Cambridge fears 'dictator v-cs'
Cambridge University's plans to hand new executive powers to its vice-chancellor are dangerous and ill-conceived and will undermine its dons' historical right to democratic self-rule, the university'...
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Analysis: Theatre of the absurd
Surgical apprenticeships are disintegrating. So what now, Claire Sanders asks Keeping human and sheep heads in separate rooms is just one of the many challenges faced by Paul O'Flynn, a lecturer at...
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Students take to skis to net prize
Two Edinburgh University postgraduates who hope to create a ski that reacts to the texture of the snow are among 15 student teams in the final stages of competing for a £10,000 business plan prize....
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Lab gloom mars hi-tech opening
Cambridge University celebrated a milestone in its ten-year masterplan for a 66-hectare science and technology complex to the west of Cambridge last week when it officially opened its multimillion-...
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Software to predict share values
Dundee University applied computing student Luke Wilson has developed software that will predict whether the value of shares will go up or down. Mr Wilson takes share prices from the London Stock...
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Owners scupper floating classes
Merchant navy sailors have been denied the chance to test interactive online courses because ship owners will not pay for the equipment needed to receive learning materials by satellite. North West...
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Ambitious Americans struggle to pay fees
The cost of college tuition is increasing at a time when a college education is becoming more important to Americans - and when more Americans are likely to have difficulty paying for it - according...
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Oz minister: no reform, no cash
Australian universities are facing their second major upheaval in little more than a decade with a new education minister declaring the system of funding and higher education organisation...
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Students suffer as sanctions kick in
European Union sanctions imposed nine years ago on Togo are finally having damaging effects on the country's higher education system with a 500 per cent increase in tuition fees. The falling value of...
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SA merger plans put on ice
South Africa's cabinet has sent plans for widespread mergers between higher education institutes back to the drawing board. It says that although it broadly agrees with the proposals, more...
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Polyglot loo excites Euro team
Researchers at the Technical University in Vienna together with colleagues at the University of Dundee are developing a voice-activated toilet for the elderly and disabled. The "Smart Toilet" adapts...
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Bologna plan divides Swiss
Relations between Swiss students and university planners are under strain over a perceived lack of consultation in implementing the Bologna reforms. There have been several public confrontations...
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Spin-offs aid Nordic funds
Nordic universities are turning to the private sector in an unprecedented attempt to raise research funds. Staff, students and governments from Iceland to Finland generally oppose student fees as a...
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Paris
France's new minister of youth, education and research is philosopher Luc Ferry, while Francois Loos, a centre-right UDF member of the national assembly, is junior minister for higher education and...
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Beijing
The Chinese ministry of education has promised to widen college recruitment, assist poor students through loans and improve business-backed campus services. Student numbers will reach 16 million by...