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European Union external affairs commissioner Chris Patten has launched the Alban programme, funding study awards for 3,900 Latin American students and research workers to study and conduct research...
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Verkhnyaya Salda
A remote Russian technical institute wants to be renamed after the Queen Mother. Staff and students at the Alexei Yevstigneyev college in the Urals Sverdlovsk region, named for a local hero who died...
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SA centre will focus on Aids epidemic
A British-funded, university-backed epidemiological research project has been launched in rural South Africa, on the doorstep of the area known as the "Aids capital of the world". The Africa Centre...
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Vietnamese students snubbed on return home
An opportunity to study abroad is a dream for most Vietnamese students. Those able to enjoy this privilege can look forward to excellent career prospects and top salaries. But a rising number of...
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Upheaval on cards as Japanese ministry rethinks study provision
Japan's 99 national universities face radical reform under proposals by the ministry for education. The proposals encourage universities to present quick results measured against a policy-driven...
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No one challenges Big Brother
Academics are expected to accept a far-from-perfect system without question. Mary Evans rails against the culture of compliance. Many academics will have been delighted by the recent Reith Lectures...
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A question of motives
The drive to widen participation is valid only if it addresses social inequality, says Louise Archer. Alison Wolf raises important questions for widening participation policies and practices ( THES...
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In the news: David Miliband
Wunderkind David Miliband this week replaced Stephen Timms as a minister of state in the Department for Education and Skills. Landing with the kind of thump one would expect of a heavyweight thinker...
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Don's diary: countdown to Jubilee
January: Week 1 Can't believe the university's jubilee is finally here. Hope the jubilee garden is ready for Charlie Dimmock to open on January 22. The poor gardeners are up to their armpits in mud,...
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Pole dancing, too?
Scientists and support staff at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station plan to celebrate the Queen's golden jubilee on Monday with an outdoor "street party". Jubilee decorations and...
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Rise of the well cited
The Diary strikes again. Just weeks ago it suggested that those seeking promotion might like to note that Tim O'Shea became principal of the University of Edinburgh after many appearances in this...
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Natfhe's credibility gap
Leaflets from lecturers' union Natfhe for this week's strike complained of a "10 per cent gap between lecturers' and schoolteachers' pay", adding that lecturers are paid £21,374 and teachers £25,746...
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Unseen ambassadors
The University of Warwick renewed its link yesterday with the Unseen University in Ankh Morpork, Discworld. Ian Stewart, professor of mathematics, and Jack Cohen, reproductive biologist, launched The...
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When can he study?
A dubious document, purported to originate from the University of Southampton, has reached The Diary. According to the text, an applicant to the university was asked: "Are there any significant...
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New ties and old ones
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has joined the Gloucester College of Arts and Technology to offer professional courses to businesses. They have established the Cheltenham Business...