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French universities' exclusive right to award masters diplomas to trainee lawyers could end in the move to the European degree structure under the Bologna Process, law faculty heads and teachers fear...
The cost of attending a public university in America has risen by more than triple the rate of inflation, driving a 43 per cent rise in one year in the number of students borrowing from private...
A small community in Peru will begin building a university this week - one brick at a time. The municipality of Villa El Salvador, a shantytown in southern Lima, plans to build its first higher...
Stanford University has reaped a windfall of $334 million (£180 million) after the flotation of Google in August. The web search engine was developed by two of the university's students almost ten...
François Biltgen, Luxembourg's Higher Education Minister, has announced the new vice-chancellor of the embryonic University of Luxembourg. Rolf Tarrach will take up his post this month.
McGill University has won a five-year legal battle with a former admissions director, Peggy Ann Sheppard, who sued the institution for C$1.4 million (£616,000). She had claimed wrongful dismissal for...
Researchers at Russia's Institute of Organic Synthesis Technologies, which until 1992 led the Soviet chemical weapons programme, have gone on hunger strike over salaries unpaid for more than a year.
Haifa University is standing by its decision to give David Radler, chairman of the Jerusalem Post , an honorary degree despite his involvement in the dispute between Lord Black and Hollinger...
Erasmus, the European Union's student exchange scheme, has been given the Prince of Asturia's Award - Spain's top honour for international cooperation.
Everyone everywhere gains by combining competition with collaboration in higher education, argues Charles Vest In its new ranking of the world's 200 best universities, The Times Higher found the top...
Derrida's philosophy is confusing, particularly as he denied having one. Still, it's worth trying to tap along to his rhythm A couple of weeks ago I opened the paper to find that Superman had died,...
Those watching the new Higher Education Minister Kim Howells to try to ascertain his priorities may have spotted that part-time education is one of his pet causes. But it appears this is not entirely...
With a British election looming, researchers may be interested to hear that the Conservative Party seems to be struggling to find any MPs who are interested in science. A member of the House of...
Of course, it could be that news of the rivalry on the committee has made it a less than tempting place to spend one's time. One government source revealed last week that the need to elect a...