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Force is with Skywalker Blair, not Tigger Hague Students associate prime minister Tony Blair with goody-two-shoes Star Wars character Luke Skywalker and Ann Widdecombe with puppet moggy Bagpuss, a...
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Financial Times Researchers at the University of Greenwich have been investigating the properties of diatomaceous earth for protecting stored food from pests, a technique that dates back at least 4,...
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US Supreme Court upholds affirmative action The United States Supreme Court has backed race-based admissions after years of lower court rulings, as well as referendums, that have chipped away at the...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Plans for a £22 million modern extension of the Royal College of Art are to be unveiled. The building could be the standard-bearer for future art and design teaching...
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Hefce funds fee impact study Funding chiefs are examining how tuition fees affect the participation and choices of higher education students. The study is one of...
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Natfhe calls for governance ombudsman Delegates at lecturers' union Natfhe's annual conference have called for an ombudsman to deal with concerns about governance in post-school education....
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Domain name sparks trademark battle The University of North Carolina is seeking $100,000 (£70,600) in damages from the originators of an adult website that uses “UNC” in its domain name. The...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Barry Cunliffe, professor of European archaeology at Oxford, has turned the belief that the Romans brought civilisation to the barbarians of Britain upside down by claiming that the...
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Next week
NEWS New shape of London's universities; Election 2001: the academic candidates. FEATURES Professor Jones, MPhil, PhD, MP: how standing for Parliament affects political scientists' academic studies....
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Indebted students lambast penalties
Universities around the country were accused of being heavy-handed after thousands of students were threatened with sanctions over failure to pay tuition fees. Many have already been excluded. Ben...
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Whistleblowers
Sacked lecturer Janet Enever has been reinstated at Nottingham Trent University following an outcry over the way she was treated. The THES reported earlier this month that Ms Enever had been formally...
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'Fleet-footed' bid to deal with shortfall
The University of Sunderland has decided to downsize after a period of rapid expansion in the early 1990s left it "extremely vulnerable", according to vice-chancellor Peter Fidler. It is one of a...
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Don's Diary
Sunday Been in Nicaragua almost a week. The generator is failing; mirrors have been etched by volcanic fumes; fuses are blowing everywhere; then just when everything seems to be running OK, the PC...
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On the move
The Biotechnology and Biological Research Council has appointed to its council: Cheryll Tickle , professor of developmental biology at the University of Dundee; Tom Kirkwood , head of the department...
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Blunkett on the ball
Not content with fighting an election and plotting a new career at the Home Office, David Blunkett appears on the front page of Supporters Direct , a government-backed newsletter for people setting...