Findings: Breakthrough in heli-science
The tiny unmanned helicopter smoothly corkscrewed through 360 degrees, prompting the small crowd gathered below in a field on the outskirts of Boston to burst into applause, writes Steve Farrar. The...
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British historians accused of "distorting" Indian history
Murali Manohar Joshi, the Indian education minister, has accused British historians of "distorting" Indian history and has vowed to correct the "colonial tilt", writes Hasan Suroor. "It's time to...
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Campus shuts to students over polls
Students at the University of Zimbabwe will return a month late from their summer break after this weekend's presidential elections. The last thing the government of president Robert Mugabe wanted...
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Kenyan women turn down study opportunities
Only 35 per cent of the more than 11,000 students who will get places at Kenya's public universities this year will be women, even though the government offered them places on lower grades than male...
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Cable channels fight on campus
Music video network MTV is planning a channel aimed at students in American universities and colleges. The 24-hour service will be delivered via campus cable TV systems to reach students in...
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State opts for fee freedom
British Columbia has become the first Canadian province to deregulate undergraduate tuition fees, giving its six universities the freedom to set fees as they choose. None of the province's...
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US shows a passion for Pashto
The United States government has dramatically increased funding for the study of the Middle East, South Asia and other strategically important regions and their languages in the largest such...
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Dutch take nibble at Big Apple
The University of Amsterdam is to establish a centre in New York to enhance academic links between the two cities. For the past ten years, the university has been working closely with New York...
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Tricky poetic licence
A new interpretation of Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is circulating among staff at the University of Cambridge. The poem tells how the walrus and the carpenter trick dozens of...
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Riches of kings
David Starkey has become the highest-paid television presenter after signing with Channel 4. Dr Starkey's deal represents £75,000 for every hour he appears on television. He will present an 18-hour...
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No time for tremors
Turkish universities have toiled long and hard to introduce a state-of-the-art earthquake-warning system in the country. But, according to the Turkish Daily News, the system they developed remains...
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Bottling out of record
Student medics at the University of Newcastle were left with a giant hangover last week after their attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by drinking the largest ever tequila slammer...
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Shock-jock don?
Chris Woodhead, the former chief inspector of schools, has joined the University of Buckingham as a research professor. He plans to demonstrate how the extension of independent education in the...
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Exeter gets new v-c
Steve Smith was this week named vice-chancellor of the University of Exeter. He will succeed Sir Geoffrey Holland on October 1. Professor Smith is senior pro vice-chancellor for academic affairs and...
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Commons debut
Well done Huw Irranca-Davies, who made his debut as Labour's newest MP at the House of Commons last week after winning his Ogmore seat through a byelection last month. Dr Irranca-Davies was a senior...