Apathy is no laughing matter
Apathy has sunk to a new low at Glasgow University, where students have failed to nominate anyone for the post of rector, their representative on the university court, writes Olga Wojtas. The court...
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Welsh eye generous grants to offset fees
Maintenance grants for Welsh students should be "significantly higher" than those proposed in England, according to the academic who is leading a review of higher education funding and student...
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Marks in class count less than class marks
Students from deprived backgrounds struggle to find jobs, Alison Utley reports Growing numbers of students from deprived backgrounds struggling to enter higher education are likely to find themselves...
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Coup for Warwick as NHSU selects it as principal partner
The National Health Service University has announced that Warwick University will be its principal academic partner as it aims to transform health and social care education and win university status...
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Balancing act is main bar to women in science
The struggle to balance work and family is the main challenge faced by female scientists and engineers in academe, according to a study presented to the annual meeting of the American Association for...
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Old notes reveal life of musical 'hellraiser'
A Nottingham University musicologist has uncovered the colourful life of a "hellraiser" composer from a famous Methodist family whose genius has only recently gained recognition. Samuel Wesley, whose...
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King's head appeals for support for part-timers
The recently appointed head of one of Cambridge University's most prestigious colleges has called on the government to provide more funding for part-time students and the institutions that cater for...
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Berlin
Almost 1,500 German students and graduates are studying in former Soviet Union and former Warsaw Pact countries about to join the European Union under a E2.5 million (£1.7 million) initiative by the...
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Babylon
The University of Babylon and the Slovene-run child welfare organisation Together are to set up a local network for the psychosocial wellbeing of the city's children. The project is funded by the...
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Prague
A Slovak government plan to introduce student loans and tuition fees of 3,600-21,900 koruna (£60-£365) seems likely to cause a brain drain to the neighbouring Czech Republic, where young Slovaks will...
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Bujumbura
Lecturers at Burundi's National University are threatening to refuse to work until several months of salary arrears are paid. The government has appealed to donor countries for a $12 million (£6.3...
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Montreal
Three Canadian universities, Concordia and McGill, in Montreal, and Simon Fraser in Vancouver, are considering including lavatories for transexuals and other people refusing to conform to male or...
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Snatched in Sudan, captive in Khartoum
Trafficking of humans is a global crisis, writes Harold Hongju Koh, but there are ways in which we can stem the flow. The US State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices identify at...
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'Cherrypicking' a fight with Saddam
Intelligence on Iraq was the victim of spin, argues Philip Davies, as politicians took a selective approach to the presentation of the facts. Britain is facing the fourth inquiry into the war with...
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A health 'hack' who wants to put something back
Former BBC editor Niall Dickson was seen as a surprising choice to lead a health research think-tank. Terry Philpot looks at what he has to offer the King's Fund. I hope you'll be kind. I've only...