UK graduates reap salary rewards
University graduates are in demand among employers in the UK and are likely to command better pay directly as a result of completing higher education. Officials at the Organisation for Economic Co-...
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International cohort grows
Britain's universities are becoming increasingly dependent on overseas students, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. With 13.4 per cent of students from abroad,...
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'Improve employability' of overseas students or lose market
Universities and government officials need to improve the employability of overseas students if the UK is to hold on to its share of the international recruitment market, according to Tim Westlake,...
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US is losing its grip on lead
Report warns of lack of graduates to replace baby-boomers as nation slips in league tables, writes Jon Marcus. America's global competitiveness is being threatened by a failure among universities to...
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Tehran
Iran has offered scholarships to Muslim Turkish students who cannot attend university because the country bans religious headscarves on campus. Such students will be exempt from entrance examinations...
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Tashkent
An Uzbekistan court has ordered the closure of the office of the US non-governmental organisation Partnership in Academics and Development, which aims to foster co-operation in educating and training...
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Brussels
The European Commission has announced proposals for a European Qualifications Framework based on eight "reference levels" from the end of compulsory education to the highest level of academic and...
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Ibadan
Nigeria's University of Ilorin and the University of Kyushu in Japan are collaborating on an 11-year project to collate magnetic data from the sun.
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Don't ambush Aids effort, experts plead
South Africa's HIV-Aids researchers have accused the Government of depriving them of the support they need to fight the disease. Hoosen "Jerry" Coovadia, who chaired the 13th International Aids...
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Proof is in a duel to the death, philosopher tells rival
A Chinese philosopher last month raised the stakes in an academic feud with an anti-fraud campaigner by challenging him to a science duel - to the death. The dispute began in April when Li Ming, a...
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V-cs' body in line for makeover
ߣߣÊÓƵ's heads to be reorganised in a new industry-style group, says Geoff Maslen. The ߣߣÊÓƵn Vice-chancellors' Committee is to be radically reshaped into a new company with a different name,...
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India goes for growth
The Indian Government has begun a massive expansion of higher education with the creation of 500,000 university and colleges places. Academics have welcomed the move, but there is concern that a...
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Nepotism leads the list of no-nos in Bologna's new ethical code
The University of Bologna has introduced an ethical code to address issues such as discrimination, academic freedom, conflicts of interest, intellectual property, plagiarism, sexual harassment and...
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Face it, equity initiatives are too little, too late
Are universities' widening participation schemes doomed to failure? Stephen Gorard reveals the inherent problems that threaten these initiatives. If a British higher education institution announced...
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Alison Wolf
It is something of a truism, in higher education c 2006, that "unto those who have, it shall be given". League tables seem to show the same universities at the top, year after year, collecting not...