Fears of Belarus academic ban
Belarusian experts fear a top-level but unpublished directive may halt visits to the country's universities by overseas academics. Evidence of the ban came from a Roman Catholic priest who is...
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Amherst verbal code starts war of words
A draft "harassment policy" at the biggest college campus in New England has resurrected the debate about university speech codes. It aims to punish "verbal or physical conduct" that "...
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Lobbyists head off student loan cuts
In an impressive display of political clout the United States higher education establishment appears to have seen off Republican plans to severely cut back student loan programmes. Conservative...
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Officer for gentlemen rejected
An attempt by university students in Victoria to create Australia's first "men's officer" position has been defeated following cries of outrage by women's groups. Although intended by its advocates...
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Procession to funeral degree
Rain pours from the night sky on to the secluded campus in the dark New England woods. Three empty caskets line the hallway and a skeleton stands sentinel over shelves that sag beneath wax casts of...
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Search for superhighway code
The potential social consequences of the information superhighway are to be investigated by researchers at Oxford University. The study, backed by a Pounds 161,340 grant from the Economic and Social...
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Are you being servered?
Imagine the perfect shop assistant who is always in a good mood, never answers back and remembers what suits you. Edinburgh researchers are trying to build one. They think it will take them three...
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A bounce a day keeps brittle bones away
A daily routine of 50 jumps could help save women from osteoporosis, according to a Nottingham University researcher. Joan Bassey, senior lecturer in physiology in Nottingham's medical school, warns...
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FE inspectors take lessons from US
British inspectors visiting United States community colleges have found that parity of esteem between academic and vocational education is not an issue there. In contrast with Europe and particularly...
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Science plumbs the depths
Industry is failing to fund strategic ocean research yet the unknown resources of the ocean will one day be essential, according to the director of the new Southampton Oceanography Centre. John...
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Ulster students in cash crisis
Almost one third of students in Northern Ireland are taking jobs partly to avoid the trap of student loans, a survey claims. Although students in the province are more likely to receive full...
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Fantastic voyage of discovery
The study of science fiction is becoming established firmly as a respectable form of scholarship after 25 years of struggle. However, a new tension is arising among its proponents, many of whom...
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University PR neglects business
First thing last Monday morning and Bradford University was confirming to local journalists that it would not be withdrawing its honorary degree - announced just hours before the executions of Ken...
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Training agency falls victim to market forces
The Laser Advisory Council is the latest victim of market forces, it emerged last week. Directors of the 50-year-old training agency accepted its inevitable closure before next Easter. Laser's...
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Lakes pins hope on the Internet
One of the country's most remote regions is to plug in to computer communications to make higher education accessible to all. Cumbria County Council is setting up a steering group to make Workington...