Pay offer rejected as unions bide time
The academic trade unions have forced employers to scrap plans to tie staff into a two-year pay deal, hoping that their claim for better salaries will be boosted next year by extra income from the...
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Lonely pets can have a ball while owner is at work
A product design student at Robert Gordon University has created a "friend" to entertain home-alone dogs that suffer from stress and anxiety, writes Olga Wojtas. Gayle Walker, who graduates this...
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Welsh fee deal 'may cost jobs'
An "historic" deal on top-up fees in Wales could threaten lecturers' jobs by allowing the Assembly to "fudge" a promise to tackle a £330 million funding gap between higher education in Wales and the...
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Research elite fear high cost of quality test
Australian universities expect to face their first research quality assessment a year later than federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson had planned - in 2007, rather than 2006 - and leading...
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SA speeds up in space race
Space science used to be the preserve of a few high-technology countries but a growing number of African nations are developing space capabilities. Last month, South Africa announced plans to set up...
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Toronto staff win work right
Mandatory retirement has been abolished at Canada's largest university and is on the way out in the country's largest province. From July 1, academics and librarians at the University of Toronto can...
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Expats face job losses
Japan's foreign university lecturerships are being phased out but Japanese lecturers can now take industrial action as a consequence of the denationalisation of universities and their transformation...
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Chinese whisper
Tough measures to reduce distractions and to control cheating were taken in China this year as an estimated 8.67 million students sat college entrance examinations - 1.44 million more than in 2004....
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Second swig of ancient tipple
Archaeologists from Siena University and botanists from the University of Milan aim to reconstruct the DNA of the vines that the Etruscans and their ancestors used to make wine. The project is...
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Russian case settled
Harvard University has settled a case in which it alleged that two of its employees had used inside information to invest in Russian companies while advising Russian officials on capitalism. Andrei...
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US and Asian rivals to meet
Presidents from American and Asian universitiesJwill meet for the first time this week to discuss preserving and expanding collaborations as competition for students intensifies, writes Jon Marcus ....
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Get Africa's educational heart to beat once more
Long-term investment in African higher education is key to solving its problems, says Bill Rammell Africa's universities are at the heart of Africa's future. Good universities build human and...
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Gary Day
Attempts to teach only what is perceived to be relevant denies students the chance to explore life and art through literature I wonder if other subjects have the same trouble that English does? I can...
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Simon Blackburn finds a little harmony on a fenland drain
The May Bumps, Cambridge Take wing, my soul, the May Bumps are here. The sun is out, and Zuleika has arrived from Oxford. Perfect Cambridge, willows and limes reflected in the water, honey for tea,...
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Why I... feel lack of work experience at university has kept me from getting a job
Helen Davey, graduate with a first-class honours in English and music Students nationwide will soon be replacing baggy jeans and scruffy trainers with long dark robes and pointy hats as they embrace...