Studying where sharks are safe
One of the most remote populated islands on the planet, a former US Navy base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, was the site of the decisive second world war Battle of Midway. Four Japanese...
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Maximum award paid out for unfair sacking
A jury in San Jose has found that Stanford University senior researcher Colleen Crangle was fired in retaliation for complaints of sex discrimination and has ordered Stanford to pay her $545,000 -...
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Life in saddle not bad for you
Good news for equestrians - riding is not bad for your health. The first analysis of whole-body vibrations for riders has found that the forces exerted on the spine are not likely to cause damage....
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Make sure free lunches pay
WHY. Many people forget what they learn the minute they walk out of the door, writes Jennifer Moon WHAT. Workshops and short courses are a popular way of developing professional skills in most...
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Agony aunt
Q With all the scare stories about downloading essays from the web, how can I check that my students are not cheating? A One of the banes of technology is that it is becoming ever easier to cheat in...
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Students to repay 'debt' to society
Argentine education minister Juan Jose Llach is pressing for the introduction of community work as a compulsory component of all undergraduate courses at the country's 84 state and private...
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G8 plans to double traffic in learning
The Group of Eight leading industrialised nations is discussing plans to double the number of its lecturers and students who travel abroad to study and work, as part of a strategy to equip its...
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Students riot over attempts to curb Muslims on council
Students at the University of Jordan have been demonstrating against attempts by the university authorities to prevent Islamic students from controlling the student council. Riot police have been...
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French no longer enough in France
Jack Lang, France's new minister of education, has long-term plans for all students to graduate with a good command of two foreign languages. As a first step he is giving priority to the introduction...
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Dissident Serb academics seek British partnership
Dissident Serbian academics are exploring the possibility of collaboration with universities in the UK. Representatives from the Belgrade-based Alternative Academic Education Network have been in...
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Scots greet web 'tidal wave'
Scottish Knowledge, which exports university and college expertise in education and training, has signed a global e-university alliance with Shell International, to give the company's 75,000...
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Ozone used to clean water
Chemists have devised a way to harness the cleansing properties of ozone to strip pollutants from waste water. A team of experts from the University of Bradford is setting up a plant to test its...
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Victory for dot-com with a conscience
Like most MBA students now, Jenna Beart and Michael Douek dream of starting a dot-com company and making their first million. Unlike most, they also plan to save lives along the way. And as winners...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is by a philosopher sometimes mistaken for a famous playwright: "'What is truth?' said jesting Pilate, and...
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Manna from the English heaven
The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 4 1776-1997