Paris
The French Parliament has finally adopted a new bioethics law, five years later than originally planned. The legislation continues to ban reproductive cloning of an embryo - punishable by up to 30...
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Minsk
A report by Ukraine's Institute of Social, Economic and Political Problems on poverty among students indicates that 56.7 per cent live on less than 100,000 roubles (£25 a month.)
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Brussels
Philippe Busquin, European Union research commissioner, has failed to secure re-nomination by the Belgian government and will not be reappointed when his term of office expires at the end of October...
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London
Ethel de Keyser, veteran anti-apartheid activist and director of the Canon Collins Trust for Education in Southern Africa, which administers the Nelson Mandela Scholarship programme, has died aged 77.
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Durham, North Carolina
In a deal with Apple, Duke University is to hand out iPod digital players to all its 1,650 new students but says the goal is educational, not entertainment. A dedicated university website, modelled...
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Nairobi
The Kenya-based African Economic Research Consortium aims to increase the pool of professional economist researchers by funding a PhD and masters programme for 133 staff at 15 African universities....
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Slovenia confronts graduate glut as elections loom
Tertiary education is high on the agenda as the tiny Balkan state of Slovenia prepares for parliamentary elections. Legislation on higher vocational education went before the final session of...
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Fees for medics shatter PM's limit
Australian medical students face a A$200,000 (£79,000) bill for their training at the University of Melbourne. Critics say the fees, potentially payable from 2005, breach the commitment given by...
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Republicans want proof that universities are worth funding
With the US national election looming, Republicans in Congress are proposing to tie government aid for universities to their graduation rates. It is one of several new proposals from both Republican...
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Arab-Israeli paper written by 'messengers of peace'
Arab and Jewish journalism students at a college in northern Israel have produced a newspaper in Arabic and Hebrew for distribution with several local professional newspapers in a project aimed at...
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Centre to probe terror
The hunt is on for a US university campus to house a multimillion-dollar centre that will study what motivates terrorists and how they choose their targets. The $12 million (£6.5 million) Homeland...
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Iraq study hit by death of Briton
The sudden death of an Oxford archaeologist has ended British university involvement in a US-led project to rebuild Iraq's capacity to study its antiquities. US coordinators of the project tried to...
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Are you ready to deliver what it says on the tin?
Diana Green looks at the sticky issue of marketisation in the first of a series on how the HE Act will transform the sector Royal Assent for the Higher Education Act brought the political arguments...
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Nancy Rothwell
There is a danger British doctorates will not be seen to meet European standards, but more red tape is not the answer A PhD viva examination is a demanding and tense event, at least for the student....
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What a buckyballs-up
One would imagine that having a Nobel laureate on staff is both an ego boost and a useful marketing tool for a university - especially for one that is not part of the hallowed golden triangle. But...