Afghan enrolment crisis looms
Afghanistan's higher education minister has warned of an "explosive" situation if would-be university students are unable to find places when the academic year begins in March. More than 24,000...
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Jailed Scot to probe military
Scots-born researcher Lesley McCulloch, soon to be released from prison in Aceh, Indonesia, plans to return to Australia to begin a three-year research project on the political economy of the...
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Blown away
Canada has never aspired to the Animal House excesses of its neighbour the US, whose Greek-letter societies have been immortalised by togas, excessive libations and property damage. Now Canada's own...
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US nurse training shortage deepens
A critical shortage of nurses in the US is getting worse despite huge demand and high starting salaries because nursing schools lack the faculty and other resources to train them. An estimated 6,000...
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Dalhousie throws its staff off the scent
Canada's Dalhousie University is attempting to make its buildings scent-free on the grounds that pungent aftershaves and perfumes can damage health. The Halifax university operates a voluntary curb...
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Surgeon quits Sicilian centre
An Italian surgeon who after years abroad returned to Italy to run a new international transplant centre in Palermo, Sicily, has resigned because of dissatisfaction with the national health system....
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Green sceptic retains his job
Bjørn Lomborg, director of Denmark's Institute for Environmental Assessment, will keep his job despite breaching the "clear norms" of scientific practice in his controversial book The Skeptical...
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Fuzzy skills agenda just dumbs down our PhDs
Doctoral students should be adding to knowledge, not ticking off a list of skills learnt, says Stephen Rowland The PhD has changed. Traditionally, it was a programme of study whose outcome was a...
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Rate her prospects
Former Labour education secretary and leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords Shirley Williams has yet to rule herself out of the race to become the next chancellor of the University of Oxford....
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Gowns but no mortar please
The peaceniks are out in force at Dundee University in the hope that BBC world affairs correspondent John Simpson will at last be able to receive an honorary degree. Work prevented Mr Simpson...
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Pizza's perfect with chips
Fast food just got faster as computers have been given the ability to champion the perfect pizza. Da-Wen Sun and Tadhg Brosnan of University College Dublin have devised software that analyses the...
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Imperial measures
Imperial "look, no comma" College London this week launched its new brand identity with an outline of its characteristics. It states that Imperial's personality is "authoritative, not dictatorial"...
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Don's diary: delivered into rude reality
Six months Teaching starts with first-year medics. "So when does it drop?" asks a man being taught to take patient-centred case histories and develop his communication skills. My GP warns that home...
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Why I will fight to clear my name after allegations of errors in my work
I was very surprised to learn that the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (UVVU) had judged that my book The Skeptical Environmentalist breached "clear norms" of scientific practice. I...
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Unnatural selection
Narrow admissions policies are keeping able applicants out of university, argues Helen Connor Fair access to universities is crucial in developing widening participation and ensuring that more people...