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HIZB UT-TAHRIR (Islamic Liberation Party) Described in the leaked Home Office/Foreign Office papers as a "structured extremist organisation", Hizb ut-Tahrir was founded in 1953, in Jerusalem, by a...
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Bombings spark fears of foreign rush to cancel UK study plans
Terrorism fears could lead overseas students to cancel plans to study in the UK, with dire consequences for universities' income and their share of the international recruitment market, experts...
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'Even if the students aren't worried, their parents will be'
Indian student Amartya Sinha says he was "petrified" when he heard about the bomb attacks, some of which occurred a short walk from his accommodation at International Students' House. He said: "A lot...
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RAE Countdown 2008 How will you be judged? Full unrivalled analysis of the proposed criteria of the research assessment exercise panels as the countdown to the 2008 RAE begins in earnest
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Research leaders promise to keep European council on track
Lord Sainsbury, the Science Minister, and Janez Potocynik, the European Research Commissioner, have reiterated their support for a Europe-wide funding agency for basic research despite continuing...
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Tourists skip sober trips for the drama of bootleggers, voodoo and sinful ghosts
Ghost tours, voodoo experiences and gangster trails are examples of a burgeoning market in holidays that owe more to the theatre and theme parks than to traditional tourism, according to the latest...
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Will RAE be wooed by weight of words?
Academics in the arts and humanities are waiting anxiously to hear the resolution of what has become known as the "super-book" issue: how much will major written works count when compared with basic...
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The hobbits versus Hitler
The hugely popular Lord of the Rings films have inspired a generation of young German academics to research the linguistic roots of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythic world and ponder the politics surrounding...
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Boys jeopardise Blair's target
The Government will not meet its pledge to send half of all young people to university by the end of the decade without a "sudden step change" in the numbers of boys and students from poor...
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Academics slam antisocial policy
Criminologists this week attacked the Government's antisocial behaviour measures, likening ASBO trials to medieval witch-hunts and criticising ministers' preference for "soundbite, eye-catching and...
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Gillies for Caledonian
Pamela Gillies, pro vice-chancellor of Nottingham University, will become the new principal of Glasgow Caledonian University in March, succeeding Ian Johnston. Professor Gillies said: "Glasgow...
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Colleges raise status
Three more higher education colleges have been granted university status by the Privy Council. Southampton Institute will now call itself Southampton Solent University and Canterbury Christ Church...
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Google warned
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, an umbrella body representing university presses, learned societies and other not-for-profit publishers, has called on the web search...
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Just the job
Job prospects for graduates continue to look bright, with the number of vacancies up by more than 11 per cent this year and starting salaries as high as £35,000 on offer. A biannual survey of 224...
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Online guide
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has published on its website guidelines on how universities should approach sustainable development. Sustainable development in higher education...