Dispute over pay looms at Derby
Derby University management and lecturers' union leaders were on a collision course this week as vice-chancellor Roger Waterhouse launched an attack on officials threatening industrial action. In an...
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MPs blame industry for failure
Teaching, page 37 Industry must take the blame for the UK's relatively poor record of innovation in engineering and physical sciences over many decades, the government believes. A recent House of...
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New campus brings hope to Isle of Thanet
Pounds 7.5m site aims to widen access in deprived area Sandwiched between two supermarkets a couple of miles outside the run-down Kent towns of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate, the new campus of...
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Dundee set to benefit from NZ cash boost
A Dundee University researcher investigating the impact on health of the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons tests on Christmas Island has won a funding boost from the New Zealand government. The...
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Hull African venture goes awry
The University of Hull has lost control of postgraduate degrees awarded in its name in South Africa, quality inspectors have found. The university has admitted that its deal to provide MBAs in...
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Students call shots in boom market
Call centres are proving popular in the student job market, thanks to flexible hours and good pay, according to university careers officers. The industry has proved a boon not only for students but...
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Healthy institute celebrates 125th
Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh this week celebrates its 125th anniversary. It arguably started life as a research-driven institution: its founders were inspired by studies on the link...
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Birzeit
The Islamic An Nahdah party won the student council elections at Birzeit University last week with 1,388 votes (22 seats) over the pro-Fatah Jerusalem Bloc, which secured 1,0 votes (20 seats).
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Sources for research funding
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH www.ma.hw.ac.uk/ RSE/index.htm Wellcome Trust Research Workshops The Royal Society of Edinburgh invites applications for grants of up to Pounds 2500 in support of...
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Kuala Lumpur
The Malaysian government is introducing a scheme for parents to save money for their children's higher education. Parents can save on a monthly or daily basis.
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Amman
Students clashed violently with riot police on the campus of the University of Jordan as elections were held for the university's student council on April 25. Ten arrests were made. The majority of...
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Beijing
The number of Chinese students applying for overseas study has reached unprecedented proportions, according to the Chinese ministry of education. Parents are prepared to spend their life savings on...
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TB bug made harmless
A molecular Achilles heel of the deadly bug that causes tuberculosis has been exposed. Scientists have been able to render Mycobacterium tuberculosis harmless by blocking the formation of a single...
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Heriot-Watt ends link
Heriot-Watt University and Limerick Institute of Technology are to sever their links after being accused of "dumbing down" university-validated courses at Limerick. Both institutions deny the...
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Santiago
Two students at Santiago's Universidad Arcis, injured when a Chilean foreign ministry car ran into a crowd of anti-Pinochet demonstrators last month, have lodged a criminal lawsuit for attempted...