US court to rule on race issue
A controversy that has lain largely dormant for more than two decades is roaring back to life with a decision by the US Supreme Court to consider whether race can be taken into account in university...
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French students revolt
Student opposition to government reforms, including European harmonisation plans, has led to a wave of strikes and demonstrations at French universities. The movement started when students at...
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Geologists face probe
Scientists from a Siberian geological institute who made a map of radiation pollution around a nuclear-processing plant face charges after Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) raided the offices...
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Germany finds research wanting
The first survey to rank German universities' research performance found that only a small number perform at top capacity compared with their international counterparts. Humboldt University in Berlin...
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Von Hagens' credentials under fire
Anatomist Gunther von Hagens could face trouble in Germany if his title of "professor" turns out to be unacceptable under the country's standards. He caused outrage last month when he dissected the...
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News in brief
Moscow The espionage trial of Anatoliy Babkin, of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, has been postponed indefinitely owing to his ill-health. Professor Babkin, 72, was accused of passing...
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Science budget 2003-06: the key elements
University research sustainability A dedicated capital funding stream worth £500 million a year from 2004-05 has been created to tackle the effects of under-investment in research infrastructure. The...
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Great expectations need a great deal of thought
Is it still possible for governments to provide citizens with wide access to quality higher education and at the same time maintain key universities as world-class centres for research? Public...
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The right time for a shake-up
Autocratic management is not the way to put an end to Cambridge's woes, argues Stephen Cowley In recent discussion papers, education secretary Charles Clarke asks whether universities manage...
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Two sides of one coin
In an open letter to Charles Clarke, Bernard King explains why research and teaching must stay under one roof Dear secretary of state, Plutarch, some say, defined research as the act of going up...
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Why I ... believe expansion on the cheap could harm universities' social role
In less than 20 years British social attitudes have become significantly more tolerant. In the same period there has also been an unprecedented expansion of higher education. The two are not...
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Don's diary: prize jobs
May A letter arrives from the British Academy, inviting me to serve on the jury of its book prize. My heart sinks. It's not just a matter of the time it will absorb. For years, I have done non-...
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Level with us
An anonymous night-school student has had such an educative experience that he nominated the Open College Network for a prize - which it won last week. The prize was one of the "golden bulls" awarded...
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Give us a clue, Tony
Nice to know that next month's strategy document on higher education is being produced by a truly joined-up government. Arriving at a conference on leadership and management in higher education this...
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Trimmed down to size
The powers-that-be at Nottingham Trent University have devised a clear indication of their regard for the status of foundation degrees. Those graduating with the qualification in summer 2003 will...