No vroom for sectarianism
Northern Ireland's subculture of "outlaw bikers" has prevented many youngsters from joining sectarian and paramilitary groups, an Ulster University academic has found. Harley-riding Paul Moore, a...
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Analysis: Dynamic sector demands respect
An industry worth £35 billion a year 'is being neglected'. Alan Thomson reports Higher education is a £35 billion-a-year Cinderella industry underappreciated by the government, according to a new...
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Campus life reinforced class divides
Higher education may have reinforced socioeconomic class divides for most of the 1970s and 1980s, writes Alan Thomson. A study by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics...
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Whistleblowers: Plagiarism scandal returns to haunt v-c
The head of one of Australia's leading academic institutions, Monash University, admitted to "a serious violation of scholarly standards" during the early research that launched his distinguished...
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Union exposes despair of hard-up students
The financial plight of the UK's students has been laid bare in thousands of letters sent to prime minister Tony Blair. More than 3,000 letters handed into Downing Street in February have been...
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Manchester admits 'sexism and hostility'
An internal review of Manchester University's department of English and American studies has concluded that it is "dysfunctional" and racked by hostility, sexism, bullying and harassment. The damning...
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Industry refuses to cough up for lab
Oxford University will open its £60 million Chemical Research Laboratory today with almost no funding from UK industry. Graham Richards, chairman of chemistry, is expected to be highly critical of...
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Society accused of stalling funding
The Royal Society was recalled by MPs this week to explain events leading up to the resignation of Bridget Ogilivie from the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science. The House of Commons...
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Bursa
Turkey's Uludag University theology department has published a book on Satanism after a spate of suicides by Turkish youths who were linked to devil worship.
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Space woman in new orbit
French premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin has enlisted a female former astronaut as minister for research and new technologies in his new government. Claudie Haigneré, 45, has been on board two space...
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IoE may abandon teacher training
One of Britain's top teacher education centres is considering abandoning training because it is no longer cost-effective. This would deal a blow to the government's drive to ease the teacher...
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Europe seeks spotlight with research conference
Plans for the largest interdisciplinary research conference in Europe are being drawn up to highlight the continent's academic cutting edge. Euroscience 2004, to be held in Stockholm in two years'...
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Latin is no longer <i> sine qua non </i>
More than 800 years of scholarly tradition will end when the last Oxbridge course to insist on Latin fluency begins admitting students who have not learned the language. Cambridge University's...
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V-cs' gravy train hits buffers
Universities are to be ordered to clamp down on vice-chancellors' pay following an investigation triggered by The THES . Payoffs for poorly performing vice-chancellors will be abolished along with...
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