Don't just talk the talk
Universities are closing language departments nationwide, but some professors are fighting back with exotic courses designed to appeal to reluctant students. Anne Sebba reports. To speak a language...
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Innovative language teaching
California-born Elizabeth Ezra accepted a lecturer's job at Stirling University in Scotland five years ago after taking her PhD at Cornell and teaching in New York. She was attracted to Stirling...
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RMIT wins licence to operate in Vietnam
Melbourne The Vietnamese government has issued an investment licence to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, allowing it to establish the country's first foreign private university. RMIT...
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Headscarf ban stays in spite of amnesty
Istanbul Turkey's parliamentary education commission has granted an amnesty for students banned from university for wearing headscarves. But the amnesty will only apply to students who agree to...
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Bath line
Prospective Bath University students can apply online through a new application system launched by the school of management in partnership with Embark.com. Details: http://apply.embark.com/mbaedge/...
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Balanced view
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service has launched a comprehensive information website to combat what it describes as "hysterical propaganda from the anti-abortion lobby". Details: www.bpas.org
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$7 million maths prize
Paris Seven as yet unsolved problems that could provide keys to the mathematics of the 21st century are the focus of a millennium challenge offering millions of dollars in prizes for their resolution...
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Beijing
Beijing University has merged with the city's medical university, giving the university a medical school for the first time. Vice-premier Li Lanqing said the merger reflects the overall move to...
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La Paz
Hundreds of students from El Alto have been arrested in the Bolivian capital of La Paz following demonstrations against government plans to open a new university in El Alto without, they say, full...
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Ouagadougou
The government of Burkina Faso has agreed to enter negotiations with lecturers at the universities of Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso, whose four-week-old strike action threatened final-year...
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Threat to youth activists
Belgrade Serbian authorities are threatening to use a stringent anti-terrorism law against activists from the youth resistance group Otpor, which is recruiting support from students across Serbia and...
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Distinguished Dell
Michael Dell, founder and chief executive of Dell Computers, will be speaking about his e-business model at the London Business School on June 12. Details: jconcannon@london.edu
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Right note
Bedford College is offering exclusive access in the Eastern region to training in industry-leading virtual studio technology. Details from course leader John Verity (tel 01234 291000)
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Treasury threatens 3% cut
The government is considering substantial cuts to university funding as it prepares to finalise its public spending commitments up to 2004. Cuts of up to 3 per cent a year in the unit of public...
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Endowment income drops
Endowment income has dropped for British universities, raising doubts about whether they will ever be able to compete with super-wealthy institutions in the United States. Figures from the Higher...