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  1. Trento

    Barbara Lubisch, a sociology student from Trento, north Italy, has been awarded the first Italo-German degree from the University of Trento and the Technische Universitat of Dresden.

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  2. If they start, let's make sure that they finish

    The risk in widening participation on a tight budget ias a decline in graduation rates, warns Howard Newby. In the late 1970s, a prevalent theme of social-science analysis in the United States and in...

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  3. V-cs try to satisfy online appetite abroad

    Overseas students want to learn English, business studies and information technology online, according to research conducted on behalf of the e-university. A call for proposals for courses in these...

  4. Findings: Bark reveals pollution level

    The Darley Dale lead smelter has been recycling metal for years. It sits in the bottom of a glacial valley, yet the contour map published in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring shows the plant at...

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  5. Findings: Love-lorn hit by trauma

    Breaking up is never easy. But a study by psychologists at Plymouth and Wolverhampton universities suggests that the broken-hearted can share common post-traumatic stress symptoms with air- crash...

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  6. Who backs the bombers?

    When George W. Bush meets Tony Blair this weekend, Iraq is likely to be on the agenda. Harriet Swain and Olga Wojtas talk to the experts about a strike on Saddam. As the situation in the...

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  7. A whole host of answers to 'why should I bother?'

    From September, students with disabilities will be able to take legal action against institutions that fail to meet their needs, and it is likely that universities will be named and shamed if they...

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  9. Classic sleuth with a tartan twist

    His first book was described as Plato's Republic with a body count. Huw Richards talks to academic-turned-crime writer Paul Johnston. If Paul Johnston were the sort of person who sought scapegoats,...

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  10. Fuelling the fight for a free nation

    Raymond Suttner looks at intellectuals' role in the growth of the 90-year-old ANC. Although the African National Congress has not thrown up one dominant thinker - no Mao or Ho Chi Minh - over its 90-...

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  11. Recreating Cape Town

    Margo Russell talks to Robin Cohen about the changing face of Cape Town University The door to the dean's office stands open. Accessibility is one of Robin Cohen's strengths as the new dean of...

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  13. Royalty's rhyme and reason

    The death last week of the Queen Mother was seen by many as marking the end of an era. But Declan Quigley argues that while the modern monarchy may have lost much of its influence, for many it...

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