Egypt's force to be reckoned with
Rural Labor Movements in Egypt and their Impact on the State, 1962-1992
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The war baby grows up
Modern Strategy - The Politics of British Defence 1979-98
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The Edward Said of the ancient world
Heresy in the University - Afrocentrism
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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 ever-changing work, published in 1886: " Mr Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance,...
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Pisa
Italy's students claim private tutoring associations are taking increasing advantage of inadequate teaching at universities to exploit students, with the general approval of their own university...
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Mexico City
Juan Ramon de la Fuente, rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, entered his office last week, nearly three months after he was appointed during a student strike over increased...
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Banned by Straw poll
If home secretary Jack Straw is feeling beleagured he will find no sanctuary at his alma mater. Leeds University Union, of which Mr Straw was president in 1968, has banned him from the union building...
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Copenhagen
Danish officials are taking a relaxed view of economics students who use state-guaranteed educational loans, which carry a 4.25 per cent interest rate, to speculate in high-risk, high-gain technology...
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Dayton, Tennessee
A small number of papers associated with the 1925 "monkey trial", in which a science teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, were lost or damaged in a fire at Bryan College. It destroyed rare...
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Kuala Teregganu, Malaysia
The Peninsula Malay Students Federation has advised its 200,000 members to avoid illegal gatherings and protests, warning that action will be taken against students who use the federation's name for...
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Sporting chance
(Photograph) - Children from a Middlesbrough primary school visited the University of Teesside for a festival of sport to give students on the sports science degree experience of working with 'real'...
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How to..Help students get that first job
WHAT Candidates need help to take control of job interviews, says Jane Oakshott HOW It is a paradox that the most employable students are often those most fazed by interviews. Being conscientious and...
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Foundation degrees open opportunities barricades
"I hope it will be a modular degree, with all modules linked through credit transfer. It will be a way through which vocationally based students - through GNVQs and NVQs - can reach level three and...
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Cut down to wrong size
Wordy speakers in University of Cambridge discussions risk having their contributions curtailed. The university has decided to review arrangements for publishing the entire text of debates at its...
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Glittering prizes
The DLitt David Williams received from the University of Birmingham was a higher doctorate for research achievement and not an honorary degree.