ACU: SA to assist foreign students
David Jobbins and John O'Leary report on the Association of Commonwealth Universities conference in Belfast. South Africa is to subsidise the study costs of international postgraduates who enrol at...
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ACU: UK shifts focus of overseas policy
David Jobbins and John O'Leary report on the Association of Commonwealth Universities conference in Belfast. Ministers are preparing a shake-up of UK educational aid, education secretary Charles...
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ACU: 'Ethics must shape global future'
David Jobbins and John O'Leary report on the Association of Commonwealth Universities conference in Belfast. Former United Nations human-rights commissioner Mary Robinson told the ACU conference that...
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Don't concentrate, it's bad for research health
Cutting funding for departments rated 4 and under is sorely misguided and will stifle progress, says Rita Gardner One matter that really irritates the government is academics' lack of public...
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Irish scrap undergraduate medicine
Ireland is to switch to graduate-only entry to medicine and other healthcare courses in a radical break with the pattern in the rest of Europe. Education minister Noel Dempsey announced plans for...
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People kinder after 9/11
On the eve of the second anniversary of the World Trade Center tragedy, research has confirmed the cliche that the world is a changed place. It shows that people's personalities have changed markedly...
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NUS £1m in debt after internet deal collapse
The National Union of Students is heading towards a £1 million deficit after the collapse of a landmark internet deal last year. National director Nick Gash confirmed this week that the union would...
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Gary Day
Whatever your age, an education now entails learning how to do something, rather than finding your own voice. I saw Educating Rita again recently and thought, you couldn't make a film like that now,...
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Don's diary: Taxing audit ends University challenge
January Almost halfway through my Association of University Teachers presidential year when the Trades Union Congress calls: would I be willing to join the team for University Challenge: The...
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Will sun shine on weathermen?
The Diary will be cheering on the Royal Meteorological Society in the final of University Challenge: the Professionals next Monday. The team, which includes Reading University research fellow Pete...
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Coffee culture of a different kind
A search for the filthiest coffee cup is the latest publicity stunt from the Royal Society of Chemistry. The society has launched the search to mark the discovery of penicillin 75 years ago. To...
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Brummie sings to foreign ears
The Brummie accent is "highly favoured by foreign visitors due to its lilting and melodious tone", according to research from, er, the University of Birmingham. PhD candidate Steve Thorne analysed...
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Deal promises sex in the park
Oxford Brookes Business School is to offer consultancy and research to its neighbouring business park, MEPC Milton Park, while providing its executive tenants with MBA courses. In return, tenant...
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No need to unwrap your lunch
Brazilian scientists say they have created an edible clingfilm. Researchers at Campinas State University in Sio Paulo made the clingfilm from amaranto flour. Florencia Cecilia Menegalli told the...
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Why I.. think students need to learn about ethics
Simon Lee Vice-chancellor Leeds Metropolitan University. All students should learn about ethics while at university - and not just in the curriculum. There is much to learn at university from the...