Do not publish - and be damned
The Syndics of Cambridge University Press have come under fire for not accepting a book in the field of social anthropology which studies the stresses of nation-building in modern Greece. The...
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Gandhi admirer crushed
In an episode straight out of one of Malcolm Bradbury's campus satires, a senior faculty member of New Delhi's elite Jawaharlal Nehru University is in trouble for writing love letters to the teenage...
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Rubber bullets fly in fees protest
Riot police using armoured cars, rubber bullets and tear gas ended a student demonstration and arrested 240 people in Argentina last week. Officers allegedly opened fire without warning and shot...
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Belgrade opens door to cooperation with Britain
In a parody of the nationalism sweeping the country at the beginning of the 1990s, a Serbian mocked his nationalism-intoxicated fellow-citizens by founding an Association for Reversing the Flow of...
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Shock for impulsive visitors
Security in Moscow State University's halls of residence will soon be tighter than in Soviet times. New regulations now being drafted will require proof of identity from all visitors, and in the case...
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Divided by a river of hate
The single most shocking thing walking along the front line in Mostar is the sight of huge Austro-Hungarian houses, burnt out and ravaged by shells, their facades destroyed by nearly a year of...
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Cushions to soften the heavy blows
Short and longer-term measures to maintain stability in higher education have been introduced into the various elements which make up the 1996/97 funding allocations. As a result, no institution will...
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Bird's eye view of oil overspill
At Dale Field Studies Centre, near the entrance to Milford Haven harbour, the director of studies is adding oil pollution studies to his course. Julian Cremona hopes that the 14 universities and...
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Arts lifeline for prisoners
Arts projects in prisons are under financial threat because of the Government's emphasis on tightening security, according to Leeds Metropolitan University research. Interviews and questionnaires...
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Jailbird
An inmate of Armley Prison with his sculpture, 'Ganymede and Jupiter' at the launch of the Arts in Prison Directory, part of research by Leeds Metropolitan University
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Bad voting news on economic front
When the economy is doing badly, Government popularity takes a nosedive. That may sound like commonsense. But now it has been proved by politics lecturer Neil Gavin of Liverpool University. He and...
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Teaching train on track
Why should academics learn how to lecture when their careers depend on research, asks Alison Utley. As the notion of students-as-paying-customers gains firmer ground, they are increasingly unlikely...
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Far East taps Scottish head for brewing
India and China have both decided to set up national brewing schools and have turned to the world experts on beer - the Scots. The International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt...
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Division in university pay
A survey of the latest salary data has revealed that academics in new universities earn on average Pounds 3,500 less than their counterparts in older ones. According to the Association of University...
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Pollster predicts Labor win in Oz
Two of the longest-serving left-of-centre governments go to the polls this weekend. Spain's voters look set to reject Felipe Gonzalez and his Socialist party after 13 and a half years in office, but...