Jacobite rewording
Edinburgh University has been celebrating the publication of lecturer Murray Pittock's The Myth of the Jacobite Clans by running a competition for the most appropriate anagram of Bonnie Prince...
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Karate chopped
So much for the idea that the martial arts promote self discipline and healthy living. A notice addressed to Heriot-Watt University's karate club reads: "I have managed to get our Aberdeen...
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Drink and derive
To cultivate the research ethos at the University of Hertfordshire a programme "The effect of alcohol on student-supervisor relationships" has been launched by the school of engineering's research...
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Acronym beef
The curse of the recurring acronym struck again this week with the exam-watchers of the Schools Examination and Assessment Council apparently implicated in the row over beef. The thought that there...
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Loan ranger
Overheard in the House of Commons on Tuesday, higher education minister Eric Forth telling followers the truth about student finance. "The trouble is," he said in the hearing of our sharp-eared...
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Remembered hills
As snowstorms sweep the country, Aberdeen University is turning its thoughts to June 25, when Scotland was recorded the hottest country in Europe. That day, more than 200 teams, involving 1,500...
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Number's up
Alumni to be proud of no 24: Peter Davis, the National Lottery regulator, described by one paper last year as a certainty for a knighthood at the end of his term of office, and by himself as "a...
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Colleges poised for franchise take off
New guidelines intended to prevent a repeat of the Handsworth College debacle which shook further education earlier this year are unlikely to curb a franchising explosion. Significant numbers of...
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All made-up
(Photograph) - All made-up: students and staff on the hair and beauty course at Chesterfield College raised money for charity by making up models.
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Drop-outs cite course problems
Olga Wotjas reports from the Society for Research into Higher Education at Heriot-Watt University. Students who drop out cite course problems and personal difficulties more often than financial...
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Ideas to prevent cultural collision
Olga Wotjas reports from the Society for Research into Higher Education at Heriot-Watt University. British academics may mistake politeness and respect from overseas students as shiftiness and...
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High-tech tips for teachers
Olga Wojtas reports from the Society for Research into Higher Education at Heriot-Watt University. Learning technology can be used as a Trojan horse for change in teaching methods, according to Terry...
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Colleges face 15 per cent cuts
Universities in Canada's most populous province have been dealt a serious blow to their budgets by funding cuts of 15 per cent announced by the Ontario government. The Council of Ontario Universities...
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Free speech row sparked by Internet usage rulings
Free speech guarantees at United States universities and colleges are coming into conflict with demands that students who misuse the Internet be disciplined. The controversy flared with a decision by...
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Sporting types called to account
The United States education department, in a move that threatens to fire up the long-running controversy over sexism in sports, is to require colleges and universities to account publicly for what...