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Students easy targets of theft - 3 Nov. 05 [
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Four out of five victims of robbery and burglary in Nottingham city centre are students, according to police figures.
Officers are renewing their warning to students to review security measures.
Almost 30 laptops were stolen from students in the city in three weeks and officers are urging them to have their property marked.
Despite a major awareness campaign, police said students continue to be an easy target for crime because simple security measures are not taken.
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Police return to hit-and-run spot involving student
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Police are to return to the scene of a hit-and-run crash, in which a 20-year-old student was killed, to ask residents for help finding the driver.
Abigail Craen, a medical student at Birmingham University, was hit by a car as she used a pelican crossing on the city's Pershore Road a week ago.
Officers said she was thrown up to 30ft and died in hospital on Tuesday. They will be at the scene on Sunday night.
A £5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to a conviction.
Her parents released a picture of Abigail after her death to try and bring someone forward.
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Student cancer treatment boost - 4 Nov. 05 [
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Three young scientists at the University of York have developed a special gel that is set to improve the treatment of malignant cancers.
The gel helps doctors target tumours more efficiently, say students Andrew Wilson, Paul Watson and Mark Godber.
Mr Wilson said: "This should allow more rapid, accurate and, therefore, safer treatment of malignant tumours."
They have secured a £30,000 grant under the Bioscience Yorkshire Enterprise Fellowship to commercialise their idea.
Their product is a gelatine with a comparable density to human tissue.
By testing the radiation beam on the gel first, radiologists can judge more accurately the precise dose needed to treat a tumour, enabling them to calibrate their machines accordingly
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Hit-and-run victim was a student
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Police have named a 20-year-old medical student who died in hospital after being knocked down near her university's halls of residence.
Abigail Craen, from Liss in Hampshire, who had been studying at Birmingham University, died on Tuesday after being struck by a car in Edgbaston.
Police looking for the driver said one of the car's window would be smashed.
A floral tribute from Ms Craen's flatmates was among those placed onto railings at the scene on Wednesday.
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Concern over tougher A-levels -1 Nov. 05[
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Plans to make A-levels more stretching for the brightest students will lead to a two-tier system, the former chief inspector of schools in England warns.
Sir Mike Tomlinson has raised concerns about the practicality of introducing optional harder questions in exams.
He said the system might disadvantage pupils in schools where staff decided not to prepare for these questions.
Last year, Sir Mike advised the government to phase out A-levels and GCSEs in favour of a diploma.
But his recommendations for 14 to 19 education were rejected by the government.
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Student Honour killing jurors sent home
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The jury in the case of a student who was said to have been murdered to "vindicate a family's honour" has been sent home for the day.
The jurors will return to court on Tuesday to consider their verdict over Arash Ghorbani-Zarin's death.
The body of the 19-year-old student was found with 46 stab wounds in his car in Oxford last November.
Chomir Ali, 44, and his son, Mohammed Mujibar Rahman, 19, deny murdering Mr Ghorbani-Zarin.
It was claimed that they killed him because of the "shame and dishonour" brought on their family by Arash's relationship with Mr Ali's daughter, Manna Begum.
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Cardiff sweeps media awards
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The University of Cardiff last night swept the board at the Guardian Student Media Awards, winning three of the most prestigious prizes, including newspaper of the year. Gair Rhydd finally broke the domineering run of the publication York Vision, from the University of York, which has won the award for three years.
The judges, who included the Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow, and Piers Morgan, formerly Daily Mirror editor, described Gair Rhydd as "a very well executed broadsheet".
The competition, now in its 27th year, also rewarded the University of Cardiff's Quench, naming it magazine of the year: it was, said judges, "a lively, fun look at student life with strong features, good listings and impressive interviews".
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Catapult test might have saved student, says jury
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The death of a student after he was hurled through the air by a giant catapult based on a medieval weapon, the trebuchet, was an accident that may have been prevented if the machine had been tested more carefully, an inquest jury ruled yesterday.
Oxford University biochemistry student Kostydin Yankov, 19, a member of an extreme sports club, flew 30 metres but suffered multiple abdominal and chest injuries when he fell short of a safety net.
The jury at Taunton was told that a rope which helped the device to fire had been changed on the day of the accident, but had not been tested.
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£40m to attract part-time students - 4 Nov. 05 [
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The government today announced £40m over the next two academic years to improve provision for part-time courses, in an effort to encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to go to university.
The Department for Education and Skills and the Higher Education Funding Council for England have each provided £20m for the scheme.
There are currently around 500,000 part-time students in British higher education - who are more likely to be mature students, from poorer backgrounds, or combining study with work or a family.
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Universities urged to consider expanding bursary schemes - 2 Nov. 2005 [
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Universities should increase the number of bursaries they award to students wanting to enter law and medicine to ensure that top-up fees do not discourage poorer students from applying, a government-backed report found today.
The government originally argued that students would be willing to pay up to £3,000 a year in top-up fees because of the lifetime of extra earnings they would receive once they had a degree. But the suggestion that bursaries should instead be used as incentives to poorer students regardless of their future earnings raises new questions about the purpose of the new student funding system, which will be introduced along with higher fees next year.
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Student work rife with plagiarism - 3 Nov. 2005 [
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STUDENTS have been accused of blatantly copying material from the internet by examiners in their GCSE English coursework.
A report by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance board said that some teachers had given students so much guidance that it amounted to mass plagiarism and it was hard to tell some candidates apart.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the examinations watchdog, has conducted a two-year study into cheating in exams. It has identified coursework as a problem and is expected to issue its results shortly.
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Lecturer reveals university pressure to pass poor students
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A UNIVERSITY whistleblower has secretly filmed meetings with senior academics at which she was put under pressure to pass first-year students whom she believed should have been thrown off their degree courses.
Lecturers at Southampton Solent University, unaware of a hidden camera, told the whistleblower that on occasions they found the marking policy “absolutely rubbish”.
The film, to be broadcast by BBC1’s Inside Out programme in southern England tomorrow, raises fears that “new” universities are filling places by lowering standards.
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Murder of student in Britain highlights issue of honor crimes
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The conviction of a Bangladeshi-origin man along with his two teenage sons for murdering a student who made his daughter pregnant illustrates the growing prevalence in Britain of so-called "honor crimes", experts say.
Restaurant waiter Chomir Ali, 44, was jailed for life on November 4 for ordering his sons to kill Arash Ghorbani-Zarin, a 19-year-old Muslim university student of Iranian descent.
The court in Oxford, southern England, heard that Ali had arranged a marriage for his daughter, Manna Begum, to another man, but she refused to stop seeing Ghorbani-Zarin and became pregnant.
The body of the engineering student was found in his car in November last year. He had been stabbed 46 times.
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£200m black hole in medical student funding - 4 Nov. 2005 [
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The funding of medical training in the UK is so "opaque" that the government cannot know if it is getting value for the £2bn a year it spends, according to a thinktank report.
The Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) says £200m is unaccounted for - and calls for a "wholesale reform" of the way medical education is funded.
Money for educating doctors, dentists and nurses comes from both the NHS and higher education funding councils, and universities and hospitals share resources on an informal "knock for knock" basis.
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Scots students are UK leaders for enterprise - 3 Nov. 05 [
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ENTERPRISING Scots youngsters are keeping the UK's entrepreneurial spirit alive, according to a new report.
Around 60% of sixth formers and 78% of university students from Scotland would consider setting up their own business after they finish education, the 2005 NatWest Student Money Matters survey found.
And 13% have an innovative business idea that they would like to pursue.
However, the survey found that only 6% are studying a course which relates to their business idea.
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Fewer state pupils at Cambridge - 21 Sept. 05 [
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Cambridge University took a smaller proportion of students from state schools in 2003 than the previous year, according to latest figures.
Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) data showed 56.9% of new students were from state schools.
This was down from 57.6% the previous year and about 20 points short of its government "benchmark" number.
A spokeswoman said Cambridge was fully committed to widening participation in higher education.
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Footballer did not rape student - 22 Sept. 05 [
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A law student who claims she was raped by an Arsenal goalkeeper, consented to sex while the player's girlfriend was in the next room, it is alleged.
The woman initiated sex with Graham Stack, currently on loan to Reading, after kissing and cuddling his friend, Croydon Crown Court heard.
Prosecution counsel said the victim made it clear she did not want sex.
Mr Stack earlier denied rape and friend Allan Smillie, 23, from Feltham, west London, denies sexual assault.
The alleged attack took place at Mr Stack's flat in Beckenham, south-east London on 1 September last year, following a night out at West End club Traps in Wardour Street.
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Muslim students police distrust - 22 Sept. 2005 [
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The higher education minister says he is "extremely worried" by a Muslim student survey showing one in 10 would not warn the police of a terror attack.
Bill Rammell called for a "mature debate" about the attitudes and grievances expressed by young Muslims.
But he welcomed the finding that an "overwhelming majority of students have a distinct affinity to Britain".
Muslim students spoke of the prejudice and hostility they had experienced since the London terror attacks.
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Students urged to show respect- 21 Sept. 2005 [
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Queen's University has appealed to new and returning students to "show respect" and allow their neighbours to live in peace.
The university's Pro Vice-Chancellor, Gerry McCormac, made the appeal at the start of the new academic year.
It is a time when there are often complaints about noise and rowdiness.
Last year, at least four students from the University of Ulster and Queen's were suspended and 45 others faced fines following complaints.
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Student sex assault case dropped- 20 Sept. 2005 [
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Six Cambridge University students who were arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a male student will face no further action, police have said.
The alleged assault on the 19-year-old is said to have taken place on 17 March after a party.
The Girton College students, two from Cambridge and the others from Essex, Middlesex, Surrey and Wales were due to answer bail on Tuesday.
But a police spokesman said they had decided to drop the case.
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Oxford may cut undergraduates to save £200m
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Academics will be told that Oxford cannot maintain its international standing unless it cuts losses on undergraduate teaching
OXFORD UNIVERSITY is planning sweeping reforms to close a £200 million funding gap and preserve its world-class reputation.
Academics will be told that Oxford cannot maintain its international standing unless it cuts losses on undergraduate teaching and improves income from research. Undergraduate numbers may be cut and loss-making departments will come under increased pressure to improve their performance as part of a “corporate plan” published tomorrow.
It makes clear that Oxford’s problems over the next five years will not be resolved by the rise in student tuition fees to £3,000 a year from 2006.
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