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Yurii Savelev, rector of the Baltic State Technological University, has been suspended on suspicion of allowing foreign students, including Iranians, to study missile-related technology. The Russian...
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Vienna
The World Jewish Congress reports that the Gestapo stole almost 200,000 books from Jews in the war. Some were transferred to Germany and about 6,000 books were returned to their owners or families....
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Fears as Milosevic ally lands law chair
An extremist former paramilitary leader who is now deputy prime minister of Serbia has begun work as a law professor at Belgrade University. The appointment of Vojislav Seselj, leader of the ultra-...
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Peace found at conference
A Haifa University conference last month served as a microcosm of what the Middle East could be like if there were a working peace. Academics from Jordan, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, Europe and...
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Brain drain threat fails to faze Malta
With European Union membership just round the corner, Malta is undergoing a thorough screening. Thirty-one areas of life are being assessed to see if they are compatible with EU regulations. Change...
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Turkish, Greek exchanges hold hope of entente cordiale
Turkish and Greek students will bury the hatchet when they meet in Ankara later this month in a cultural exchange designed to improve relations between them. Twenty-two Greek students will visit...
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NZ suffered 'state control'
New Zealand universities have suffered unprecedented attacks on academic freedom by central government over the past 13 years, a union inquiry has claimed. Donald Savage, commissioned by the...
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Thai two refuse to end gift culture
Two Thai state universities have refused to abolish discriminatory quota systems that allow children of the rich and famous to enter feeder schools ahead of their more intelligent rivals. Despite a...
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Anti-gay students lose fees case
Universities can continue to collect mandatory student fees to subsidise campus groups, even from students who object to the groups' positions or activities, the United States supreme court has ruled...
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Mr University pours scorn on 'nobby' Oxford
A Queensland inventor has changed his name by deed poll to Oxford University in an attempt to prove he has the right to keep the domain name www.oxford-university.com. Mr University, who answers the...
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Japanese dons cut state ties
The bid to promote much-needed enterprise and entrepreneurship in Japanese universities has been boosted by new legislation in the Diet that will convert Japan's 99 state-run national universities...
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Plymouth simulates a dog-eat-dog e-world
Corporate managers could soon have a new simulation weapon in the daily dog fight for e-business, thanks to research by the University of Plymouth. A business school team led by Graham Winch,...
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Student holds key to web bargains
Heidelberg economics student Christopher Munchhoff and fellow student Christoph Janz have put internet e-business theories into practice. In 1997 they came up with the idea for a price comparison...
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Centre sharpens competitive edge
The Robert Gordon University has launched a centre for knowledge management that will help organisations unlock untapped potential. Phil Murray, managing director of Petrotechnics, which was named...
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Study resources pooled on net
A consortium of prestigious universities, libraries, museums and publishers this week launched a multimillion-dollar dot-com offering online lectures, seminars and performances. "Fathom" is headed by...