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  1. Stanford

    Stanford University has reaped a windfall of $334 million (£180 million) after the flotation of Google in August. The web search engine was developed by two of the university's students almost ten...

  2. Luxembourg

    François Biltgen, Luxembourg's Higher Education Minister, has announced the new vice-chancellor of the embryonic University of Luxembourg. Rolf Tarrach will take up his post this month.

  3. Montreal

    McGill University has won a five-year legal battle with a former admissions director, Peggy Ann Sheppard, who sued the institution for C$1.4 million (£616,000). She had claimed wrongful dismissal for...

  4. Saratov

    Researchers at Russia's Institute of Organic Synthesis Technologies, which until 1992 led the Soviet chemical weapons programme, have gone on hunger strike over salaries unpaid for more than a year.

  5. Jerusalem

    Haifa University is standing by its decision to give David Radler, chairman of the Jerusalem Post , an honorary degree despite his involvement in the dispute between Lord Black and Hollinger...

  6. Madrid

    Erasmus, the European Union's student exchange scheme, has been given the Prince of Asturia's Award - Spain's top honour for international cooperation.

  7. Collective efforts lift us all to the starry heights

    Everyone everywhere gains by combining competition with collaboration in higher education, argues Charles Vest In its new ranking of the world's 200 best universities, The Times Higher found the top...

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  8. Gary Day

    Derrida's philosophy is confusing, particularly as he denied having one. Still, it's worth trying to tap along to his rhythm A couple of weeks ago I opened the paper to find that Superman had died,...

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  9. Hit with Mrs

    Those watching the new Higher Education Minister Kim Howells to try to ascertain his priorities may have spotted that part-time education is one of his pet causes. But it appears this is not entirely...

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  10. No chemistry among Tories...

    With a British election looming, researchers may be interested to hear that the Conservative Party seems to be struggling to find any MPs who are interested in science. A member of the House of...

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  11. ...but plenty of volatile reactions

    Of course, it could be that news of the rivalry on the committee has made it a less than tempting place to spend one's time. One government source revealed last week that the need to elect a...

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  12. Poll positions

    On the subject of elections, Paul Boateng, Chief Secretary at the Treasury, did not appear confident of a Labour victory when he appeared before the Science and Technology Committee this week. When...

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  13. Pparc life

    Interviews are under way for a new chief executive of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council to step into the bullish Ian Halliday's shoes when he retires next April. Scientists are...

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  14. Reunited: 'in my day, we rarely stayed in college'

    I hadn't been back to my old department at University College London since finishing my degree more than 25 years ago, and the first thing I noticed was that, while I remember it as the Bartlett...

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