Glittering prizes
Richard Hoggart , former warden of Goldsmiths College, London, has been awarded an honorary degree (DLitt) from the University of London . The Geological Society of America has awarded University of...
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Eyewitness
Russian president Vladimir Putin's decision to restore symbols from the country's past - including the Soviet-era national anthem and, for the armed forces, the Red Flag - has ignited uproar in...
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World watch
Rome Hundreds of Italian university students held a noisy demonstration outside St Peter's Basilica in Rome during rightwing Austrian politician Jorg Haider's audience with the pope to demand that Mr...
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World view: It is still all about learning
There is no accepted model of online education, but a good one must put students first, writes Bryan Gould E-education at university level is at the crossroads - or, more probably, at yet another in...
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Budapest retracts fraternal welcome
Hungary's education ministry wants to reduce the number of ethnic Hungarian students from neighbouring countries studying at its universities, according to a foreign office minister. During the past...
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Plans to accredit Spanish degrees
Spain is considering setting up a national accreditation agency with the power to shut down university courses that fail to make the grade. Official degrees are currently approved by the government,...
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Racism fails to deter students
Germany is a much better destination for foreign students than its unwelcoming reputation implies, according to new statistics published by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Higher...
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Law penalises penniless grads
Canada's government faces legal action over new bankruptcy rules that students claim are unfairly punishing disadvantaged graduates. In a case due to go before the Ontario court next spring, the...
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Middle classes fight CV wars for top places
With 4,400 applicants last year for just 465 seats in the entering class, Bates College in Maine is one of America's most selective schools. And some young people will do anything to get in....
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Oz wants bright foreigners to stay
Australia's federal government plans to change immigration rules to make it easier for foreign students to remain after completing their studies as part of an effort to address a growing brain drain...
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Millennium Magazine 2001
Our first Millennium Magazine looked back over the past 1,000 years of intellectual achievement. This follow-up looks forward and asks by what values we should live in the years to come. Auriol...
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Looking at dwarfs and cool red giants
Henry Norris Russell
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Mind your head - falling rocks
As 2001 nears, Arthur C. Clarke warns Earthlings against space invaders during the coming century. Thanks to one of the most remarkable events in the entire history of astronomy, the names Shoemaker...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an ancient Greek philosopher: "Our own observation tells us that every state is an association of...
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Prophets of doom rise for an encore
Late Antiquity