Oz unis' good name at risk
Australia's universities risk their reputations being tainted by the alleged malpractice of some of the country's less scrupulous overseas education providers, it was claimed this week. As the...
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Bench mark: hooded Chilean students
(Photograph) - Bench mark: hooded Chilean students set up a street blockade in protest at the September 11 1973 coup led by General Augusto Pinochet, now under house arrest in Britain, that toppled...
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Mini web server wires up intelligent buildings
The world's smallest web server - barely larger than a matchhead - has been built at the University of Massachusetts. The iPic - developed by H. Shrikumar, a graduate student in the department of...
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British breed thrives in Bulldogs' country
When Stephen Portch, Somerset-born and University of Reading-educated, was named universities chancellor in the southern American state of Georgia, he was welcomed with open stereotypes. "Will...
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Ingenta pact opens portals
Ingenta, the online scholarly information provider formed through a public/private partnership with the University of Bath, has struck a deal with CABI Publishing to create a series of web portals in...
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Italians offered tutors by email
The Italian student magazine Campus has enlisted ten academics - all enthusiasts of computer communications - to act as email tutors for any student in need of assistance. In its September issue, the...
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The net is where inhibitions are shed and secrets revealed
People are losing their inhibitions when they swap emails or complete questionnaires on the internet, according to Adam Joinson of the University of Glamorgan. At a British Psychology Society...
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Unearthly presence: Virtual Visions
(Photograph) - Unearthly presence: Virtual Visions is an exhibition of computer-generated prints, created by Mike King, reader in computer art and animation at London Guildhall University. The prints...
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For London's new-media sector, image is everything
London's new-media industry pays an average Pounds 25,000 salary to staff who are predominantly non-graduates. It prefers trendy areas to those where rents are low. Little wonder that many companies...
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Cosy connections feed the fire of scientific sceptics
This is the week when Britain should celebrate its science. So it is a pity that Sir Richard Sykes used his presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science to talk UK...
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Make a stand on quality
Debate over quality assurance in UK universities has gone on long enough. Wrangling about numbers or no numbers, light or not-so-light touches, and criticism based not on the quality of institutions...
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Building a system that demands support of all
Who should pay for Scotland's mass tertiary education sector? Andrew Cubie surveys responses to the consultation on student finance. Scotland's student finance debate has everything, from complex...
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Why I ...
Why I...believe the Soviet intelligence officer Vasili Mitrokhin is one of the heroes of our time. Christopher Andrew is professor of modern and continental history, Cambridge University, and editor...
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No fees for first-years is ruling party pledge on Canadian election trail
MONTREAL As Canadian tuition fees continue to soar, a provincial government that hopes to be re-elected next Thursday is offering a free year of university to high-school graduates. Saskatchewan's...
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Interest falls in benign orphan
When discovered in humans, the TT-virus caused a scare. Now that it is seen as harmless, the medical community's interest has waned. But this could be a mistake, Steve Farrar hears It is the disease...