Slovakia strives to bring in the new
Nick Holdsworth looks at the battles and victories of former Communist countries as they move towards joining the EU and the Bologna Process. Slovakia has passed proposals to make universities,...
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Czechs are left in a tight spot
Nick Holdsworth looks at the battles and victories of former Communist countries as they move towards joining the EU and the Bologna Process. Charles University rector Ivan Wilhelm quit smoking 20...
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Budget targets neglected research costs
The Canadian government is to help universities meet the indirect costs of research with a C$200 million (£88 million) injection in this month's federal budget, writes Philip Fine. In the past few...
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Canada in costly state of disrepair
Canada's 90 universities need C$3.6 billion (£1.6 billion) of repairs, according to a government report. The problem of condemned buildings, leaking roofs and fallen tiles has become so bad that...
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Australian graduates are quids in
Starting salaries for graduates in Australia are at their highest level for ten years, according to a survey of 90,000 students who completed their degrees at the end of 2000. Graduate employment has...
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Tolkienite quest to conquer academe
After suffering years of derision from their colleagues, a group of academics is launching a bid to have research into the fictional works of J. R. R. Tolkien taken seriously in learned circles. A...
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Star Turn: Gerald Zavorsky
Philip Fine watches a rookie professor turn game-show host to stimulate student interest in the science of physical fitness The 25 exercise-science students were not expecting a soundtrack for their...
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Groundforce explores bugs' life
Examination of some 100 Sheffield gardens is revealing biodiversity on a startling scale. Steve Farrar reports Austin Brackenbury freely admits he has an unorthodox approach to gardening. In fact, to...
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Indian universities appeal for expat funds
The Indian government has asked its citizens living overseas to help overcome an unprecedented crisis in higher education funding following a cutback in grants to universities. Education minister...
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Lawsuit threat over job cuts
Birmingham University academics have warned they may take legal action over plans to make up to 100 staff redundant. Association of University Teachers leaders at Birmingham said their legal advisers...
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Delays dog student review
Delays are threatening the government's review of student support as Whitehall struggles to agree a way forward, higher education minister Margaret Hodge admitted this week. Ms Hodge said that the...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a ghostly little book: "Marley was dead: to begin with." The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher...
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The lives and loves of Stanley
Stanley Spencer - Stanley Spencer
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Half-century hallmarks
England 1945-2000 - The Verdict of Peace
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Would you care to see my Tube?
We live in an inelegant age. As the authors of The Chap Manifesto state: "At every level, the populace worships an unholy trinity of aspiration, vulgarity and self-regard." What can be done about it...