Moscow
Two students died and at least four were injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Moscow State University. The fire swept through the 12th floor of the 26-storey central building. University...
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St Louis
John Neal, president of Maryville University of St. Louis, Missouri, resigned from his post after a guest in his university-owned home claimed he raped her. No charges have been filed.
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Good pursues fight for justice
An academic expelled from Botswana is buoyed by international support, writes Geoff Maslen in Melbourne. The Australian academic expelled from Botswana after teaching in the country for 15 years has...
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Swiss impose stricter visa rules for Chinese
Switzerland's federal Government has decided to impose stricter controls on entry visas for Chinese students, sparking protests from universities and cantonal governments, writes Paul Bompard. The...
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Chernobyl's 20th anniversary stirs interest but political wrangling stifles long-term research
The 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has generated a flurry of academic interest. This year's annual Contemporary Ukrainian Studies lecture in Cambridge was given by Alla...
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Rape case sparks debate
The alleged rape of a black female student by white athletes at the elite Duke University has raised painful questions about race, sex and social inequality in US higher education. As lawyers for the...
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India attacked on plan to set aside places for poor
The Indian Government is facing protests over its plans to reserve per cent of all university places - including at the elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) - for students from socially "...
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Sweden faces teaching crisis
Sweden faces a shortage of academics due to the fall in the number of doctoral students, the National Agency for Higher Education has warned. The drop in numbers comes as a direct result of a squeeze...
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This racket demands you surrender your integrity
With academics under impossible pressure to inflate grades, how can 'real scholarship' thrive? asks Kenneth Minogue. The De Montfort University grade-inflation saga is a tremendous morality tale, a...
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Trust me, I'm a doctor. Not
Just when we thought National Health Service cuts could not get any worse, Diary learns that a university medical school has to be listed in The Medical Act 1983 for its graduates to register as...
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A massage from the staff
Spare a thought for the unsung academic heroes of Sunday's London Marathon. Staff from Northampton University's School of Health treated some 200 runners for blisters, sprains and blackened toenails...
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What your right arm's for...
Strathclyde University student union was celebrating this week after it was named the "Best Bar None" by the National Union of Students. The award was the brainchild of those famous carousers Greater...
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Alarm at the role of PR
Thanks goes to the university press officer who accidentally set off her rape alarm at the Higher Education External Relations Association conference last week. The red-faced delegate chose her...
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Thanks, but no thanks
The vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire has been rapped by some of his staff - for thanking them. Malcolm McVicar praised staff for giving up their Saturday on an Open Day only to...
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Chicken tikka for the mind
PHASE - HETAIN PATEL . Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham University. Exhibition until May 20, performance on May 20, between 10am and 8pm. One of the cliches about British culture today is that...