Rector to the rescue
Glasgow University students, who have called for the resignation of their elected rector, actor Ross Kemp, must be looking enviously at St Andrews. The students are annoyed at Mr Kemp's absence, but...
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Emotional online
Want to relive graduation magic? The University of Waterloo in Canada is offering webcasts of ceremonies. "If you enjoyed last year's ceremony of 940 students going up to accept diplomas......
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EU student access breached
The European Court of Justice has censured the Italian government for imposing restrictions on the right of students from other European Union states to live and study in Italy. It found that...
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Scotland booms, England bombs
A boom in the number of Scottish students has followed changes to funding north of the border while English universities struggle to meet expansion targets this year. Just under 2,000 more Scottish...
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NEWS Privatisation of universities is on the agenda FEATURES Seymour Martin Lipset on US politics, why socialism failed in North America and why it is likely to meet a similar fate elsewhere RESEARCH...
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Dental debts are biting hard
Dental students graduate with about £6,000 more debt than an average student, according to the British Dental Association. In a survey of 13 UK dental schools in February, it found the...
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Don's Diary
Day 1 Struggle of packing is overshadowed by worries about getting to airport. Britain is petrol-parched. But destination Jakarta is awash with it - at less than 9p a litre. Day 2 At my hotel receive...
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Washington
Drug convictions barred almost 7,000 of the 9 million United States students who applied for federal aid for this autumn from some or all of their financial aid, according to the US Education...
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Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso's ministry of education has closed the country's university after students decided to continue a strike in support of increased bursaries and scholarships. The 2000-01 academic year may...
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Lords question medical school places increase
Lords have questioned whether the government can meet its commitment to increased medical school numbers in the light of redundancies at Imperial and Queen Mary and Westfield colleges. In a debate in...
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Colleges join forces to give Northeast a boost
Six colleges - City of Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Tynemouth - have joined forces as the Tyne & Wear Further Education Consortium to boost the region'...
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Small research groups hit by GR funding axe
Small research groups will be hit hard by the proposed abolition of generic research (GR) funding, which aims to encourage collaborative research that has no single beneficiary, a report warned this...
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31,000 teachers short by 2004, say Tories
The United Kingdom will be 31,000 teachers short by 2004, according to Conservative Party projections. Shadow education secretary Theresa May this week accused the government of arrogance in their...
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Foundation degree not enough, says provost
Students will not be satisfied by two-year foundation degrees, said Roderick Floud, provost of London Guildhall University, when he spoke at Gresham College last week on the government's target to...
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Imperial nets Pounds 27m from star alumnus
Imperial College has received £ million from an alumnus who has gone on to become one of the most successful technology investment managers in America. Gary Tanaka, principal and director...