For-profit saviour for flagging system
A group of entrepreneurs is aiming to revive Germany's flagging higher education system by establishing a private university to be run as a profit-making business. Businessman Peter Pedersen is...
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Revolution in Georgia almost claims rector
The "Revolution of Roses" that toppled Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze came close to claiming another victim - the rector of Tbilisi State University. Roin Metreveli resigned in the wake of...
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Nigeria lends Liberia support
Nigeria has promised help to the University of Liberia in Monrovia, which the civil war has left in need of repair. Peter Okebukola, executive secretary of Nigeria's National University Commission,...
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Canada offers cash to beat lure of US
An increasing number of Canadian universities are offering postgraduates guaranteed funding to remain competitive with the US. The University of Alberta has joined a handful of other Canadian...
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Israelis unite to fight boycott
Israeli academics are to set up a forum to fight the international academic boycott of Israeli institutions, the heads of the country's universities decided this week at a meeting with Natan...
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Foreign intake rise fuels illegal worker fears
A rapid growth in the number of foreign students in Japan has heightened concerns that many enter the country to work full time or to emigrate illegally rather than to study. There are also growing...
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Czech science 'grinding to a halt', says deputy PM
Czech scientific development is stagnating, hindered by an ageing research population, lack of funding and poor career prospects, according to a government report. Peter Mares, Czech deputy prime...
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If you're asked to pass a failing student...
...don't do it. For all our sakes, do not collude with this undermining of the academy's standards, urges Bob Brecher If you teach first-year undergraduates, you may well be wondering how to cope...
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Jobwatch: Shortages fuel expansion
Health and medical-related vacancies are much in evidence as a result of course popularity, interdisciplinary initiatives and universities cashing in on intellectual property. Pat Leon reports A...
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Who got that job?
Susan Ayres, 39 Job advertised in The THES , February 14 2003 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology University of Sussex Sussex University advertised for staff as part of a radical...
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Throw a spanner in all this mechanical talk
The language used to describe teaching and learning really does have an impact -and it's driving Patrick Smith to distraction Picking myself up off the floor, having forgotten how low the lintel over...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Chris Willmott Age: 36 Job: Lecturer in biochemistry, University of Leicester. Salary : £24,121 Qualifications: BSc...
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Scientists will test BSE mutation theory
The origins of the BSE epidemic that devastated the UK beef industry could be revealed in a new series of tests that raise the prospect of the complete eradication of mad cow disease from the British...
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Students gear up for Coca-Cola boycott
Coca-Cola's multimillion-pound domination of UK university bars and cafeterias is threatened by a student-led campaign for a boycott of its soft drinks amid concerns over deaths and harassment of...
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Historians battle over Nelson's reputation
A new battle of Trafalgar has been started by naval historians seeking to defend the honour of Horatio Nelson before the bicentenary of his finest hour. A host of biographical projects has been...