NUS taps parent power to back cause
Parent power is the new force in student politics, and the National Union of Students is hoping to harness it to lobby against top-up fees in the forthcoming general election campaign. Owain James,...
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Porn site confused with university
A hacker purporting to be from the University of East London has sent thousands of emails to hotmail addresses inviting recipients to view internet porn. UEL stressed that the hacker's "address" -...
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Work placements advertised on web
Students having difficulty finding work for their placement years can now turn to a dedicated internet portal for help. Website ukplacements.com, set to be launched on February 3, aims to match...
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Don's Diary
Wednesday Make four-hour trek to airport to meet parents on their first visit to the Galápagos Islands. Hear that a fuel tanker has been stranded on San Cristóbal island, 50km away. Decide to collect...
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In the news: The Hinduja brothers
The mutual wooing of the controversial billionaire businessmen, the Hinduja brothers, and leading politicians has been subjected to minute scrutiny in recent weeks. But as new Labour's dealings with...
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Arab Open University finds home in Kuwait
A decision to base the Arab Open University in Kuwait has ended years of uncertainty but has been greeted with disappointment by Egypt, Bahrain, Lebanon and Jordan, which were competing to host the...
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Eyewitness: Czech media crisis
Tens of thousands of Czechs flocked to Prague's Wenceslas Square last month to support striking journalists at the state television station. The crisis began as a newsroom dispute over the...
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Moonlight gets blackout
Morocco has barred second jobs for academics, but Hassan Bouzidi says dons find it hard to make ends meet A new law that has barred Moroccan university teachers from having a job outside teaching...
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World watch
Washington United States education secretary Roderick Paige confirmed plans by the new Bush administration to increase the maximum Pell grant for first-year students by more than 50 per cent to $5,...
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Right to protest takes precedence
Concordia University in Montreal is to allow final-year students to defer examinations to join thousands of protesters at a forthcoming trade conference in Quebec City. For months, many students have...
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Effects of Toronto strike still felt
A class-action suit, interdepartmental divisions and a compressed timetable are some of the lingering effects of a 78-day strike at Toronto's York University. As 2,400 sessional instructors and...
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Loan write-offs lead to a rise in student debt
New Zealand's abolition of interest on students' loans while students are studying is being blamed for a projected NZ$4.5 billion (£1.34 billion) rise in future debt. An annual government report...
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Ministers row over virtual college
Australia's political leaders have clashed over university access as the parties limber up for a general election predicted to be in November. Kim Beazley, leader of the opposition Labor Party,...
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Net reaches rural China but threatens teaching
China's ministry of education has taken more tentative steps into the online learning environment, allowing 25 universities to carry out internet trials. The number of Chinese universities offering...
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Oz buys British to sell world English
The University of Melbourne has bought the Edinburgh School of English, in Scotland, as part of its plans to establish a worldwide network of offshore English language schools. The purchase is the...