Ring-pull
(Photograph) - Ring-pull: Claire Archibald, a first-year fashion student at Glasgow Caledonian University, models her design of ring-pull headgear to publicise the university's new waste management...
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Access fears over Higher Still
The proposals for the "Higher Still" reform of the Scottish post-16 exam system are raising concerns about the provision of access courses for unqualified adult returners in Scotland. The proposed...
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Malaria linked to weather
A UNIQUE experiment to predict weather conditions over Southern Africa could save thousands of lives, researchers at Liverpool University revealed this week. A team from the university's geography...
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Tropical holiday destinations
More of us than ever before are taking huge health risks by heading for tropical holiday destinations without the necessary precautionary vaccinations, say doctors at the Liverpool School of Tropical...
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Methanol fuel tailored for cars
SCIENTISTS at Essex University have developed a new catalyst for cars which could mean more efficient and cleaner transport. Researchers in the department of biological and chemical sciences have...
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Virtual reality provides clues to clumsiness
CLUMSINESS in children is not always the result of an awkward or careless nature; often it is a symptom of a condition affecting about one in 20 pupils at primary school. Developmental Co-ordination...
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Rome's heirs neglect Latin
Academics in Italy have launched a campaign to defend what little Latin and Greek is still taught in Italian schools, and possibly to reintroduce compulsory Latin for children aged ten to 14. The...
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La Sapienza University
(Photograph) - Police used tear gas to separate rival student factions who occupied faculties of Rome's La Sapienza University in two weeks of pre-Christmas clashes between left-wing and right-wing...
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Bequest bottled
A Paris university plagued by a long-running asbestos problem on its Jussieu campus has received some consolation - the first vintage of a wine it inherited from a former researcher has arrived....
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Students say it with loo rolls
Serbian academics have spoken out in support of students who have staged more than six weeks of protests against the annulment of local government elections in which opposition parties claimed...
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Freedom exactsa price
A world without official rankings leaves Australian universities more autonomous but less sure of their cash flow as they compete for students and funding, reports Geoff Maslen from Melbourne....
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Japanese parents foot fees bill
A national survey of education expenses shows that the average total cost of enrolment and tuition for a four-year course at a Japanese university is more than Pounds 15,000. Accommodation, travel...
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Houses to keep wolves at bay
Some land-rich Canadian universities are looking to residential development to help solve their funding difficulties. One Ontario university has set up a retirement community adjacent to its campus....
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English signposts successes on a divided island
THE signposts pointing to the University of Cyprus from the Nicosia Hilton are in English, but a foreign visitor is advised to brush up on the Greek alphabet because on campus it is all Greek....
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Campus comrades in arms
INDEPENDENT universities are thriving in St Petersburg, the intellectual capital of Russia and Europe's fourth largest city. Peter the Great's grand classical city of canals and waterways has a...