Job survey shows power of a degree
Australian graduates in their first job now earn an average of A$32,500 (Pounds 13,000) a year - 8 per cent more than their less well-educated peers - a survey has found. Graduates also continue to...
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Foreign student tax is mooted for Africa
An initiative to revitalise Africa's struggling universities and demoralised academics through a "tax" on visiting students from the world's wealthier nations was launched in Paris last week. David...
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Student 'parliament' for Italy
Italy's first national "parliament" of 30 student delegates has taken office to work with the university ministry to review Italy's state university system. The Consiglio Nazionale Studenti...
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Sweden tackles diversity problem
Ethnic and social diversity must be improved in higher education if Sweden is to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by the multiplicity of its society, a report to education minister...
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Report reveals literacy gap
At least a quarter of adults in each of 20 countries taking part in a survey of literacy skills fell below the level needed for coping with the demands of daily life and work in a complex advanced...
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Manchester in bid for greater confidentiality
The University of Manchester is facing up to the demands for more secure methods of protecting access to confidential information on the internet, writes Tim Greenhalgh. The university has begun work...
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On camera: culture secretary Chris Smith
(Photograph) - On camera: culture secretary Chris Smith caught another angle of the Silicon Fen effect last week in Lincoln when he visited the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside to see the...
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NEWS. Birmingham axes 150 jobs as it repositions itself for the 21st century. FEATURES. Are people naturally peaceful? Military historian Michael Howard discusses the question as part of our coverage...
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...And earth just gets younger
The oldest rocks on earth have just become a little younger, writes Steve Farrar. Geologists have calculated that the earliest reliable date that can be attached to any known in-situ rock is 3.8...
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