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A female theatre student has been arrested for public exposure after parading naked on the streets and filming the reactions of passers-by as part of a college project. Marjolijn Zwakman was...
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Canada shifts data from US
Canadians undertaking security-sensitive research fear they could fall foul of the Patriot Act, says Philip Fine. Canadian universities that use a US service for storing academic research files have...
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Sector split on Chávez policies
University autonomy, which was historically a unifying force for students and faculty in Venezuela, is dividing the country. Supporters of President Hugo Chávez, who is seeking re-election next week...
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States told to shoulder bigger share of university funding
The Australian Government has rejected calls to increase spending on higher education and has instead demanded that the eight states and territories administered by Labor governments contribute more...
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Kenya pay strike leads to sackings
Further dismissals likely as universities forced to close, as Karen MacGregor reports. Some 30 union activists have been sacked during a three-week strike staged by lecturers at Kenya's public...
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Italians get the goat over rise in wacky degrees
Italian universities have caught the wacky degree bug with a bewildering range of unregulated masters that has grown fourfold since 2001 and by 24 per cent in just the past year. Officials fear they...
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The war on intellectuals claims lives and hope
With assassination a daily threat, Iraq's academy is collapsing. It desperately needs support, says Sami Ramadani. If the police "cannot protect themselves, how can they protect us?" Khalid Al-Judi,...
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Alison Wolf
I read somewhere that if we think of human evolution as covering a 24-hour period, then settled agriculture occurred at 23.58pm - two minutes ago. On that timescale, university education for women...
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John Haldane: from scalpel to palette knife
Anantomy Acts St Andrews and Dundee universities, until January 13 For all that metaphysics has to say about the mind-body problem, it remains largely silent on the nature of the human figure. "Mind-...
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A little bottle goes a long way
Last week's Times Higher Awards were a merry occasion. And not just for the winners. One mischievous university, which shall remain nameless, ordered ten extra bottles of wine and charged them to the...
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Thirst for knowledge
On a related note, Peep wondered which table of guests finished their wine first. Readers will be shocked to hear it was the one with those two eminent scientists by the names of Atkins and Blakemore...
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On (news)paper, they won
Leeds Metropolitan University was so chuffed at being shortlisted for two Times Higher Awards, it got a bit carried away. The institution created a four-page mock-up newspaper to herald its success....
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Prize fighting talk
Which institutional head approached one of the judges and threatened: "If we haven't won, you're ****ing toast"? Fortunately, the institution had indeed won, on merit alone, and violence was averted.
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It's a family affair
Gemma Tumelty, president of the National Union of Students, found it hard to keep up an appearance of impartiality at the awards dinner. Her sister Jodi was a few tables away as union president at...
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What bar? I was just networking
Peep was a little surprised at the number of early birds arriving at the Hilton bar by 5pm for a 7.30 awards reception. Contrast universities' punctuality in the submission of their award nominations...