George reveals how to make cut
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies, the man behind the hugely popular George at Asda clothing range, has a new venture in the shape of George at Heriot-Watt, writes Olga Wojtas. Mr Davies, who also...
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'Vile' attack on Natfhe leader
The battle over the leadership of the forthcoming academic super-union took a bitter turn this week as an anonymous circular attacking the politics of prospective general secretary Paul Mackney...
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Aggrieved student takes files to the net
A law student whose complaints about the quality of his course won him a landmark £30,000 financial settlement from Wolverhampton University has launched a trio of websites for students and parents...
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Yesterday
Previously unseen images of The Beatles, taken in 1965 and found two years ago in a Dundee University archive, have been published in a limited edition book, Now These Days Are Gone . The pictures...
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Prestige doesn't guarantee gains in fundraising, but asking will help
There is no clear link between successful fundraising and the age or size of a university, according to preliminary findings from a major report of philanthropic giving to higher education. There is...
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Scholar says boycotting Israel will not help restore Palestinian rights
Academic boycotts of Israel would threaten the restoration of Palestinian rights, a Palestinian academic told an international conference at one of the two universities at the centre of last year's...
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A first-class metrics war
Proposed changes aimed at clarifying a classification system for universities have caused upset among status-minded campuses. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education...
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Lack of savoir plaire
France's policies for attracting and catering for foreign students lag behind those of its main competitors, says a report issued last week by the Conseil Economique et Social. Although France...
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Funding cuts hit Aboriginal enrolments
Australia's indigenous students, already underrepresented in the nation's universities, are falling further behind white Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island students comprise less than 1...
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Academy probes its Nazi past
German universities are confronting their National Socialist past with projects that include finally reinstating academic titles stripped during the Third Reich. Research has shown that many...
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So long, guesswork
The European University Association has called on higher education institutions to improve their accounting procedures after the European Commission proposed they could recover audited indirect costs...
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Canberra
Julie Bishop, a former lawyer, will take over from Brendan Nelson as Australia's Education Minister in a mid-term ministerial reshuffle. Dr Nelson is promoted to Defence Minister.
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Moscow
Lawyers for Valentin Danilov, the Siberian scientist jailed on charges of spying for China, have lodged a new appeal with the Russian supreme court. Mr Danilov, former head of thermo-physics at...
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Luxembourg
European Advocate General Poiares Maduro has recommended fines against Italy of €265,500 (£182,000) for each day it fails to comply with a European Court of Justice ruling on the status of foreign...
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Rome
A US professor's job offer at Milan University's teaching hospital, the Policlinico, was rescinded after his conviction for the sexual assault of a 23-year-old student at Pennsylvania State...