Pioneer criticises culture of patenting
Stem-cell pioneer Martin Evans, who has been awarded the prestigious Lasker award this week, says that he might not have succeeded in today's climate. Professor Evans, director of the school of...
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Analysis: PhD: Poverty, Hardship, Debt
The country will suffer if potential PhDs are not helped out of the red. Claire Sanders reports. Student debt is driving away PhD students in the arts, humanities and social sciences, according to a...
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Whistleblowers: Crystal-clear injustice?
Bath University had a significant financial interest in the outcome of an investigation of scientific misconduct that it dismissed without hearing the complainant's evidence. The THES reported in...
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Racism in Australia
Muslim students at universities in Australia are facing a surge in racist abuse following the terrorist attacks in America. Islamic communities have been attacked and mosques firebombed and smeared...
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Calls for peace ring out in US
American universities are counting their losses, human and otherwise, from this month's terrorist attacks, and urging restraint in response to suggestions that visas for international students be...
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Germany's rectors say no to curbs
German university rectors are speaking out against increased controls on foreign students despite revelations that at least three of the suspected hijackers in the recent terrorist attacks on the US...
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Muslim students fear a backlash
Muslim students in the UK fear they will face racism and violence when they arrive for the new university term next week. Extremist groups believed to be recruiting students on British campuses to...
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Online fear and anger
Last week's devastating attacks on the United States sparked some of the most active and passionate debate ever seen on the internet. The THES received some thoughtful messages and some angry ones....
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September 11: Italy, Serbia, Malaysia, United States
Italy Ripples from the attacks on America are being felt across the entire academic world. THES reporters examine the atrocity's impact on university communities The new Italo-Arab University in...
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Scholars slam underfunding
Middle Eastern studies in Britain have been seriously underfunded and have suffered from ignorance and hostility, academics said this week. Gerd Nonneman, executive director of the British Society...
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West Bank clampdown hits Palestinian campuses
Israel reacted to last week's attack on the United States with what Palestinians claim was an unprecedented clampdown on the West Bank, including its academic institutions. Bir Zeit University was...
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E-campus will seek out talent
Sweden is planning an internet university in an attempt to widen access to higher education and to encourage lifelong learning. Thomas Ostros, minister of science and education, said he hoped that...
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Finnish polytechnics come to the aid of struggling industries
Finland's 30 polytechnics are to offer postgraduate degrees for the first time from autumn 2002 in a bid to boost industry. The ministry of education, together with the assessment board in higher...
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Italian calls on God to rewrite French fizztory
Mario Fregoni, professor of wine-making in the agriculture department of the Catholic University of Piacenza, is taking the fizz out of French national prestige with a broadside straight at the...
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Swiss trio refines research expertise
Three universities on the shores of Lake Geneva have agreed to a restructuring that will enable cooperative research and teaching programmes. The universities of Geneva and Lausanne and the Ecole...