Affiliation battle brews over beer
A heady brew of beer and politics will decide the outcome of the referendum on whether Edinburgh University students reaffiliate to the National Union of Students. The referendum, to be held on...
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Chinese confined to life in the dorm
China's student population is facing pressure to live on campus through a mixture of threats of expulsion and a package of perks, in a bid to stop an exodus to better and cheaper accommodation in...
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Havel to launch library
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel has launched his own modest version of an American presidential library that seeks to preserve the memory of how his country overthrew 40 years of Communist rule....
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Overseas drive scaled down
The ߣߣÊÓƵn universities' main foreign student recruitment agency is to close its UK offices amid a slump in overseas applications to study in ߣߣÊÓƵ and a sharp reduction in international...
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US survey shows a cohort of slackers
An annual survey of American university students has found that only one in ten consider themselves politically active, half rely on television instead of newspapers as their primary source of news...
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Harvard foots bill to ease visa clearance
Harvard University has decided to pick up the $100 (£53)-a-head screening fee for international student visas, in a bid to spare individuals the burden of extra red tape. Since the September 11, 2001...
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Fear of return to Soviet taboos
The Belarusian authorities are clamping down on the scope of higher degree dissertations in a move believed to be politically motivated. The Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) has refused to confer...
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Washington
Margaret Spellings has been appointed Education Secretary by President George W. Bush, replacing Rod Paige. She was chief domestic policy adviser and has advised President Bush on education matters...
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Wellington
New Zealand students are largely ignorant of the student loan process and the implications of taking out a loan, according to a report. The research was commissioned by Study Link, the agency that...
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Bratislava
Martin Fronc, Slovak Education Minister, will make a second attempt to force through a controversial tuition-fee law after his proposals were narrowly defeated in a parliamentary vote earlier this...
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Cape Town
Measures to rehabilitate African universities will be thrashed out at the next four-yearly Association of African Universities general conference in Cape Town in February, Akilagpa Sawyerr, secretary...
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Fear and secrecy pose a threat to our future
Universities must stand firm against intimidation and be more open about their links to business, says Chris Patten The case for greater funding of tertiary education and research usually concerns...
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Remote? They are now
The Institute of Education's staff survey, seen this week by The Times Higher , provided some gloomy reading for managers. Staff revealed concerns about uncaring, uncommunicative and unfriendly...
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Invisible support
But not all staff at the IOE moaned about their jobs. In fact, an impressive 93 per cent reported good working relationships with colleagues, and almost as many found their colleagues very supportive...
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EU must be joking
Kim Howells, the new Higher Education Minister, recently attended his first enlarged European Union ministers' meeting. He reports that the Department for Education and Skills had heeded the Dutch...