Row over flutter of doubt
The row over the environmental impact of genetically modified crops has flared up among North American scientists as new research suggests commercially grown transgenic maize poses no threat to the...
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Boards choose wrong leaders
Presidents at universities in the United States are lasting for shorter and shorter terms because of stress and other problems, largely because boards of trustees are doing a poor job of finding the...
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Funding improves staff:student ratio
Substantial rises in the number of posts for teachers, researchers and support staff are promised in France's higher education and research budgets for next year. Both sectors have almost identical...
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Bison activists hunted by rival
Reprisals have begun against student activists after the re-election of the authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko as president of Belarus. The Zubr (Bison) movement campaigned for his rival the "united...
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Protesters welcome economics reforms
Economics students who protested that the way their subject was taught was too theoretical and mathematical have welcomed proposals for its reform. Recommendations for change in course content and at...
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UN deal on Serb return to Kosovo
All faculties in the displaced Serbian University of Pristina are to return to Kosovo under a provisional deal between the United Nations and the new government in Belgrade. Most will be based in the...
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US faculty advise students abroad to stay put
American students across Europe will not be panicked into rushing home following the attacks on New York and Washington, according to heads of US study programmes. Students following courses at...
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Bring innovation onto campus, expert urges
Universities have a vital role to play in the economic regeneration of local communities by fostering an enterprise culture, according to the head of Northumbria's Northern Economic Research Unit....
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US army recruits get a shot at e-study
The US army has launched an online learning initiative as part of the drive to attract recruits. The army's shortage of new personnel has eased since the devastation in New York and Washington, with...
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Scots find god more useful than cricket bat
Experts in ancient Greek at St Andrews University are enlisting the help of a shape-shifting sea god to help teach their discipline through interactive learning. They have won funding from the...
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Worn tyres are set for profitable rerun
A Leeds academic has developed a new method of tyre disposal that could add millions of pounds in value to the rubber mountains dotted across the globe. Paul Williams, senior lecturer in the...
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Raving madmen do not aid AI debate
Films such as Steven Spielberg's AI , released last weekend, run the risk of doing a disservice to science, according to an expert in the field. Linda Hitchin, senior lecturer in the Lincoln School...
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IT news in brief
Ucas targets training The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology will jointly launch a business and community training centre in Cheltenham...
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Latest international news
Student killed in Congo demonstrations One student has been killed and several lecturers arrested during protests at the University of Congo. Students and lecturers were...
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Latest UK news
Ulster v-c: our competitiveness is under threat Gerry McKenna, vice-chancellor of the University of Ulster, has said the imbalance in university research funding between Northern Ireland and...