Scots face loss of over 1,400 jobs
At least 700 Scottish academics and another 700 non-academic staff could be made redundant if Government budget cuts go ahead. The Association of University Teachers Scotland and the Committee of...
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Multiple births stir doubts
Private universities are labouring against opposition, reports Rebecca Warden from Barcelona PRIVATE universities are on the increase in Spain. There are now ten, teaching some 70,000, or just 1.7...
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Socrates drop-out leads to shake-up
The European Commission was this week urgently revising its new Socrates exchange programme following the loss of a major British player and warnings of a Europe-wide credibility crisis. The...
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Catholics 'too free with names'
Private universities are labouring against opposition, reports Rebecca Warden from Barcelona WHAT'S in a name? If the dispute over the Free University of Catalonia is anything to go by, the answer...
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Female freshers take lead
AUSTRALIAN women university students not only outnumber their male counterparts but are also outperforming them easily, according to the latest research. So seriously do the researchers take the...
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Natal sheds staff and courses as cuts bite
THE UNIVERSITY of Natal has become the first in South Africa to begin shedding jobs following cuts to government funding. Around 46 staff have been told they are to be retrenched or redeployed, and...
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Archaeologists survive kidnapping
A LEADING Mayan specialist, who nearly lost his life while on an archaeological dig, has found out the hard way that cultural sensitivity and diligent preparation can only go so far. University of...
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Students die in Kenya riots
THE UNIVERSITY of Nairobi has closed indefinitely after 14 people, four of them students, died in clashes between the police and opposition pro-reform activists. A university spokesman said...
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Dropouts promised new jobs in schools
STUDENTS who have dropped out of university are to be employed in schools as part of the new French government's drive to tackle youth unemployment. French schools are to take on 40,000 young people...
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University challenged over block on degree
AN ITALIAN student has taken her university to the European Court of Human Rights over its decision to block her graduation because she has completed her degree in three years rather than the four...
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Cafe society drives ideas off the menu
The Astronomer Royal was unequivocal. There was, alas, no staff club on the island in Sue Lawley's Desert Island Discs. He would miss the stimulation, inspiration, correction and indeed the company...
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Blunkett's time to make up his mind
Next week the report of the committee of inquiry into higher education will be published. Thanks to the working habits of the chairman, Sir Ron Dearing, the ground has been well prepared. Interest...
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Gene patents rattle scientists
THIS WEEK's decision on biotechnology patenting in the European Parliament is of more than passing interest to Britain's science community. Redrafting the European Biotechnology Patent Directive,...
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Students on the game
A Barclays Bank survey on student debt looked at how youngsters cope with little money. For some, David Barrett finds, the answer lies in prostitution CHILDREN and sex are a volatile mixture. Having...
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Don't shoot the gallery
Marcia Pointon defends university museums and art galleries against the 'think the unthinkable' lobby FINAL-YEAR students and their parents partied in the Whitworth Art Gallery earlier this month....