British reject patent revamp
Leading UK scientists have rejected the introduction of a grace period during which inventors could disclose aspects of their research before filing for a patent. In the Royal Society's response to...
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Whistleblowers: Staff despair over late pay and lack of library
Staff at Nottingham Trent University's private partner college, the European School of Economics, have resorted to extreme measures in order to get paid. At the London campus of the ESE, staff have...
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Ankara
Up to 150 students at Ankara University's theology faculty failed their exams because a headscarf ban kept them from class.
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UK split over Euro council
Plans for a pan-European research council to help the continent compete with the US for the fruits of future advances have divided leading figures in UK science. Research council chief executives met...
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Foodies in Italy find a tasty way to study
Italians take their food so seriously that they are founding the first university devoted to gastronomy. "Food, eating, are basic to human existence yet gastronomic sciences have never had academic...
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50%? Done that, says top Scot
Prime minister Tony Blair wants 50 per cent of 18 to 30-year-olds in higher education by 2010. Yesterday, Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, revealed that...
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Moscow
Russian higher education is subject to more bribes than any other sector except healthcare, according to Georgiy Saratov, a former aide to President Boris Yeltsin. The number of payments and gifts to...
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Bogota
Colombia's constitutional court has ruled that students following lectures on ethics and Roman Catholic morality at university are no longer obliged to reveal their religious beliefs, after a...
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Bratislava
A bid to introduce positive discrimination for Roma at Slovakia's Comenius University has led to racism claims by activists. The top three Roma applicants will be admitted to the medical faculty if...
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Shake-up in South Africa gets green light
South African education minister Kader Asmal is fighting an impassioned defence of his bold restructuring of higher education after cabinet accepted his plan for large-scale mergers. The number of...
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Sex taboos broken
The law faculty at Uganda's Makerere University has taken on cultural taboos by condemning sexual harassment and outlining penalties for those who commit it. The move comes after female students were...
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Ghanaian duo blazes research trail
Ghana's aspiration to be a middle-income economy by 2020 is being aided by a new scholarship scheme that sends research students to the UK. Unilever chairman Niall FitzGerald launched the Unilever...
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Private postgrad pioneer launched in Lagos
Nigeria's only private postgraduate university has opened in Lagos with 50 students. The Pan African University is to focus on training managers and decision-makers in Nigeria's growing banking and...
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Australia unveils rival to Fulbright
Australia has established a scholarship scheme as an Antipodean rival to the Rhodes and Fulbright programmes. It will offer awards to 16 Australian and overseas postgraduates each year. The General...
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US imposes honour code to deter cheats
Before they took their final examinations this semester, students at the University of Maryland had to turn to a page of the test booklets and sign their names. "I pledge on my honor," each student...