Failure to go green should be penalised
By 2010, universities and further education colleges that do not meet defined levels of sustainable development in management and curriculum could have their funding council grants withheld. The...
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'Standards' risk appearing meaningless
It may be "pointless" to try to establish nationally recognised degree standards, say experts commissioned by the Quality Assurance Agency. Without better direction from the QAA, the standards may be...
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Porn stars join the conference circuit
Pornography is boosting income at Loughborough University. Delegates staying at Burleigh Court, the university's purpose-built conference centre, are offered a choice of 12 films, costing Pounds 6.95...
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Ivy League cleans up fraternities
Boston A small, select New England college's decision to end traditional fraternities and sororities has fanned a smouldering debate across the United States about how much colleges should regulate...
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V-cs fear copyright loophole
MELBOURNE Australian vice-chancellors fear their universities will become involved in costly legal battles because the current law on copyright does not cover electronic copying and transmission. The...
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From Rome's reformer
Rome When Ortensio Zecchino took over as university and research minister last October with the creation of the latest Italian government, pundits expected him to take the wind out of his predecessor...
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German students rate east the best
Hamburg Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, students rate universities in the former communist east among the best in reunified Germany, according to a league table compiled by the news...
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Don's diary
On Vesting Day St Andrew's College merged with the University of Glasgow to form a faculty of education. Four days to Vesting Day Draft a bid for the Economic and Social Research Council's Teaching...
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Sofia
Bulgarians see corruption as less of a problem in universities than in other state sectors. A survey put university professors and administration staff 18th out of 21 professions in a corruption...
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Kuala Lumpur
Four polytechnics will open in Malaysia this year in Jahore Baru, Kota Kuala Terengganu, Seberang Perai and Kota Melaka. Five more, in Kota Kinabalu, Muadzam Shah, Kulim, Tanjung Malim and Merlimau,...
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Most vegetable life is there
The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management
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Solace for the souls of the tortured
The Good Listener: Helen Bamber
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Power in twin tongues
Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
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The great and the good - but not the Guevara
Oxford Dictionary of Political Biography
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Tools for an ideas trade
Instruments of Science