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Students at Benin's national university are threatening to boycott lectures when the next session begins in October. The action is a protest against the arrest in March of two student union leaders...
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Whistleblower suspended
A Dutch academic who wrote a report exposing fraud and corruption in the overseas recruitment of Chinese students has been suspended by his university. The Polytechnic University of Leeuwaarden (NHL...
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Florence's rising fashion stars to take over asylum
The University of Florence is to move all its fashion-related courses to a former lunatic asylum on the outskirts of the city to create Italy's first University of Fashion. This month, the university...
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Pension figured out
Nobody can challenge the expert knowledge behind Sir John Kingman's recent criticism of the Office of National Statistics in his role as head of the Statistics Commission. Attacking flaws in its...
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Merc perks
The Asia Pacific Management Centre in Singapore has hit on a novel way to recruit and retain students - offer them the chance to win a Mercedes-Benz. Every student who enrols on a degree or higher...
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Water coincidence
The authors of those "Ten Things You Didn't Know About..." newspaper columns have obviously been redeployed to work on The Dolphin , the University of Southampton magazine, which is marking the...
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Don't get too excited
There was excitement this week when it seemed that science would receive a lot more loot than the £1.25 billion announced as part of last week's spending review. Your correspondent was "invited to a...
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Birkbeck's new master
Congratulations to David Latchman, who has been appointed master of Birkbeck College, University of London. Professor Latchman is currently dean of the Institute of Child Health and professor of...
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Buffy's capital role
Sarah Michelle Gellar - the actress who stars in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - is being considered for a film role as a tough New Yorker who attends an elite London university. The actress is favourite...
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Believe me, I'm sorry
The Diary wishes to apologise for suggesting that Believe Nothing , which stars Rik Mayall as Adonis Cnut, would be any good. The first episode was not so bad as to quash hopes that the second would...
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Like pulling teeth
Mutterings are emerging from the merger of London Guildhall University and the University of North London, due to take place next week. Staff say they would rather have root-canal work - top and...
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In the news: Iain Anderson
Iain Anderson's inquiry into the foot-and-mouth crisis reported this week. His was the last of the three inquiries. He listed a catalogue of failures by the government and officials. His report said...
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Hi-tech hope will never blossom amid chaos
E-learning could take off in a big way - but Europe must standardise its delivery first, says Richard Straub Expectations of what e-learning can do have been unrealistic, leading to false starts and...
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Why I...recommend a considered approach to plagiarism
At convent school, adhering to the ten commandments was never easy. They had to be rote learned, which was difficult enough. But the details were then unpicked, with terrifying precision. The tiniest...
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Reel in red tape to free sector
Excessive bureaucracy is the bane of the sector. Matti Alderson offers a burden-busting solution For those who prefer the grind of an uncomfortable status quo to the uncertainty of new initiatives,...