'Unfair' system doesn't reward teaching
Academics in new and old universities inhabit "different worlds" and should be assessed and funded accordingly, says a report out this week from recruitment specialists, Barkers. The current funding...
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Unions urge Blair to address debt issues
Unions this week called on the government to abolish tuition fees, restore student grants and fully fund a higher education expansion policy that will otherwise damage the student experience. Sally...
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Crackdown on forged documents
Universities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are setting up a database of applicants to try to eradicate the use of forged documents. Officials have detected 50 applicants who used forged certificates...
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Bank warms to higher education
Universities in developing countries may enjoy a new wave of investment after a policy shift by the World Bank that acknowledges the key role of higher education in bringing about economic and social...
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European butterflies in danger
One in eight of Europe's 576 butterfly species is under threat according to research. The plight of butterflies and moths was discussed last weekend at the international symposium of the British...
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Law quality under scrutiny
Law academics fear that the Law Society and the Bar Council will introduce their own quality-assurance systems and prescribe course content for law degrees in an attempt to shore up standards. They...
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Threat to stem-cell cash
A row between the European Parliament and the European Union Council of Ministers, which represents member governments, is threatening delays in approval of key elements of the EU's €16.2 billion (£...
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Princeton beats Yale in latest rankings Princeton University leads the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2002-03, with Harvard and Yale Universities tying in second place.
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Rumblings of water wars
The Middle East Water Question - The Nile Basin
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Q & A sessions that aid discovery of self
The Oxford Tutorial
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Still stuck in the present
Time and Space - The Measurement of Time - Time Travel in Einstein's Universe - How to Build a Time Machine
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Special relations with Clinton?
A Special Relationship
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'There but for the grace of God goes God'
The Cripps Version: The Life of Sir Stafford Cripps 1889-1952
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Trip to the theatre beats classics
Past Masters
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A century neither 'pre' nor 'post'
The New Cambridge Medieval History