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Internet addressesDot-uni domains up for grabsUniversities may soon be able to register their web addresses as ".uni" or ".university" - at a cost. From April 2009, the global internet regulator,...
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Exeter University was this week "considering its position" following allegations surrounding the award of a doctorate to an Arab minister. The affair again raises serious questions concerning...
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Green plan drives residents crazy
University angers neighbours as scheme to cut campus traffic clogs roads, reports Zoe Corbyn
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Overseas briefing
United StatesBand initiation strikes harsh noteThe tradition of "hazing" at US universities has led to the hospitalisation of two students following a violent initiation ceremony in which new...
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UK looks set to benefit from Nigerian student boom
British Council forecasts enrolments to grow tenfold in just five years. John Gill reports
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Mumbai attacks could hit overseas partnerships
Although it pales in comparison with the loss of life, there are fears that the Mumbai terror attacks may damage links between India's growing university sector and the West.According to an Australia...
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Jobs, funding and reputations all hinge on the impending RAE results
Some senior level staff are apprehensive at the prospect of negative RAE grades, says Zoe Corbyn
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New UCL grants omit peer review
For academics anxiously awaiting the results of next week's research assessment exercise, it may sound almost too good to be true.But University College London this week launched a scheme to give its...
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The week in higher education
- Drinking games and visits to out-of-town brothels were all part of the student experience at the University of Cambridge in the 19th century, a diary has revealed. The journal kept by Charles Astor...
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Lecturer admonished to 'find the excellence' and lift marks
Psychologist whose grades were raised by examiner tells MPs of grade inflation, says Melanie Newman
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Online, Oxbridge drops off the radar as there's little 'buzz' about it
Oxbridge is near the top in university rankings, but it's a different story on the web, reports John Gill
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New BBSRC chief executive enters blogosphere
Few senior government officials do it. And the thought of a research council chief executive engaging in the practice is likely to raise a few eyebrows.But the new chief executive of the...
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Sector split over lowering bar for pupils in bad schools
Admissions staff may be more 'risk averse', survey of decision-makers finds. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Aston to open specialist engineering academy
Plans for the first university-led technical college in the country have been unveiled.
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Review says financial reserves are too low to assure long-term future
But unions complain that information provided is of little use for pay talks, writes Melanie Newman