Medical and dentistry students at Macedonia's Tetovo University, which was formally recognised last year after a decade-long campaign by the country's ethnic-Albanian minority, say they have been let...
Shanghai's Donghua University has barred students who own mobile phones or other "extravagant" items, including MP3 players and computers, from applying for a national tuition grant of 6,000 yuan (£...
Ireland's universities have raised entry requirements for students from the UK in response to a new tariff for Irish students applying to study in Britain. The move will make it harder for English...
Istanbul Technical University has secured a court order to evict more than 50,000 people to make way for a science park. The site is occupied by migrants - mostly Kurdish - who have moved to Istanbul...
The European Investment Bank is investing in student maintenance schemes across Europe as part of a plan to improve economic competitiveness. This week it was due to sign a deal with Hungary to lend...
A Swedish court has ruled that a quota-based admissions policy at Uppsala University is unlawful. For two years, Uppsala University has reserved 10 per cent of places on its law programme for...
Only if our rulers learn the lessons of history can we avoid the grim fate of Easter Island, says Jared Diamond People ask me why I decided to write about the collapse of past societies. The answer...
Those seeking an early look at Oxford University's much discussed "green paper" setting out the institution's vision for its future received a surprisingly politically incorrect message this week....
Before Christmas, the Conservative Party decided to put science atop the agenda by appointing Robert Key, MP for Salisbury, to the new position of Shadow Science Minister. With Labour's Science...
Liberal Democrat MSP Donald Gorrie announced during a lifelong learning parliamentary debate that students in large universities are often left to sink or swim in a sea of alcohol. It remains to be...
Meanwhile, there was too much information from Scottish National Party MSP Alex Neil, who convenes the Parliament's Enterprise and Culture Committee, responsible for overseeing lifelong learning. He...
If you are worried by the march of creationism across the US, you may be comforted to know that 500 scientists called Steve have come out in support of evolution. Project Steve was set up by the...
I had doubts from the start about being a Whitbread judge, but they turned out to be literally misplaced. Instead of worrying about whether I would enjoy reading 34 biographies, my first task as...
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A Tory government would get much-needed cash to universities fast, insists Chris Grayling The attacks on Conservative higher education policy in last week's issue were hardly surprising given the...