Out with ye olde classics?
Will to Wonka, English is thriving but it isn't all rosy, says Claire Sanders "Under the hot blue sky I walked with my backpack on, on through town, on until I reached the entrance to the station. I...
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'Publishers put our scripts to the top of the pile'
Bath Spa University College runs some of the most successful creative writing courses in the country, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. As well as a taught MA, which attracts about 40...
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It's very evolved of us to ape a yawn
It might be the bane of the dreary lecture theatre, but research has revealed that the contagious yawn could be a sign of evolution's highest mental states. Psychologists have found a strong...
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Colleges may face claims of fee-fixing
Colleges and universities that collaborate on setting top-up fees for joint courses could open themselves up to legal challenges from students and to fines under competition law, college leaders have...
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Will students fly off to flee fees?
Only a handful of UK students take the opportunities opened up by budget airlines and the wider availability of English-taught subjects to take an undergraduate course in the near-Continent. But,...
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Pick 'n' mix with high standards
English-taught courses are widely available and very accessible in Sweden. Higher education is of a high standard, very flexible and, most important, free. Contrary to popular belief, the cost of...
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Sweden: Courses in English
Only Jennifer Costelloe's Sheffield University sweater and accent betray her English origins. Ms Costelloe, 20, is spending one semester in the English department at Stockholm University. "I went to...
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Eire: cutbacks a drawback
Matthew Neuberger, 22, is enjoying his social life in Dublin and his study at Trinity College, by far the most popular college for overseas students. He has no Irish connections, yet he has felt very...
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Medicine and law big pullers
Students from the UK made up less than 3 per cent of 60,000 applications for Ireland's seven universities and 37 other higher education institutions received last year by the Central Applications...
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Adequate French? Say salut to 6,000 degree programmes
France has about 400 higher education and research institutions, including universities, institutes of technology, grandes ecoles and other specialised schools, between them offering some 6,000...
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France: 'Totally different' study methods
Josie Kaye, 21, is taking a year out from her bachelors course in politics at Nottingham University to study at Sciences Po, the prestigious Institute of Political Science in Paris. Bureaucracy was...
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Oxford pins fortunes on postgraduates
Postgraduate students could outnumber undergraduates at Oxford University by 2020 under plans to reposition the ancient university to maintain its world-class status. The reforms would also allow...
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French research lays down gauntlet
A three-month campaign by French researchers to reverse swingeing budget cuts and end blighted career prospects for young staff culminated in the resignation of more than 2,000 key workers on Tuesday...
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EU-Israel scientific and technical cooperation: Commissioner Bolkestein's remarks to Parliament
Strasbourg, 11 March 2004 Verbatim report of proceedings on 10 March 2004, Part 2 Bolkestein, Commission. Mr President, I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss with Parliament the issue of...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: Energie et croissance économique: le rôle de la recherche européenne, European Business Summit 2004, Session "Energising economic growth with better energy"
European Business Summit 2004 Mesdames, Messieurs, L'énergie est au même titre que l'eau ou les technologies de l'information, un bien vital de la société d'aujourd'hui. On a tendance à l'oublier,...