Russia to overhaul entrance exams
Russia is to introduce a single, nationwide combined school leaving and university entrance examination next year, education minister Vladimir Filippov has confirmed. In a television interview, he...
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Central Asia to launch first course in mountain studies
The world's first university devoted to mountain studies is to be set up in one of Central Asia's most remote and rugged regions to focus international academic attention on mountain cultures,...
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Smarter thinking
Two seminars to provide information to academics and businesses about the People at the Centre of Communication and Information Technologies research (Paccit Link) programme are being held next...
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Edinburgh gold
A new website administered by Edinburgh University will allow sports commentators at the forthcoming Olympics to call on fascinating facts to add depth to their coverage. Among the most intriguing...
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More credit
The Open University has launched an online service that allows prospective students to log on and access a step-by-step guide to credit transfer with confirmation on whether previous studies qualify...
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Sources of research funding
Each week we list funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL www.nerc.ac.uk Marine Productivity: physical...
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Learning bank
GE Equity has invested Pounds 1.3 million in Wide Learning, an online financial learning company. Wide Learning provides finance and business courses to banking professionals and private investors...
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Pounds 13m windfall for online resource
Forty projects will share more than Pounds 13 million as part of the drive to boost the Distributed National Electronic Resource, the Joint Information Systems Committee's attempt to devise a...
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Abertay nurtures business embryos
Abertay University is launching a student business incubator unit to stem the exodus of creative technical talent. Dozens of new jobs could be created by Dundee-based Embreonix. It will help...
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Scientists down tools over privatisation plans
Melbourne. Hundreds of Australian scientists from six national agencies stopped work last week to protest at plans by the federal government to outsource their information technology services....
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Colleges caught in music wrangle
Boston. Many American students returning to classes this autumn have found that their universities are preventing them from downloading music from the internet. Concerned that they will be sucked...
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Expansion planned for small firms' graduate jobs scheme
An innovative graduate employment scheme in Edinburgh, chaired by Andrew Cubie, could be expanded across the country in a bid to support small and medium-sized businesses. The Graduates for Growth...
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Cutting through mire of eccentric political answers
Last week saw the Tory draft manifesto, with its promise that universities could break free from government - and take a substantial alimony with them as they went. Next week comes the Liberal...
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In whose name are all these articles printed?
Editors of academic journals should work for their readers, not their contributors, says Catherine Jones Finer Do academic journal editors matter? Or should they merely be seen as administrators of...
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Brits just ain't well endowed
The Conservative Party draft manifesto promises to enable British universities to "excel in the top league of world academic institutions" by "creating endowment funds" through "privatisation...