Glittering grades do not guarantee greatness
The French admissions system has advantages but, as in the UK, says Ruth Morse, it nurtures arrogance among the elite. Every year towards the end of the silly season, newspapers, in a moment of...
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Jobwatch: Divine calling
The number of sixthformers opting for religious studies is rising, and Edinburgh University is responding to the renaissance by expanding its School of Divinity. Chris Johnston reports. Religious...
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Who got that job?
Laurence Alison Chair in Psychology, Liverpool University Job advertised in The Times Higher January 23, 2004 In January, the School of Psychology at Liverpool University advertised for a new chair...
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Graduate fairs lose out to web
The traditional "milk round" of presentation evenings at which major companies woo final-year students is in its death throes as businesses turn to the internet, it was claimed this week. Gordon...
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Doctors loath to opt for academic route
Shortages of medical academics are set to worsen, with most young doctors never considering a career in teaching and research, says the British Medical Association. Only about 25 per cent of the 473...
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Students 'promised' UK future
Nottingham and Leeds Metropolitan universities have demanded that the European University of Lefke in Turkish Northern Cyprus delete references to them from recruitment materials. The moves come amid...
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An inadequate library, a poor reputation and a lack of cash
The website for the European University of Lefke makes some impressive claims, not least that its library is "rapidly becoming one of the premier research libraries in the Middle East", with a...
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Campaign to stop fees grows in US
Free education activists are attempting to have tuition fees abolished at public universities in the US. Public universities and colleges account for 83 per cent of US university enrolment. The Free...
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Code for Europe advances
Directors of 12 accreditation agencies in Austria, Germany and Switzerland are drafting a code of good practice for Europe-wide accreditation that is expected to be finalised in December. The Germany...
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Sub-Saharan effort hots up
Just 1.3 per cent of women in Sub-Saharan Africa go to university, undermining efforts to lift the continent's economic performance and social equity. Now the continent's leading female academics are...
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Danes look at admissions revamp to curb Swedish intake
Danish universities are concerned by an influx of Swedish medical students with higher grades than home applicants. They are worried that Swedes find it too easy to gain admittance to university in...
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Kiev
Student protests and overreaction by police have forced president Leonid Kuchma to cancel plans for a university in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine. Academics and students objected to the plan to merge...
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Washington DC
Harvard and Princeton universities have tied at the top of the US News & World Report rankings for 2005, with Yale University in third place. The 2005 ranking of top schools was little changed...
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Moscow
A scientist jailed for 15 years on espionage charges has failed to win his freedom after the Russian supreme court dismissed an appeal. Igor Sutyagin was convicted in April of selling a dossier of...
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Sydney
The Industrial Relations Commission has dismissed an appeal lodged by an academic at the University of Western Sydney after eight female students complained of sexual harassment. The commission said...