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OU boosts student enrolment Sudents enrolling at the Open University accounted for more than half the growth of undergraduate numbers last year. Undergraduate enrolments were up 2.4 per cent...
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Leadership chair named after Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu, former archbishop of Cape Town, has had a chair in leadership development at the University of Pretoria named after him....
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Financial Times A team at Edinburgh University has come up with a novel design for a tidal electricity generator. Scientists at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, have developed a ceramic foam that is...
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Blunkett unveils cuddly Labour's education manifesto Secretary of state for education David Blunkett was unveiling Labour’s education manifesto at Southampton University today. Meanwhile, prime...
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Amnesty urges Ethiopia to release academic Amnesty International has called on the Ethiopian government to free academic Mesfin Wolde-Mariam and fellow human rights activist Berhanu Nega, who were...
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Financial Times Labour has pledged to create a university to improve the training and skills of health workers. Fiona Harvey says that Itanium, developed by Intel and Hewlett-Packard, is the first of...
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Egyptian professor jailed A professor of political sociology at the American University of Cairo has been sentenced to seven years in prison for undermining the dignity of the state and related...
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Financial Times The University of Bristol has produced a radio that can run for up to 2,000 hours on a single battery. The Guardian Many of the best degree courses in Britain are to be found at the...
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Exams affected by lecturers' strike Thousands of students had their examination preparations disrupted as lecturers at 290 further education colleges staged a one-day strike over pay. Lecturers’...
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US whistleblower wins suit A former history professor has been awarded $5.3 million for intentional emotional distress after a university broke New Jersey's whistleblower law. Libero Marx Renzulli Jr...
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GM meat on the menu Food from genetically modified animals could be on sale within ten years, Ian McConnell of Cambridge University said today. Professor McConnell was speaking as a...
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Financial Times The Johnson School of Management at Cornell University and the Queen's School of Business in Kingston, Ontario, are optimistic that their planned alliance will bear fruit. Madrid's...
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Unions make claims for more cash
Almost half of all higher education institutions fell into deficit last year, with six universities £5 million or more in the red, according to Association of University Teachers figures. Stepping up...
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Election is still crucial in devolved Scotland
Academic experts are eager to see the turnout, which will reveal whether Scots see the election as "first order", of key importance, or "second order", typically local election status. Most of the...
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'We have a lot more to do'
Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone has admitted that the government's widening participation policies have done little so far to increase the numbers of students from poor backgrounds. She...