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Middle East gets super-size campus The King of Saudi Arabia is opening a new graduate university in the Middle Eastern state. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is thought to have...
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Tale omits tiger's bloody passage from India
British museums fail to acknowledge the true history of artefacts looted from abroad, says Haim Bresheeth In the Indian galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum resides that finest of oddities -...
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Alison Wolf
whose performance at university doesn't match their school records';Opinion US-style SAT testing may prove a better predictor of suitability for university than A levels Summertime - great, even with...
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Brum's rush for v-c debate
Not every member of staff has accepted Birmingham University's invitation to help decide on the type of vice-chancellor they would like to see in place in 2009. One sent the following message to the...
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OAP graduate shows his metal
James Brown, a former soldier, has just graduated from St Andrews University with an honours degree in history - aged 71. "I came to St Andrews to study because I wanted to be part of a fraternity. I...
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Priceless green coup to Lancs...
Lancashire University is doing its bit to combat global warming by closing a financial deal to build eco-residences for students that will include timber from sustainable forests, solar thermal...
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... but eco shame for Aussies
And Tim Flannery of Macquarie University's Climate Risk Concentration of Research Excellence believes the impact of climate change is so great that he has launched an attack on one of the most sacred...
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No profit in losing values of academe
Institutions that abandon scholarly integrity to pursue commercial market interests will ultimately fail, argues Chris Lawton Working with business undoubtedly has many financial attractions for the...
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Learning on the job should be part of studying
Put part-time employment on the student curriculum, says Mantz York in a series on new ideas for higher education The part-time job has long helped undergraduates make ends meet. But such work could...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Well, that concludes the business for this year's Examinations Board. All that remains is to ask our external examiner for his comments on this year's papers. So that's over to you, Bill. Thanks a...
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Leader: Brown could put HE in the pink
So what is higher education to make of Prime Minister Gordon Brown? The first and most positive thing to say is that over the past decade Mr Brown has proved himself, on many occasions, to be a...
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Leader: Highly recommended
It would be unfortunate if a website dedicated to soliciting comments from overseas students was known primarily for "naming and shaming". But the report to the British Council recommending that such...
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New master for Oxford
Sir Ivor Crewe, vice-chancellor of Essex University, has been elected master of University College, Oxford University. Sir Ivor steps down as vice-chancellor in October this year and will take up his...
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Boycott call continues to divide 1
Tom Hickey is right that it is my job to implement University and College Union congress decisions whether I agree with them or not ("Boycott backer aimed only to stir debate", June 22), and I will...
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Boycott call continues to divide 2
I can well understand Tom Hickey's need to backtrack and fudge around his shameful motion, but neither he nor the congress representatives who voted for it can revise history. One would be using very...