Shun stocks, China's universities told
The Chinese Government has warned universities against investing in shares and bonds despite rises in the country's stock markets. The Chinese national news agency Xinhua said that universities had...
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Sharp Rise in bipolar disorder diagnosis
The number of children treated in US psychiatric hospitals for bipolar disorder has risen sixfold between 1996 and 2004, a report reveals. The study by researchers at Stony Brook University Medical...
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Graduate student flow to the us slows
The number of overseas students admitted to US graduate schools rose 8 per cent in 2007 compared with 2006, but the rate of increase slowed from 12 per cent last year, according to a study by the...
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Fewer librarians, more nurses, please
Sweden will have too many graduates qualified as journalists, scientists and secondary school teachers and a shortage of dentists, doctors and pre-school teachers unless the balance of places on...
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Call for european phd funding parity
A universities body is calling for funding for doctoral candidates at universities across Europe to be improved so they can live and work in decent conditions. A report from the European Universities...
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What women (and men) really want...
An age-old dating rule has been found to ring true. Men make a beeline for good-looking women while women are attracted to wealthy men, according to a team composed of researchers at Indiana...
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As old crew quit, it's not all smooth sailing
To fill gaps left by retiring faculty, US institutions are taking on greater numbers of foreign lecturers and cheaper part-time and contract staff, but they are still having difficulty filling places...
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The fanaticism of denial that must be exposed
Scientists must engage more with the public or the HIV/Aids deniers will gain credibility, argues Tara Smith. There is no Aids epidemic in Africa. HIV doesn't exist. People are dying because...
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Universities torn between two masters
Trying to serve students and society puts academe under unbearable strain, says Martin Mills
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The best-laid plans...
Celebrations at York University over getting the go-ahead to double the size of its campus after a year-long public inquiry narrowly escaped being short lived, it has emerged. The decision letter...
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Just what the doctors ordered
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, deputy rector of Imperial College London, is tipped to take over as chief executive of the Medical Research Council when Colin Blakemore departs this month. The Times Higher...
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Chopsticks and Marigolds
Two delegates at a conference on China organised by Agora, higher education's newest think-tank, were clearly traumatised by an experience during their visit to the country. At an official banquet...
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In league with the 'Swans'
Swansea Institute of Higher Education's bid for university status could be celebrated on the terraces of its football club if the Privy Council lets it achieve its goal of becoming Swansea...
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When keeping your cool counts
A generational overlap with her students has taken some careful handling, both in person and online, writes Just another Friday night and a twentysomething binge drinker en route to a party bumps...
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A partial solution to widening the skills base
Moves to educate the workforce will not succeed without better support for part-timers, argues David Latchman A cynic might suggest that the name of the new Department for Innovation, Universities...