Scanner fingers students
Thai masters students are giving the thumbs-down to lectures before they even begin, thanks to the introduction of fingerprint scanners. Thai universities are much stricter than British ones when it...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Most of the new science centres, funded by the National Lottery through the Millennium Commission, are beating their attendance targets. David Pilling writes that this week's High...
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Atheist attacks church attitude
One of Italy's most eminent philosophers, Paolo Flores d'Arcais, has jumped into the controversy over the attitude of the Catholic church to the growing presence of Muslim immigrants. Professor...
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Bosnian Croats see merger as threat to identity
Bosnian Croat students in Mostar have staged protests against plans to amalgamate its two universities - one on the west bank of the Neretva river, with mainly Croatian students, and one on the east...
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European students secure Lang's backing for a role in making policy
A demand for a stronger student voice at the higher levels of European higher education decision-making was due to be presented to European Union education ministers in Brussels this week. Jack Lang...
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Protest ban fails to deter Arabs
The decision by Israel's university heads to ban political activity on campuses in the first week of the academic year failed to deter the country's Israeli Arab students from their long-term...
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More trainee teachers drop out under Labour
Dropout rates among postgraduate trainee teachers increased dramatically in the first two years of Labour's administration, according to the latest figures. The proportion of students who started...
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Soap star humbly resigns rectorship
Television star Ross Kemp, the student-elected rector of Glasgow University, has resigned four weeks after a no-confidence vote from the Students' Representative Council. Students questioned Mr Kemp'...
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Maybe it's because of my state of mind
Simon Thurley considers the protean nature of England's capital city Books about London are currently almost two a penny. London's continued economic prosperity and cultural revival seem to be a gold...
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Does my life make social science?
The Turn to Biographical Methods in Social Science
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Field day for reflexive method
Pascalian Meditations
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Know your human rights
Values for a Godless Age
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An alternative version of art
The Oxford History of Western Art
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Practice makes... we are not sure
Thomas Kuhn