'I think they are trying to erase us'
The cycle of violence - Palestinian suicide bomb attacks in Israeli cities and Israeli tank attacks on Palestinian cities - has taken its toll on students and universities on both sides. Palestinian...
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Sussex students freed
Ten students from the University of Sussex have returned to Britain after being trapped in the West Bank town of Ramallah during the Israeli army incursion. The students were among activists who...
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Californians told to pack their bags amid violence
The University of California last week recalled its remaining students from Israel and suspended study programmes there in the face of escalating violence. The students from the University of...
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Show us the money, Mr Brown
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has told chancellor Gordon Brown that without extra money the government will miss its expansion target of half of 18 to 30-year-olds in higher education by...
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£10,000 grant for perfumery course
Plymouth University is savouring the sweet smell of success with a £10,000 grant to fund equipment, books, project materials and travel expenses for students studying perfumery at the university. The...
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Researchers put the Scots language online
Dundee University researchers Victor Skretkowicz and Susan Rennie are leading a project to put key Scots language reference dictionaries the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the Scottish...
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Eyebrows raised at news of cloned child
Scientists are sceptical about claims that a woman treated by Severino Antinori, the Italian reproductive health scientist, is carrying a cloned child. Wilfried Feichtinger, president of the...
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Biotech spin-offs get £1.2 million boost
A group of small biotechnology spin-off companies received a £1.2 million boost this week, winning funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The six projects were...
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AHRB supports scheme to encourage start-ups
The Arts and Humanities Research Board has joined the research councils' Business Plan Competition, giving prospective start-ups in the creative industries the chance to win £25,000 towards marketing...
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Streaming bright pupils 'increases inequality'
American educationist Adam Gamoran this week gave a public lecture at Edinburgh University warning that creating separate classes for high-achieving pupils risks exacerbating social inequality....
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Colleges and employers draw up race guidelines
Further education college unions and employers have joined forces to produce an equal-opportunities and anti-discrimination agreement for the sector. The Association of Colleges is also developing...
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Mandela in Oxford for naming ceremony
Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, will be in Oxford tomorrow when a lecture theatre at the Said Business School is named after him.
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Canberra
Australia is to legislate to allow embryonic stem-cell research but will not permit therapeutic cloning. Researchers will be allowed to use embryos that would otherwise be destroyed.
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Washington DC
The US government has imposed tougher controls on students seeking to enter the country in a post-September 11 clampdown. Visa clearance must be obtained before international students can start their...
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Dutch on flying tour of British institutions
A party of 60 Dutchmen and women are touring 11 UK universities in England and Scotland this month to pick up tips on how they are using learning technology. The group comprises delegates from Surf,...