Aussie reforms doomed
Australia's higher education reforms are likely to "implode" within four years, a former education bureaucrat said last week. Michael Gallagher, one-time head of the Federal Education Department's...
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US college criticised over Taco Bell Arena
American universities are courting controversy by selling naming rights to corporations to pay for major construction projects. The basketball arena at Boise State University has been renamed for the...
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Loan firm aims to aid middle class
The University of British Columbia in Vancouver is investigating a deal with a private loan company that will bail out middle-class students who fail to qualify for government financial aid schemes....
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French crisis cash
François Fillon, France's Minister for Education and Research, said he would release emergency funds after university presidents threatened to close university buildings that are not up to scratch....
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Canberra
A federal fellowship scheme has lured 25 top international scientists to Australia. The academics, mainly employed at US and the UK institutions, include three from Oxford University, one from...
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Washington DC
Tuition fees at private universities and colleges in the US are to rise by 6 per cent in 2004-05, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities predicted.
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Yaounde
Female students at the National University of Cameroon have displayed posters with the names of 31 lecturers they accuse of sexual and financial harassment on the university's main gate and passed...
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Washington DC
The US State Department has exempted the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana from new regulations restricting study in Cuba to programmes of at least ten weeks. About 80 US citizens are at...
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Central Asia
Ceremonies in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan this month marked the beginning of construction of the first two campuses of the University of Central Asia, which aims to foster economic and social...
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Beat bitterness with a little of le fairplay
Rules regulating peer review are not perfect, but, says Ruth Morse, the French believe they have a solution. Peer review is flawed, but, like democracy, it is a great deal better than the next best...
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Jobwatch: Well-funded fellowships
One of the toughest challenges for young academics is making the leap from postgraduate study into a full-time contract. Victoria Gittins reports on a scheme that might just help. Oxford Brookes...
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Who got that job?
Gabriella Giannachi Reader/Senior lecturer in Drama, University of Exeter Job advertised in The Times Higher , November 28 2003 An investment of £3.7 million in the drama department at Exeter...
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The lecture louts vs the academy's faithful
The rise of boorishness, indifference, arrogance and laziness in students is damaging all aspects of university life, according to Alan Clements. My best students have never been better. They use...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Serena Olsaretti Age: 32 Job: University lecturer in political philosophy and teaching fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. Salary : About £33,000....
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Students 'lack basics'
More than half of vice-chancellors fear that first-year students lack the basic skills needed to study for a degree, according to a survey by the Conservative Party. Fifty-four per cent of vice-...