Diploma class sues college
A class of students is suing its former college for failing to properly equip them for professional careers, even though some successfully achieved their qualifications. Six students are seeking "...
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Why fans put the boot in
Actual hooligans play only a minor role in violence among English football fans, according to Liverpool University social psychologist Clifford Stott. He believes that the labelling of England fans...
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Digging up the glittering past
The cold glint of hard currency dug up by metal-detector enthusiasts is revealing the forgotten lives of English traders and citizens during the Dark Ages. Numismatists at the Fitzwilliam Museum in...
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Students promote spirit of venture
A group of Edinburgh University students is to launch a society to encourage graduates to think about starting their own business. The Edinburgh Entrepreneurial Society (ESoc) aims to follow the lead...
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Peers back contract staff
Peers have called on the government and institutions to do more to tackle problems emerging from the growing number of academics employed on short-term contracts in universities and colleges....
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Analysis: Arts and design put on a good RAE show
Creative subjects have started to focus on research. Caroline Davis reports. Funding chiefs have already revealed that half the staff returned in this year's research assessment exercise work in...
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Analysis: You've got to be loud and proud
In an era of increased competition, image is everything and the university that rests on its laurels is destined to lose out. Alison Utley reports. Image is all in the modern university. Parents,...
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Vintage Tuscans blend skill
Wine and wine-making are an inalienable part of Tuscan culture and the three largest universities in the region - Florence, Siena and Pisa - have joined forces to set up a "wine university". The...
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OECD finds it pays to graduate
An objective measure of the economic and social value of a degree across the developed world has been devised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is to publish a...
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EU researcher mobility scheme had 'conflicts of interest'
The European Union's financial watchdog has criticised the EU's Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme. It claims that procedures for the awarding of grants have been too lax, risking "...
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Oz aids remote learners
A project involving the University of Papua New Guinea and Charles Sturt University in New South Wales has received a A$770,000 (£282,000) federal contract to provide distance-education courses for...
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News in brief
Beijing Universities and colleges in China enrolled more than 2.6 million freshmen this year, 800,000 more than last year. The most popular fields of study were science and engineering and liberal...
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Russia in row over reheated 'secrets'
A treason case brought against a physicist who signed a 10 million rouble (£240,000) contract to sell satellite technology to the Chinese has highlighted the risks impoverished Russian scientists run...
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Berlin woos young spooks
Prospects for graduate employment in Germany may be bleak as the economy slides into recession, but one employer is busy hiring: the German spy service. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) is trawling...
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Students find gold in dropouts
Enterprising students have turned a failure of the German higher education system into an e-business success: they have set up a website to help student dropouts. The site offers more than sympathy...