Virtual patients to train nurses
Research at the University of Central England promises to revolutionise the way nursing is taught in universities. Staff at the university's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Cetl) -...
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In for a penny
Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce was among those reading from some of Charles Dickens's most famous works in a re-enactment last week of the 'The Penny Readings', organised by the University of...
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UK told to expand provisionoverseas
British Council officials have warned UK universities that they will have to expand courses for overseas students delivered in their own countries if they are to fight off the rising global...
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Growth spurt for slow food
Italy's gastronomic sciences university will open a faculty of agro-ecology in which traditional methods of food production, particularly in developing countries, will be studied. The university was...
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Poll puts cash boost on hold for Canada
Billions of dollars for higher education promised by the Canadian Government is on hold pending the outcome of a federal election next month. The Liberal-led minority Government announced an extra C$...
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War on terror's fear dividend
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, ߣߣÊÓƵ and the US, reports Geoff Maslen New and proposed anti-terrorism laws...
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'Sensitive' is new watchword in US
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, ߣߣÊÓƵ and the US When a Stanford University researcher wrote a paper...
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Core crime law tenets set aside
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, ߣߣÊÓƵ and the US Canada defines terrorism more broadly than any other country...
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UK union leader fears legislation could spawn 'a 21st-century Stasi'
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, ߣߣÊÓƵ and the US Steve Wharton, the new president of Britain's Association of...
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'Security' act targets scholars
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, ߣߣÊÓƵ and the US While ߣߣÊÓƵ, Britain and Canada have recently enacted...
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Badly defined terms a big worry
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, ߣߣÊÓƵ and the US ߣߣÊÓƵ's anti-terror laws could have "unintended...
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University is the Grinch that stole Christmas
Higher education offers barbed gifts - not just geographic but intellectual dislocation, admits Julian Baggini The traditional Christmas is under attack. But not, as the tabloids believe, by...
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War can create its own ephemeral beauty
War can be beautiful. It makes Christmas trees shine brighter. It makes soldiers pray with more fervour, lovers love with more passion. Operatic voices sound more splendid, familiar tunes are more...
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A nose for heights
First, a reminder to academics that this is the season of goodwill to all men, even those without a chair at a big university. One senior scientist was overheard being introduced to a young...
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Southern comforts
The Higher Education Funding Council for England will host its 2006 annual conference - the first major outing for the new chief executive when he or she is announced - in Coventry next summer. There...