Programmers sign up for Pygmalion treatment
Information technology students at Munich's Technical University are being offered a course in manners and social conduct. Participants are nerds - young talented people whose social skills are often...
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New York Human Rights Watch has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian sociologist Saadeddin Ibrahim and three colleagues who are appealing against jail sentences for offences...
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Course aims to rebuild trust
The rectors of Belgrade University and Sarajevo University have met for the first time since the end of the Balkan conflict. In Rome this month, they presented a joint programme of postgraduate...
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Plucky Poland defies the odds
Nick Holdsworth looks at the battles and victories of former Communist countries as they move towards joining the EU and the Bologna Process. Universities in Poland have changed beyond recognition in...
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Communist regimes in Eastern Europe a decade on
When the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe toppled one by one more than a decade ago, university reforms flowed thick and fast from the market-friendly successor governments, many with academics...
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Change of heart opens the door to success
Poland's Communist government used to claim that its society was particularly well educated. But not only was the average level of education very low compared with European standards, but its quality...
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Slovakia strives to bring in the new
Nick Holdsworth looks at the battles and victories of former Communist countries as they move towards joining the EU and the Bologna Process. Slovakia has passed proposals to make universities,...
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Czechs are left in a tight spot
Nick Holdsworth looks at the battles and victories of former Communist countries as they move towards joining the EU and the Bologna Process. Charles University rector Ivan Wilhelm quit smoking 20...
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Budget targets neglected research costs
The Canadian government is to help universities meet the indirect costs of research with a C$200 million (£88 million) injection in this month's federal budget, writes Philip Fine. In the past few...
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Canada in costly state of disrepair
Canada's 90 universities need C$3.6 billion (£1.6 billion) of repairs, according to a government report. The problem of condemned buildings, leaking roofs and fallen tiles has become so bad that...
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Australian graduates are quids in
Starting salaries for graduates in Australia are at their highest level for ten years, according to a survey of 90,000 students who completed their degrees at the end of 2000. Graduate employment has...
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Tolkienite quest to conquer academe
After suffering years of derision from their colleagues, a group of academics is launching a bid to have research into the fictional works of J. R. R. Tolkien taken seriously in learned circles. A...
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Star Turn: Gerald Zavorsky
Philip Fine watches a rookie professor turn game-show host to stimulate student interest in the science of physical fitness The 25 exercise-science students were not expecting a soundtrack for their...
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Groundforce explores bugs' life
Examination of some 100 Sheffield gardens is revealing biodiversity on a startling scale. Steve Farrar reports Austin Brackenbury freely admits he has an unorthodox approach to gardening. In fact, to...
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Indian universities appeal for expat funds
The Indian government has asked its citizens living overseas to help overcome an unprecedented crisis in higher education funding following a cutback in grants to universities. Education minister...