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The article presents information on conference papers on students' university experience in Great Britain. Dilly Fung found that students view their university experience as a journey with elements of both risk and comfort. Rosalyn George and Anna Traianou said that British students and universities may fail to seize opportunities for cultural interchange being offered by globalized higher education. Ron Best cited the prevalence of self-harming students in certain subject areas.

Points out that college freshmen in Great Britain with ordinary diligence can expect a decent 2.1, and that will be enough to ensure that they secure the graduate premium appropriate to the sort of degree they have done and where they have done it. Tendency of college teachers to conform with the general expectation; Side effects of the usual course delivery.

Reports on the training of media professionals as potential messengers of peace in Israel. Project between Arab and Jewish journalism students; Monthly publication of "In a Different Eye" newspaper; Creation of professional links with the mass media.

Examines the impact of A-level examinations on the intellectual health and creativity of British higher learning students. Comparison of the level of difficulty of tests between the 1980s and 2000s; Concern over the encouragement of mediocrity concerning the mental ability training of students; Analysis of the average level of academic attainment of students; Failure of universities to develop unpredictable tests.

Focuses on the higher education system in Great Britain. Percentage of universities received funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England; Challenges faced by universities in the country; Quota of universities for middle class students.

Reports on the results of a paper on remedial mathematics help for university economics students to be presented to the Royal Economic Society annual conference in April 2006. Conclusion of the paper; Information on the project focused on economics funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England; Significance of the study to remedial help.

Comments on key issues pertaining to the authorship of scientific papers and journals in undergraduate universities in Great Britain including doctoral students, postdoctorates and professors. Efforts of students and several professors to conceal methodological flaws in scientific papers; Trends in writing academic and scientific papers; Indications of higher education.

Reports on the plan of Anthony Heacock to sell his essay-plagiarism website, a website that allows students to download essays and papers for a fee. Suitability of the downloadable works for background reading and direct copying; Story on how he got the idea for the website.

Reports that British college students are disinterested in initiatives such as modern apprenticeships and foundation degrees despite government rhetoric. Findings contained in a funding council briefing paper, 'Supply and Demand in Higher Education' that student demand has failed to match government targets; Social and economic circumstances affecting influencing participation in higher education.

The article offers insights for colleges and universities on adopting guidelines on giving failing grades to students. It warns staff against adopting an overly essentialist view of failure. It recommends that staff should exercise special leniency in marking examination papers in medicine, politics and management. It cites the disadvantages of hiring external examiners.

The authors, an academic and his undergraduate son, relate their experiences of presenting and listening to lectures at a university. After class, the academic found a piece of paper used by a student to calculate his salary per hour. The son cites that the lecturers failed to mention the essays to be submitted before Christmas. The undergraduate asserts that the lecturers seem to occupy some form of parallel universe.

The article reports on issues and events related to higher education in Great Britain as of February 2006. A call for nomination for new blood clinical senior lectureship awards has been issued by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Papers for the 2nd International Plagiarism Conference of the Plagiarism Advisory Service is called for. Higher education student numbers have increased.

Reports on the move of the government in developing ways to reduce distractions and to control cheating in China. Survey on the totality of students caught cheating especially during college entrance examinations; Regulations covering staff in charge of examinations and enrollment; Incidence of leaked test papers.

Reports that Alexa Bone, student of Durham University in England, won the Salters Nuffield Advanced Level Biology Prize for achieving 98 percent average in her A-level biology papers. Completion of her first term studying natural sciences.

Focuses on the strategy paper of the British government that aims to increase higher education participation by 50 percent in 2010. Breakdown of the target in volume of students and additional lecturers; State of higher education in the country; Impact of increased higher education participation on employment levels.

Reports on the context of a paper published by the National Audit Office concerning the percentage of students expected to graduate from different English universities. Overall achievement rates; Assessment of completion and achievement by the report; Caution issued on the prospect of universities to miss the government's learning targets.

Reports on the functional illiteracy of undergraduates in Great Britain, as presented in the 1999 Moser Report. Percentage of functionally illiterate adults in England; Literacy problems of undergraduates; Undergraduates' limitation on their use of traditional paper-based libraries and online libraries; Link of the use of libraries and computers to social class.

Examines the concerns of academics on the curriculum for college students in Great Britain. Split between academic and vocational subjects; Provision of the same opportunities to students studying vocational subjects and students studying academic subjects; Introduction of trial papers on five subjects in May 2000.

Reports in August 1998 that staff at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa was fired after allegedly selling examination papers. Description of an investigation at the University; Description of the activity that led to the investigation.

Focuses on infertile couples in the United States, who are using classified advertising in student newspapers to allocate ovarian eggs from students. Suggestion that students are willing to risk their health for money; Evidence of ovarian complications in a student due to fertility drugs; Comments from Joseph Clark, who works on `Ubyssey,' the University of British Columbia student paper.