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Legal action halts inquiry The inquiry into the forced ejection of an international scholar at Oxford University has been in effect blocked by action in the High Court. After investigations by The...
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Ali G makes race a laughing matter, innit
Race is the new sex and we have comedian Ali G, the "gangsta rapper" from Staines, to thank, says a Leeds University academic. Richard Howells, a lecturer in communication studies, will this week...
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Calls to scrap wasteful bidding
A university's mission should determine how much public money it receives, according to a report published today. The report, commissioned jointly by the Standing Conference of Principals and the...
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Graduate market is booming
Job prospects continue to look bright for graduates, with the number of graduate vacancies expected to rise more than 14 per cent in the coming year, according to a national survey. The greatest...
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Greenwich and Kent discuss harmonious Medway merger
The universities of Greenwich and Kent are considering plans to merge their Medway campuses and run them jointly. Greenwich is to stop teaching at its Woolwich campus in 2002, moving students to its...
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'Unwieldy' DTI under attack
A new Science and Innovation Agency should replace the Office of Science and Technology, according to a report published this week. Independent think-tank Demos has called for a restructuring of the...
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Chief tries to win over protesters
The chancellor and vice-chancellor of the Athens Technological University, who resigned last month in protest at the upgrading of the country's technological institutes to university status, have...
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French upset that English is en vogue
Although legal sanctions exist to safeguard the purity of French, the country's academic community is increasingly turning to English. Every year, the Délégation Générale à la Langue Française...
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Pristina thanks EU for its revival
Work on a €4.5 million (£2.7 million) European Union-funded project to improve facilities at the University of Pristina in Kosovo has been completed, as the institution reverts to normality after...
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Rebel state to spark battle for students
Germany's system for allocation of university places could collapse following the withdrawal of one of the country's most powerful states. Baden-Württemberg has decided to terminate its contract with...
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First lady backs Brazil's literacy bid
Brazilian universities are the linchpin in a radical project to cut illiteracy in South America's largest country, its first lady, Ruth Cardoso, told a London audience last month. Dr Cardoso, an...
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Oz gets tough on study visa
Following a huge increase in the number of foreign students seeking to enrol in ߣߣÊÓƵn education institutions, the federal government last week adopted tighter visa regulations. During the past...
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Yale academic seeks no-strike lecture pledge
The bestselling British author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers has stepped into a dispute between Yale University and its graduate teaching assistants by laying down conditions under which...
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Bright sparks noted by RCA
Karaoke in the shower and texting for the elderly are among the technological advances being proposed by Royal College of Art graduates. Student Cristian Norlin said: "I think as a designer dealing...
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Consortia reject UK favourite
Universities and colleges are upset at no longer being able to buy computers from a British company since its exclusion from three purchasing consortia. London-based Dan Technologies has been selling...