Whistleblowers: Derby ducks tribunal
Higher education's first tribunal case under the law to protect whistleblowers from victimisation has been settled. Derby University has reached an agreement with senior lecturer Mark Challinor, who...
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Fort Hare fights for survival
The university that acted as a crucible for the liberation struggle across southern Africa, producing alumni such as Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe, is fighting for its survival. A dramatic drop in...
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Gratified graduates allow minister tojustify fee rise
Australian graduates are better paid, happier with their courses and are finding it easier to get jobs than at any time in the past ten years, according to a survey. Almost 84 per cent of students...
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Inquiry blames poor living conditions forKenyan riots
An inquiry into violent student demonstrations and riots at Kenya's public universities has blamed the unrest on poor living conditions. Committee chairman Everett Standa said: "In the past ten years...
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US survey exposes college problems
Frustrated by the growing influence of mass-market magazine rankings that serve as the league tables of American universities, higher education institutions in the United States have launched their...
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Dean has little to celebrate as his party plan causes offence
Plans for a new year party in the philological faculty of the Turkmen State University produced an unpleasant surprise for the dean; he was criticised on state TV for "ignoring national traditions"....
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Law delay dogs the Serb road to revival
Serbia's academics have discovered that replacing a highly political piece of legislation - the 1998 University Law - is insufficient to reform a Communist-era system that fell victim to the...
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News in brief
Nashville Decades of court-ordered desegregation and racial quotas at Tennessee's public colleges and universities are set to end after the settlement of a 32-year legal action. Quotas will end...
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Rectors quizzed as doorman wins same pay asprof
Two former rectors of the University of Palermo face demands for the return of €8 million (£5 million) for hundreds of allegedly unjustified promotions and pay increases. Mass promotions in...
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Library news online
The British Library Newspaper Library's catalogue of more than 50,000 newspaper and periodical title holdings in Colindale has been published on the web. The catalogue includes all United Kingdom...
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Anglo-French e-biz
CERAM Sophia Antipolis, the French graduate school of management and technology, and the Entrepreneurship Centre of Cambridge University have agreed to cooperate in teaching and research. The aim of...
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Apple sales initiative
Apple has refocused on education in the European market, launching a strategy at BETT2001 in London this week. The computer company, which is suffering from falling sales, has created two European...
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Gates offers way up
Washington state's largest private scholarship programme is being established through a $100 million (£66.5 million) gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A partnership between the...
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Freefund runs out
Freefund.com - a commercial website that gave students free access to information on scholarships and bursaries - has folded its business in the UK following "financial difficulties". The company was...
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Oz v-cs broaden appeal
The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee has upgraded its website to broaden its appeal and to provide easier access for staff and students to university activities. Among new features are pages...