Ageism alive and well into 2000
Sexism and racism may be well off limits in the politically correct 1990s, but ageism remains endemic to western society, according to researchers from the University of Northumbria. Geography...
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Stingrays shock
STINGRAYS are helping Cov-entry University researchers make a breakthrough in sensor technology for use in the food industry and in medical testing. The ocean stingray generates an electric charge...
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Body backlash
A growing gap between how medical scientists and the average person view the human body could threaten research if ignored, two law professors in the United States have warned. Lori Andrews of...
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Mental help at hand
TUTORS as well as trained university counsellors receive calls for help from mentally ill students and need the skills to cope, according to a survey. Researchers at Hull University's School of...
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Farming by satellite
An Edinburgh University researcher has won backing from Brussels to assess the risks to farmers in countries around the Mediterranean from flood, drought and frost using satellite remote sensing data...
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Traffic planners 'forget people'
Traffic planners must find ways of canvassing the views of people unable or unwilling to move about freely, a Napier University researcher has urged. Julian Hine, of Napier's transport research...
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Clan mentality rules in Italian universities
ITALY'S tireless education minister, Luigi Berlinguer, is seeking to introduce widespread reforms into the country's university system. He has an unenviable task, according to Indro Montanelli, 88,...
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Reform deadlock broken
universities in Spain have reached an understanding with the education ministry that could enable long-awaited reforms to go ahead after a year of stalemate. A working group of rectors and government...
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Sex scandal takes its toll
A SAGA that began with a case of alleged sexual harassment involving a swimming coach and a students has ended with the resignation of the university president. John Stubbs, president of Simon Fraser...
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Music courses are 'too crammed'
The average university music course in Canada is having a difficult time stretching the musical canon over its curriculum. Although most music stores now carry a plethora of genres and cultures and...
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Women coaches challenge pay bias
COACHES of women's sports at universities and colleges in the United States could get paid similar salaries to their counterparts from big-time men's teams under government equal-pay guidelines....
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Turks claim student boom
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus boasts one of the best ratios of students to population in the world, with just under 10 per cent of the 200,000 population in higher and further education. In...
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Nyerere backs business
TANZANIA is creating a fourth public university from the former Institute of Finance Management.The new Dar-es-Salaam City University College is seeking affiliation with universities in Britain and...
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'Village head' refuses to talk
STUDENTS at Lagos State University have redesignated their vice chancellor "village headmaster" in protest at his refusal to open what they regard as meaningful dialogue over their grievances. Since...
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Soft drugs, hard battles
THIS seems to be the week for anonymity - a measure of how difficult it is to discuss sensitive issues openly even in our open society. On page one we carry a student's account of how he is paying...