Iraqi Kurds turn Saddam's prisons into classrooms
Kurdish students are flocking to enrol at universities in Northern Iraq, where the autonomous provincial government has made higher education a priority. In Saddam's time, a solitary university in...
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'I can study in Kurdish without fear'
Tuition in Kurdish is one of the key factors in the development of Northern Iraq's universities. "I feel such freedom to be studying in my language without fear," said Faiz Mohammed, a Kurdish...
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Political fealty - or exam failure
Students at universities in Belarus claim they have been told that they may take exams only if they agree to sign a nomination form for President Alaksandr Lukashenka, who is seeking re-election in...
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Turn classes into labs of learning for lecturers
The lack of innovation and experimentation in teaching is higher education's greatest failing - and that must change, argues Derek Bok British and US universities share a notable weakness. They make...
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Nancy Rothwell
One of the many benefits of working in an academic environment in the UK is the spirit of openness, the encouragement of debate and discussion, and the great tolerance, even encouragement, of diverse...
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The moral dilemma of fighting fire with fire
Munich (15) In cinemas nationwide from Friday, January "The best baklava is made by the Arabs in Jaffa," insists the Mossad case officer to his chief agent in charge of assassinating those...
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Westminster wieners
Boris Johnson, Shadow Higher Education Minister, is a sucker for a good quote. He is currently preaching the gospel according to Felix Frankfurter to anyone who asks him about him universities....
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Career hype goes down the pan
Four years ago, everyone was saying it. Forget media studies, plumbing was the thing to study for those who wanted rich rewards. Colleges reported a flood of applications to study the inner workings...
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Tight-lipped about open issues
The fierce row about open-access publishing shows no signs of dying down. And the one thing that it seems to be lacking is openness. A science source has told us that some research council players...
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Copywriter sums up plagiarism
City University held a competition to find the perfect slogan for this week's big anti-plagiarism event. The winner was "Plagiarism - credit where credit's due". A worthy choice, certainly. But our...
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Judge not your prof, lest ye be judged
Stung by sarky student website Rate My Professors, a US lecturer creates its opposite number and finds hope in the midst of despair A classroom is a terrific place. A group of people gather together...
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'I truly doubt that you have opposable thumbs'
Lecturers skewer their least loved undergrads and offer harsh truths about life in the customer satisfaction jungle * Anonymised rankings from Rate Your Students "B" I really don't give a shit about...
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In pursuit of the happy bunnies
Massaged, meaningless student satisfaction surveys are the end product of a malign audit culture, says Frank Furedi Returning from our summer holiday, we were cornered by an angry travel rep. "You...
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Is your message getting through?
PhD students need good communications skills - both theirs and yours, whether it's keeping minutes or using draft papers to show them that reaching publication standards takes graft, says Harriet...
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Demure frocks and hygienic gin
Name: Sally Fincher Age: Don't we all? Job: Senior lecturer, computing laboratory, Kent University. Salary: Barely sufficient for my extravagant lifestyle. Practical training: The "merit" I achieved...