Who said we were rational beings?
If you have ever blown your pay cheque on designer shoes or the latest gadget rather than putting it towards your pension, then you know that people do not always make rational economic decisions,...
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Staff suffer bullying by students on the web
Making public malicious views about academics and universities online is akin to abuse, but it is a growing problem. Lecturer Amy Binns reports We all know students do it. But ridiculing lecturers by...
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Who needs a prospectus when you can google before you go?
Remember the old days when prospective students chose where to study based on little more than a campus tour, a flick through the prospectus and perhaps, most decisively, a family recommendation? No...
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Blog keeps office door open
Jonathan Briggs is a connoisseur of blogging. The professor of new media design at Kingston University has used his weblogs over the past four years to publicise his work and spark debate among his...
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EU mulls open-source edict
Europe is not requiring grant recipients to publish in free online journals, but it might do so soon, says Keith Nuthall The European Commission has shied away from forcing all recipients of research...
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To avoid fees, try a little oompah
Austria's Education Ministry is considering a bizarre plan to exempt students from paying university fees if they agree to join one of the country's lederhosen-wearing brass bands. Horst Wiedenhofer...
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Education heads election agenda
Australian higher education is likely to be a key issue in this year's federal election. The topic is high on the agenda of the Labor Party, whose new leader, Kevin Rudd, has attacked the Government...
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Phone firms hit in patent dispute
A lawsuit has been filed against three of the world's largest mobile telephone makers over an infringement of patented technology developed at the University of Washington. The companies are also...
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Initiation rights banned in wake of ritual abuse
One outspoken victim of football 'hazing' has prompted a Canadian institution to ban the practice, writes Philip Fine A Canadian university that cancelled a season of gridiron football after one of...
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School pupils fail to make the grade
The proportion of pupils leaving school in South Africa with the qualifications to enter university has fallen for the fourth year running. This has forced the higher education sector, which has...
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San Francisco
A 22-year-old man was arrested in New Jersey for assaulting 78-year-old Eli Wiesel, the Nobel laureate, during a conference in San Francisco. Eric Hunt is charged with attempted kidnapping, false...
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Brussels
The European Commission has established an expert group to look at boosting philanthropic donations to European Union universities, colleges and research institutions. The committee will report by...
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Gabon
The authorities at the National University in Libreville, Gabon, have expelled eight students. The leaders of the National Student Union were alleged to have manhandled academics who continued to...
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Where are the campus protests against war?
Students rioted against the Vietnam War, but little has been heard from universities about Iraq, says Mary Evans Ten days ago in my local supermarket, I met the mother of a young man who is serving...
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To justify their salaries, v-cs should start looking after their staff
Sally Hunt is sceptical that the performance of university heads merits the rises they received It was good to see The Times Higher finally coming off the fence last week to argue for better pay -...