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Bill unveiled for $1bn university quake fund Two California congressmen are sponsoring a bill to set up a $1 billion trust fund to help universities revamp their buildings to withstand earthquakes....
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Mandarin admits policy entangled in red tape Education department chief Sir Michael Bichard admitted to MPs yesterday that education policy, such as the teaching quality assessment, had become overly...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times The University of Liverpool has positioned itself as a centre for the next generation of dotcom entrepreneurs by unveiling the first UK degree in e-business. The Independent Thousands...
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Oxford attacked over race bias Oxford University’s Majlis Asian society has said it is concerned about the university’s attitude to race issues. It is particularly outraged by Oxford's handling of an...
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Violence erupts over Venezuelan protest Academics and students at the Central University of Venezuela were among the injured as students who want an end to a month-long occupation over university...
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Financial Times King's College, London, is to borrow £60m to help fund investments - the biggest unsecured loan raised by a British university. The Guardian The saga of quality assessment in British...
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£18 million for technology partnerships Trade secretary Stephen Byers today announced eight new Faraday partnerships for researching environmentally friendly technology. The £18 million for the...
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Financial Times Interview with Gabriel Hawawini, Insead's new dean, regarded by some as a conservative choice but who has a radical vision of the school's future. Berkeley's Haas School of Business...
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Latest international news
Russians jail American scholar An American Fulbright scholar who denied selling marijuana while a postgraduate researcher at Russia's Voronezh State University has been sentenced to three...
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The education of the exiled
Afghan women plan to defy the Taliban ban by setting up their own university in Pakistan. Bernard Leeman reports. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan has launched a challenge to...
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Russian students forced to act as unpaid labour
Students at some Russian universities are being forced to act as unpaid labour, cleaning up campuses and turning out for demonstrations to please local politicians. Earlier this month, busloads of...
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Spain to scrap entry exams
The Spanish government has unveiled plans to abolish national university entrance exams and to introduce a test for would-be lecturers. Other changes in the long-awaited proposals for the...
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£600,000 a year to solve our problems
A Swiss foundation that aims to enhance Geneva's role in international cooperation, solving problems relating to peace, human rights, equitable social relations and sustainable development, has...
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Sealed Turkish archives could support genocide claims
Academic access to Turkey's Ottoman archives, which could shed light on Armenian claims of a genocide, is being manipulated by the authorities. The Turkish government has disputed motions in European...
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Small-town mindset keeps young home
Young Australians from urban areas are far more likely to attend university than those outside the big cities, according to a team of researchers with the federal education department. The main cause...