Female campus wins US support
Plans for a Bangladesh-based university exclusively for women in south Asia have won the support of US congressmen, who called for $3 million (£2 million) in aid to help meet the start-up costs....
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Singapore scholars criticise US focus
Singapore has set itself the target of becoming a "Harvard of the East" and is wooing international university business schools, especially those in the US. But the move has caused disenchantment...
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Thais opt for sugar daddies not loans
A large number of Thai students are becoming mistresses as an alternative to taking out student loans to pay for their education, according to a study. The study of female students at the privately...
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V-cs told to fight performance 'monster'
Universities should embark on collective resistance to the statistical demands of micro-managing governments if they want to prove their mettle to the public, according to the co-author of a new book...
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In the news: Baroness Ashton
Junior education minister Baroness Ashton has had a busy couple of weeks defending the government's higher education policies to sceptical peers. Last week, she took on Lord Dearing and other heavy-...
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Don's diary: Incore in Jerusalem
Saturday Late evening at the London check-in for the flight to Tel Aviv. I am told the plane is full. I soon see the reason - dozens of rescue workers fill up the plane on their way to Jenin. Sunday...
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Keep employees down
The Leeds employment tribunal this week dished out some handy advice on how unscrupulous university employers can avoid discrimination claims. Ruling that Huddersfield University sexually...
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Did Pakes win?
As the dust of yesterday's local elections settles, eyes are on whether Andrew Pakes, press officer for the Association of University Teachers, has been elected as a local councillor. Mr Pakes stood...
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What's down, doc?
Dundee University researcher Nigel Brockton last week broke the British speed skiing record in the Red Rock French ski championships in Les Arc. Dr Brockton, who achieved a speed of 235.19kph (146....
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Councils' new blood
New blood was injected into the research councils last week. Science minister Lord Sainbury appointed to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council: Howard Dalton, chief scientific...
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Detour for auditors
A reader has contacted The Diary to report that staff at Coventry University have been asked not to submit travel claims where the mileage ends in a zero. Apparently, the auditors assume that if you...
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Who's sex bomb don?
A guessing game was under way at Lincoln University this week after an article appeared in FHM magazine featuring a female student in a series of raunchy poses. "Do you fancy any of your university...
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Bruce for Scots college
Congratulations Vicki Bruce, deputy principal for research at Stirling University, who was this week appointed head of the first of the University of Edinburgh's three new American-style colleges....
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Academic world should be smart and boycott
European scholars need to act now to support Zimbabwean academic freedom, says Karen MacGregor Events in the Middle East have pushed Zimbabwe from the consciousness of the world. But, as the regime...
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A crime not to unlock potential
Offenders are not of low academic ability, argues Joe Baden, and deserve more than basic skills training