Initiation ritual to be scrutinised
South Africa's Human Rights Commission is to investigate initiation rites after a student at the University of Stellenbosch was knocked down and killed while walking along a highway with a group of...
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Austrian plan to cut red tape causes rift
Plans to shorten the time spent by students in higher education in Austria by reducing bureaucracy have sparked a clash between university authorities and the education ministry. The ministry wants...
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Patent laws come under fire
Regulations controlling intellectual property rights need to be radically overhauled to ensure the free exchange of knowledge, according to John Howkins, chairman of the Collaboration and Ownership...
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Aberdeen bridges e-business skills gap with £1m package
Aberdeen University has won £1 million to launch a training package in e-commerce technology in September. The computing science department has attracted funding from the Engineering and Physical...
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First-time high-flyers
Students who are the first in their families to go to university will be helped by a new online service launched last Friday by Manchester-based entrepreneur Anthony Wilson. The uni4me project is the...
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Net loses appeal for Spanish innovators
Budding entrepreneurs in Spain have gone off the internet. Ninety per cent of ideas presented to investors at business school IESE's New Business Forum in Barcelona last year were e-businesses. This...
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SuperJan will speed up virtual exchange
The launch of SuperJanet4 means the first stage of the high-speed network's transformation from a higher education research tool to the backbone of a national e-learning grid has been completed....
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Vet school invites 20 spin-offs to share its space
A new biotechnology innovation centre owned by the Royal Veterinary College is to offer accommodation for up to 20 companies in central London. The London BioScience Innovation Centre, at the Camden...
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£350,000 donation aids student employability
The Institute for System Level Integration (which brings together the engineering and computing expertise of four Scottish universities) has been given $500,000 (£350,000) of software to make its...
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Firm to boost Notts' status
Nottingham Trent University is strengthening its bid to become a "truly entrepreneurial university" by appointing an enterprise company with a board of business leaders. The company, to be known as...
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Public interest comes before industry profits
The aims of science and business frequently clash. David Packham calls for an improved code of practice. Earlier this month, the government announced that £15 million of public money was to be made...
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The poorest years of your life
Poverty is leading to mental illness among students and robbing them of an enriching experience, says Denise Meyer. Poverty is leading to mental illness among students and robbing them of an...
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Why I believe a new drive is needed to stamp out institutional racism
By Anita Sharda, Policy adviser, sociologist and former equal opportunities officer at the University of Hertfordshire. Over the past year, I have been an independent member of the home secretary's...
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Shunned six made to fight for survival
The government's student-funding policies have plunged new universities into crisis, lecturers' leaders and university managers claimed this week. Six universities have been placed under emergency...
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