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  1. No handicap on quiz

    Higher education minister Margaret Hodge - who graduated with a third-class degree - has ticked off vice-chancellors for failing a test on the new disability laws. Disability group Skill asked...

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  2. The name's the game

    Just weeks before Imperial College London was due to unveil its new identity - no comma between "College" and "London" in its name and the replacement of the cat-with-a-furball-sounding ic.ac.uk...

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  3. Context is everything

    The Diary has had its knuckles rapped for suggesting that the re-creation of a wedding at a motorway service station did not constitute research. Apparently, it failed to locate the "wedding" in the...

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  4. Still Germaine

    Fears that feminist icon Germaine Greer had been dumped as a candidate for rector of St Andrews University have proved unfounded. She was merely a victim of student dilatoriness. She was nominated...

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  5. Joined in bickering

    Eager to find out why government departments are bickering over higher education spending settlements, The THES has discovered an example of where joined-up government is actually working. Following...

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  6. Telling a real whopper

    A cafe owner is on the warpath after posters falsely offering cut-price burgers were plastered over student accommodation at Rhodes University, South Africa. Pete Burger, owner of Mr Burger, said he...

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  7. Bath seeks sweet FA

    The University of Bath is just one match away from playing in the FA Cup as we know it. Last weekend, Team Bath won its third-round qualifier against former football league team Newport County 3-0....

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  8. Hepple steps up to chair

    Bob Hepple, master of Clare College, Cambridge, has been named chairman of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. He will succeed Sir Ian Kennedy. Professor Hepple, an academic and barrister specialising...

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  9. A continental shift that has some distance to go

    Europe has done much to encourage cross-border study, but it must do more to stop talent migrating to the US, says Nicole de Fontaines The millionth student to travel across Europe during the 15...

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  10. A case of stay or pay

    It's not just lost 'tuition fees' - there are hidden costs involved in the fall-out of the A-level fiasco, says Hilary Crook The agony of waiting for the A-level regrading is over. Some students will...

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  11. Resist this makeover madness

    Academics who teach 'unpopular' subjects such as maths need to challenge students, not dumb down the subject, says Frank Furedi Another academic year. Another depressing statistic. According to the...

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