Ethos may be a foe to freedom
The governance of some Christian institutions poses a potential threat to research, reports Melanie Newman How might an academic fare at Canterbury Christ Church or Chester University if their...
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The woman marshalling firepower for the intellectual battles ahead
Wendy Piatt, Director-General, Russell group Three months into her role as director-general of the Russell Group of research-elite universities, Wendy Piatt has a clear vision of the issues she wants...
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Debate rages despite 'advice'
Manchester University's equality and diversity guidance has provoked claims that the university wants academics to avoid controversy, writes Melanie Newman. The guidance, posted on the university...
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Students spark drive for a punctual Peru
Students at a university in Peru have inspired an entire nation into making a solemn commitment to being punctual. In December, students marched through the streets of Lima chanting the benefits of...
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US sees drift to Left on campus
US university students are starting to move to the Left after years of conservative drift, polarising American campuses. An annual study found that first-year students were discussing politics more...
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Four-legged fiend?
(Photograph) - Indonesian pet owners are being warned that they are at greater risk of catching bird flu than the general population because the virus is most likely to mutate in cats. Scientists...
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Software spots likely dropouts
Databases are being used to identify and target students most at risk ofquitting. Anastasia Moloney reports A software program has been developed to help cut Colombia's high undergraduate dropout...
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Jobless graduate numbers rocket
Unemployment rates for French students who finished their studies in 2001 were nearly double those for their predecessors who left higher education in 1998, according to a survey following young...
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Tokyo keen to raise global science profile
Financial freedom to build foreign links is key to academic prestige, writes Nobuko Hara Tokyo University is on a mission to strengthen its international profile and "establish itself as a hub for...
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Curb on corruption
Outraged by yet another nepotism and malpractice scandal in an official concorso (competitive exam) to assign a teaching post, Italy's University Minister, Fabio Mussi, has undertaken to appear as...
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Union seeks code to ban short skirts
The Student Union of Bosnia's Tuzla University is campaigning to have miniskirts and low necklines banned from campus. They have appealed to the rector to preserve the dignity of the university by...
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Today's news
Applicants must say if parents are graduates The sons and daughters of graduates with good jobs face extra hurdles as they compete for university places under rules announced yesterday. From next...
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Hollow man, resonant gift
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an author who has an asteroid named after him: "For thousands of years, human beings have contemplated...