pick new arguments elsewhere" as professor of journalism and the news industry at Kent University, according to the website allmediascotland.com....
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A world that's to the right of Thatcherism
Kenneth Minogue's vision of a UK without political compromise would be disastrous, says Anthony Giddens Kenneth Minogue's review of my new book, Over to You , Mr Brown , in last week's Times Higher...
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Is it thesis envy, or a worse problem?
With academic mental health at an all-time low, Adrian Furnham sets out a rough diagnostic guide to common campus ailments Academic life is still portrayed as civilised, gentle and privileged in much...
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Leave the drugs war to cartoons and cops
Schools are failing to change pupils' attitudes to narcotics and should instead focus on education, claims Richard Ives The bold, optimistic claims made for drug education are not confirmed by...
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A highlight but never a headline
The privileges of working in higher education, such as developing intellectual bonds, are often overlooked, claims Susan Bassnett Anyone not familiar with the education press could be forgiven for...
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To speak volumes don't deliver them
Striking the balance between offering a complete annotated script of your lecture and making students take reams of notes is essential if you are to make handouts work for you, says Harriet Swain Six...