Colleges back military gays' fight for rights
Eleven United States higher education organisations have thrown their weight behind a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the military's policy of banning openly gay servicemen and women. The 4,380...
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Local pay deals out of kilter
After 18 months of strikes, bans and protest marches, Australia's universities have at last concluded their first round of grand-scale pay bargaining. Academics and general staff have gained an...
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Critic puts fee money where mouth is
Philip Greenspun has complained publicly about the cost of tuition almost since the day he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982, writes Jon Marcus. Now an Internet...
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Students armed early for jobs fray
ONTARIO has instructed universities and colleges to arm students with the facts about the job prospects of each course. The move is in response to high unemployment and student default on government...
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Irish students turning backs on study in the UK
The number of Irish students seeking university places in the United Kingdom this year has dropped sharply, partly because of the introduction of tuition fees from September. Last year, 11,213...
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La Sapienza faces belt-tightening
La Sapienza in Rome, Europe's largest university, is in dire financial straits and will have to cut spending drastically if it cannot get special funding from the state. Giuseppe D'Ascenzo, who was...
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Florence produces vintage with university seal
Food technology students and their professors at Florence University's faculty of agriculture are producing the first wine in Italy to bear an official university label, and they plan to do the same...
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US students in Kosovo jailed by Serb officials
Four United States students who travelled to Kosovo in solidarity with Albanian-speaking students in the troubled Serbian province have been jailed. The students - named as Daniel Perez, Teresa...
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Show of support: Serbian students in Pristina
(Photograph) - Show of support: Serbian students in Pristina make the three-fingers sign and display a portrait of Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadjici in a protest against a deal allowing Albanians...
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New cures for the doctors in trouble
People are staying healthier - and therefore living longer. As a result we need more doctors. Another 1,000 medical school entrants a year is proposed, an increase that would involve upping medical...
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Wizard way to fund Oz universities
ACCESS to education is perhaps the greatest key to equitable social mobility and the breakdown of the class division still evident in Britain. It is reasonable to ensure that those who benefit most...
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Morality play for our times
THE nannying tendencies of our times are becoming ever more apparent. Education and employment secretary David Blunkett has been pursing his lips over the naughty language in the Royal Court Theatre'...
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I was an evil drugs dealer
Universities must stop brushing the drugs issue under the carpet and start giving advice on minimising the harm associated with their use, argues Andrew Lockley I chose my university and course for...
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Computers as teachers would ease shortage
John Howson has some radical solutions for the decline in applications to teacher training TEACHER training faces a crisis. Applications for most courses are still below the levels of this time last...
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No facts...no surprise
Knowing nothing about BSE, I find that I have to rely on the expertise of microbiologists such as Professor Lacey. I am puzzled, however, by his article, "Science has failed to deliver the facts" (...