Prize perks at Oxford
One Oxford perk the university rarely shouts about in its bid to attract students is the wealth of prizes available. Details of the awards, announced in the university gazette last month, include £...
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Friendly competition?
The hunt for the Higgs boson is a race only in the mind of the media, particle physicists insist. They label the rivalry between Europe's Cern and the United States' Fermi Lab as friendly competition...
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Playing the name game
Every project needs a suitable name. So when Newcastle University scientists prepared to kick off a project to tackle the TB bug, they wanted something that captured a little of their deep commitment...
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In the news: Peter Jowers
The survivors of the BBC's Castaway 2000 experiment are nearing the end of their year on the remote Hebridean island Taransay. The series brought together a cross-section of society, isolated them...
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On the move
Eva Baker - co-director of the United States National Centre for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing - has been appointed chair of an international panel set up by the...
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Glittering prizes
Richard Hoggart , former warden of Goldsmiths College, London, has been awarded an honorary degree (DLitt) from the University of London . The Geological Society of America has awarded University of...
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Eyewitness
Russian president Vladimir Putin's decision to restore symbols from the country's past - including the Soviet-era national anthem and, for the armed forces, the Red Flag - has ignited uproar in...
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World watch
Rome Hundreds of Italian university students held a noisy demonstration outside St Peter's Basilica in Rome during rightwing Austrian politician Jorg Haider's audience with the pope to demand that Mr...
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World view: It is still all about learning
There is no accepted model of online education, but a good one must put students first, writes Bryan Gould E-education at university level is at the crossroads - or, more probably, at yet another in...
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Budapest retracts fraternal welcome
Hungary's education ministry wants to reduce the number of ethnic Hungarian students from neighbouring countries studying at its universities, according to a foreign office minister. During the past...
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Plans to accredit Spanish degrees
Spain is considering setting up a national accreditation agency with the power to shut down university courses that fail to make the grade. Official degrees are currently approved by the government,...
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Racism fails to deter students
Germany is a much better destination for foreign students than its unwelcoming reputation implies, according to new statistics published by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Higher...
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Law penalises penniless grads
Canada's government faces legal action over new bankruptcy rules that students claim are unfairly punishing disadvantaged graduates. In a case due to go before the Ontario court next spring, the...
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Middle classes fight CV wars for top places
With 4,400 applicants last year for just 465 seats in the entering class, Bates College in Maine is one of America's most selective schools. And some young people will do anything to get in....
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Oz wants bright foreigners to stay
Australia's federal government plans to change immigration rules to make it easier for foreign students to remain after completing their studies as part of an effort to address a growing brain drain...