Glittering prizes
Manic Street Preacher Nicky Wire has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Wales, Swansea, as a "much-lauded contributor to the modern British music scene". Ravinder Maini,...
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Valuing an island's treasure
Kate Hughes talks of disquiet in Cyprus over private college degrees and the value of UK higher education The Cypriot stock market is booming and speculation is paying handsome dividends, but parents...
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Algiers
France has reopened its cultural centre in the Algerian capital, closed since 1993 because of the threat of bomb attacks by Islamic extremists who targeted French cultural and so-called...
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Beijing
The Agricultural Bank of China has agreed to fund the development of Renmin University in Beijing over the next five years. It will provide the university with 500 million yuan (Pounds 41.6 million)...
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Paris
Six unions representing French researchers called out their members this week against the policies of education minister Claude Allegre. Mr Allegre wants closer links between research institutions,...
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Videos used to halt activists
State university leaders in Belarus are helping security services to identify students at anti-government demonstrations, filmed on police videos shot at protests in Minsk and other cities. After...
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Anger in cantons as legislation gives polytechnics 'advantage'
A law that has given Switzerland's two federal polytechnics in Zurich and Lausanne more administrative autonomy has re-ignited their rivalry with the cantonal universities. Some universities complain...
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Spanish ranking raises hackles
Spain's universities are the latest in Europe to come to terms with league tables aimed at helping students make more informed choices. Excellence: Quality in Spanish Universities, by Jesus de Miguel...
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Dire results slash numbers
Appalling results in South African school-leaving examinations will leave universities competing for a dwindling pool of qualified would-be students this year. Fewer than half of the 511,000 pupils...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this...
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Reforms prompt street violence
Rival student groups have clashed over planned constitutional reforms in Kenya bringing Nairobi city centre to a halt with three days of fighting with stones, clubs and whips. Political analysts fear...
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Korean upturn improves prospects
The impressive recovery of South Korea's economy is good news for students. Better than expected trading figures have enabled leading employers to announce plans to increase the number of graduates...
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ߣߣÊÓƵn MPs try to push out unpopular education minister
Backbench supporters of the ߣߣÊÓƵn government have been lobbying prime minister John Howard to dump education minister David Kemp. Dr Kemp has proved to be one of the most unpopular ministers. In...
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Resource streamlines net
A coherent national information resource for universities to replace the "mindless serendipity of the web" is being rolled out this year under the guidance of the Joint Information Systems Committee...
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Belfast initiative wows IoP
Hugh Cormican, managing director of the Belfast-based company Andor Technology, one of Queen's University's most successful spin-off businesses, has won a national physics award for transforming...