Don's Diary
Friday Higher education unions' rally in London - excellent turnout - followed by march to Universities UK headquarters to lobby their board meeting. A new chant is initiated: "One, two, three, yuk...
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In the news: Ken Livingstone
Newt-loving Ken Livingstone has extended his affection to lowly paid academics and debt-ridden students. This week, the maverick mayor of London hosted a conference on further and higher education in...
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Run for your money
Michael Driscoll, vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, is to take part in his first London marathon in April to raise money for the university's scholarship fund. Professor Driscoll aims to raise...
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A true sur-viva
A few weeks ago, we heard about students as victims of crime, but what about students as perpetrators? A story doing the rounds - and we do hope it is not an urban myth - suggests that even when...
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Trouble brewing
Under normal circumstances, asking students to "just say no" to beer would be a forlorn hope. But student leaders in Northern Ireland expect widespread support this week as they urge students to pour...
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Glittering prizes
The University of Glasgow has announced the following honorary degrees to celebrate its 550th anniversary. Doctors of the university : HRH Otumfuo Osei Tutu II , king of Asante; former vice-principal...
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Avoid logging on to despair
A sceptical Dorothy Zinberg faces the dark side of internet euphoria and urges a little cyber restraint. Long before the Nasdaq's unexpected 50 per cent plunge almost a year ago, I had begun to...
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Eyewitness: Moscow fears over Cyrillic script switch
Tatarstan, a semi-autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, is preparing to switch the script used for the Tatar language from Cyrillic to the Turkish variant of the Latin alphabet. Next month,...
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World watch
Padua Paolo Pasimeni, the chemistry student son of a 60-year-old chemistry professor at Padua University, clubbed his father to death in his laboratory when his forgery of examination results came to...
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Czechs prepare to talk the EU talk
Czech civil servants are to learn English with the help of a three-year British Council-inspired scheme to promote language skills among officials working on entry to the European Union. "English for...
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English aids global ideas
Milan's Università Bocconi is to offer a degree course taught exclusively in English from next year, mostly to foreign students and with many of the lecturers recruited from abroad. The three-year...
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Old enemies bury the hatchet to open world of opportunity
German and Polish universities are setting aside historical enmities and are concentrating on intensifying their cooperation. Exchange programmes and joint academic ventures are already conquering...
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Students go on the warpath over fees
Austrian students are trying to force their government to halt plans to introduce tuition fees by the end of the year by taking the issue to the people. The students' union, the OeH, is furious that...
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Canadians cut spend on salaries
Canadian universities are spending proportionately less on academic salaries, leading to criticism of their sense of priorities. According to figures from the Canadian Association of University...
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Students riot after first-year is shot dead
Unknown gunmen have killed a student at Makerere University, sparking riots that led to the arrest of scores of students and several soldiers who fired on rioting students. Students blocked roads...