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The 28 Palestinian students held by Palestinian security forces after rocks were thrown at French prime minister Lionel Jospin were all released early this week. Mr Jospin had called the Hezbollah...
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Black colleges suffer cuts
South Africa's formerly white universities received most of the state subsidy increases for higher education in last week's government budget while some historically black institutions had their...
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Students flee killings
Students and lecturers at Nigerian universities have been caught up in religious riots that have claimed more than 700 lives in the country's central region. At the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria...
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Back door to immigration
Pacific island nations have become stepping stones in an illegal immigration racket that stretches from Fujian province in southern China to the United States territory of Guam. For $20,000, those...
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Contracts bring fear over job security
More than a quarter of Australia's 40,000 academics live in a constant state of uncertainty over job security. They are still employed on short-term contracts despite a ban on the practice by the...
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Low-scoring Dutch lose free ride
Nearly 13,000 Dutch first-year students face either retaking their course or dropping out and repaying their grants. Under the Netherlands' new university system, the students have failed to gain...
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It's good to talk, say Balkan debaters
Two young female students who lived through 87 days of Nato bombing of their northern Serbian city last month engaged in debate with two students from the University of Sarajevo, which suffered an...
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Illegal students prompt strike
Staff at the controversial University of Seine-Saint-Denis last week voted to strike after an employee was allegedly attacked by foreign students demanding the right to live in France. The students...
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Business spirit not found on campus
Universities are failing to demonstrate the entrepreneurial drive that the government expects, according to a new report. Academic and administrative workloads, the lack of incentives and the...
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Trendsetting free website
A leading online news and information provider for the fashion industry is to spend Pounds 10 million providing design students with free access to its site. The company, Worth Global Style Network (...
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Pearson increases its stakes in online
International media company Pearson has signed an agreement to provide educational material and learning tools to America Online. The new partnership will cover professional training and higher...
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Time to address democratic deficit in English regions
This week's theatre over Labour's choice for London mayor shows again that the party that brought devolved government to the UK is having trouble living with the consequences. The Greater London...
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Educated people are no luxury, they're essential
The World Bank has underlined the role of higher education in rescuing the third world, say Mamphela Ramphele and Henry Rosovsky Last week, the World Bank's president marked a sea-change in thinking...
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Fears over top pupil tests
More than half the schools in the north of England will not be offering advanced extension awards, the extra test for high flying A-level students, thus resurrecting early fears that the AEAs are...
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Colleges warn of funding gap
Colleges are warning that the Pounds 34.4 million allocated to fund the new A-level curriculum is not enough. As the Further Education Funding Council this week revealed its provisional funding...