Just say maybe, it depends on my friends
CHAOS theory could provide the key to helping drug addicts kick their habit. Alan Dean, a lecturer in the school of social and political sciences at Hull University, is identifying underlying...
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The snoozy life at the big snoop
After staking out private detectives for two years, Martin Gill and Jerry Hart have returned safely to Leicester University's Scarman Centre. They believe that they are the first academics to dip...
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India protects degree market
FOREIGN universities trying to gatecrash the Indian higher education market have discovered that their degrees will not be recognised. The ministry has warned students that they sign up at foreign...
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Hebron welcomes pull-out
AS THE INK dries on the long-awaited agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority on redeployment in Hebron, the city's university is coming to terms with the peace. Looking...
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Wits v-c leaves before he starts
THE University of the Wi****ersrand faces a further year of uncertainty following the surprise resignation last week of its new vice chancellor before he was due to take up the post. Sam Nolutshungu...
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Fears over Pounds 35-a-week work proposal
Teachers and student unions in France have voiced concern over a plan to give students work experience and pay them about Pounds 35 a week. The idea was put forward by the French employers'...
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Graduate joblessness doubles
Job prospects for French graduates have worsened sharply with the number of unemployed one year after graduation soaring from 13 per cent in 1990 to 26 per cent in 1995. This and other findings in a...
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Spain faces contracts decision
Spanish university leaders are looking for solutions to one of their biggest sources of tension - the status of lecturers on short-term contracts. Established teaching staff are officially civil...
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The American incivil war
A GROUP of 48 academics and other intellectuals is addressing what is perceived to be a growing bad manners in American life. The commission, which was organised by the University of Pennsylvania,...
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Welsh get own version of spam
The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary
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Province with a cross to bear
The Making of Modern Irish History - Dancing to History's Tune - Religion and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland - Colonialism, Religion and Nationalism in Ireland
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An island set in a lager sea
Hope and Glory
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Excess charges
The Quest for Quality
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Boots in a bog of jargon
Education in France
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Hot potatoes in a simmering stew
Zero Tolerance