Rebuilding Khmer after the Rouge
The Pol Pot regime tore apart Cambodia's education system, but with hard work and international aid, the Centre for Khmer Studies is helping to put it back together. Sarah Murray reports. "Dear...
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After this soap, your next role will be a rector
In Scottish universities, students elect the rector - a 'glorious anomaly' that often elevates celebrity above gravitas, writes Olga Wojtas. What do Gordon Brown, Lord Kitchener, Peter Ustinov, Lord...
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Hodge makes £250,000 commitment to access Education and skills minister Margaret Hodge today reaffirmed the government’s commitment to widening participation. At the Universities UK annual conference...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Three of Britain's biggest trade unions are planning concerted action against the government's policy of giving private-sector companies a role in public services. Independent Lars...
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US urged to aid detained scholars A US house of representatives panel has called for an envoy to be sent to China to state deep concern over the continued detention of six scholars of Chinese...
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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 work that links the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan with a 16th-century English Playwright: "...
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Student killer executed in Yemen A Sudanese morgue worker convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering two women students at Sana'a University in Yemen has been publicly executed by firing squad....
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Queen's Speech promises education reform Education reform was promised in the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament today. An education bill will be introduced to promote diversity and...
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From today's UK papers
Independent Tony Blair's determination to put reform of public services at the heart of his second administration means a series of cherished schemes will be missing from today's Queen's Speech....
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Macedonian academy head resigns The president of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Georgi Efremov, has resigned amid widespread criticism of his plan to resolve the issue of Macedonia’s...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, is to conduct a review of schools and further education to examine attitudes to business, enterprise and the economy...
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Manual workers accept pay rise University manual workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept their biggest ever pay rise. Members of the Transport and General Workers’ Union voted 95 per cent in...
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Germany called on to ease visa restrictions German opposition leaders have called for the easing of visa restrictions on overseas students to allow specialists to work in the country after graduating...
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Scot-US alliance produces war images The highest-quality images ever taken of seven first world war wrecks in Scapa Flow, Orkney, have been produced following a four-day project. The survey, ScapaMAP...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times After a damaging fire City University, London, has launched a £56,000 publicity campaign to assure students that it is business as usual. Independent The secret of sexual attraction...