Poll puts cash boost on hold for Canada
Billions of dollars for higher education promised by the Canadian Government is on hold pending the outcome of a federal election next month. The Liberal-led minority Government announced an extra C$...
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War on terror's fear dividend
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US, reports Geoff Maslen New and proposed anti-terrorism laws...
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'Sensitive' is new watchword in US
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US When a Stanford University researcher wrote a paper...
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Core crime law tenets set aside
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US Canada defines terrorism more broadly than any other country...
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UK union leader fears legislation could spawn 'a 21st-century Stasi'
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US Steve Wharton, the new president of Britain's Association of...
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'Security' act targets scholars
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US While Australia, Britain and Canada have recently enacted...
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Badly defined terms a big worry
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US Australia's anti-terror laws could have "unintended...
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University is the Grinch that stole Christmas
Higher education offers barbed gifts - not just geographic but intellectual dislocation, admits Julian Baggini The traditional Christmas is under attack. But not, as the tabloids believe, by...
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War can create its own ephemeral beauty
War can be beautiful. It makes Christmas trees shine brighter. It makes soldiers pray with more fervour, lovers love with more passion. Operatic voices sound more splendid, familiar tunes are more...
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A nose for heights
First, a reminder to academics that this is the season of goodwill to all men, even those without a chair at a big university. One senior scientist was overheard being introduced to a young...
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Southern comforts
The Higher Education Funding Council for England will host its 2006 annual conference - the first major outing for the new chief executive when he or she is announced - in Coventry next summer. There...
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It's true. Oh no it's not
Plans to create a University of Bedfordshire took on a note of farce this week. Philip Tasker and Les Ebdon, vice-chancellors of De Montfort and Luton universities respectively, called a meeting to...
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Quite a eureka moment
Campaigning for Modern Universities (not to be confused with the one-time Coalition for Modern Universities), the Russell Group, the 94 Group, the N8I We know universities love the chance to attend...
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Untold generosity
We are so used to hearing about impoverished universities cutting back and slimming down that it was a shock to hear about Northumbria University's Chrismas largesse. Rumour has it that 2,500...
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Sophistry isn't very clever
Are tricky examination questions illegal? Phil Race and James Tooley debate "Academic judgment" can now be challenged. We have always known that exam questions should be fair and assessments should...