Minister: state did murder scholar
The Guatemalan government has accepted responsibility for the murder more than 12 years ago of Guatemalan academic Myrna Mack Chang. Dr Mack, who gained masters degrees from the universities of...
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US split over axed suspect
The University of South Florida faces censure by the leading US faculty union after it last week fired a Palestinian-American professor whom the US government claimed had ties to terrorism. Sami Al-...
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Far-right 'bias' under fire
Rightwing extremists dominate the Austrian government's choice of nominees to new university advisory boards, students have claimed. The bodies, introduced at the beginning of this year, advise deans...
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Italy tells of cell hell
When it comes to the love affair Italians have with their cellphones, even examinations are not sacrosanct. Students have complained to a national newspaper about being repeatedly interrupted by the...
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Turkmen students face currency restrictions in battle against terrorism
Students who leave the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan to study at overseas universities at their own expense have been barred from acquiring hard currency to pay for their courses. On the...
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Whatever your business plan, it's out of date now
Business schools must teach MBAs to adapt quickly to a fast-changing world, says Eamonn Walsh As business schools come under increased scrutiny in the tougher economic environment, many believe that...
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Alison Wolf
It is time we taught our students to speak mathematics - industry is in desperate need of such skills. A near-solitary point of agreement in higher education policy is that universities should all...
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On the path to Eurovision glory
They practice what they preach at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Martin Isherwood, head of music, is composer of the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest this year. His song, Cry...
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Shellshocked
Ian Gibson, chairman of the House of Commons science and technology select committee, was in Edinburgh this week for the launch of the Association of University Teachers Scotland's researcher job-...
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Read my forehead
Students are being offered up to £4.30 an hour to wear brand logos on their foreheads. The students must wear them for at least three hours a day while hanging out in highly visible locations such as...
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Final edition for Uzbek paper
The Uzbekistan version of The THES was closed on government orders this week for making grammatical errors, according to Russian television reports. The Uzbek minister of higher and general education...
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Cave life makes a shark of a shrimp
A chance encounter with killer crustaceans led Paul Wood to delve into cave ecosystems, where he found an unlikely predator at the top of the food chain The freshwater shrimps we found deep in the...
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A little titter among the test tubes 1
As the Ig Nobel tour hits the UK, Laurie Taylor recalls his own flirtation with eccentric science I have a personal reason for liking the idea of the Ig Nobel prizes. In the 1970s, I rather fancied...
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A little titter among the test tubes 2
As the Ig Nobel tour hits the UK, a Bernard Levin lampoon from the days before science learnt to laugh at itself My well-known belief that all scientists are mad has just received support so...
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Removing clots from the arteries of our cities
As people around the world reflect on the initial success of London's congestion charge, Stephen Phillips meets the scientists trying to free our streets and get us moving It may have shocked the...