Row threatens EU exchange
The European Union's Fulbright-style international exchange programme may be delayed by a looming political battle over funding. A row between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers...
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Irish dump fees plan to avert split
The Irish government has been forced to ditch plans to bring back tuition fees. Instead, it will invest more in schemes to help students from lower socioeconomic groups get into higher education. The...
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Old Europe told to wake up to trade
Europe's protectionist focus on public-financed universities would lead to stagnation, the head of the ߣߣÊÓƵn-based Global University Alliance warned last week. Terry Hilsberg accused Europeans...
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NZ fixes fee limits as freeze is lifted
Student fees are likely to rise for the first time since 1999 under a new regime announced in the New Zealand government's budget. From this year, the government will set the maximum fee that...
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Islands' medic hope
A private medical school in the Cayman Islands graduated its first doctors this month as part of a bid to prevent the islands' would-be doctors leaving for overseas. St Matthew's University School of...
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College sued over gag zone
A student is suing a California college for limiting public speaking to three designated "free-speech areas" in the latest of a series of disputes involving freedom of expression on increasingly...
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Sars fear prompts ban
Some US universities are blocking Chinese students from attending summer programmes because of a fear of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Harvard University has also banned them from graduation...
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Five-year restriction on Hecs
ߣߣÊÓƵn students will be limited to the equivalent of five years' full-time study if they are admitted to a government-subsidised place after January 2005. Under the learning entitlement system,...
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If UK insists on hiding, it could end in 'nul points'
Britain's commitment to Europe was not mentioned in the white paper, yet it is key to success, says Juliet Lodge. Discussion of a new constitution and the timing of Britain's potential adoption of...
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Alison Wolf
Since winning scarce resources is what matters, UUK is unlikely to do anything to rock the government policy boat. Higher education policies are diverging at enormous speed under devolution, which...
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Don's diary: A sustainable road
Monday Sustainability Week, an annual demonstration that everyone can act sustainably, has arrived. Weeks of planning for my young colleagues come to fruition. They are keyed up and ready to go. My...
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May 24: v. important vote
Tensions were running high at the Natfhe conference at the weekend, where rival factions thrashed out union policy on the Middle East, the war in Iraq and the future of British higher education. But...
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Italian job
Education secretary Charles Clarke will be alarmed to see a table in the Scottish Economic Policy Network's recent report on funding research in Scotland's universities highlighting the cash going to...
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The 'key' to failure
Hopes of winning the Eurovision Song Contest were dashed last Saturday when the British entry failed to score any points. The song, Cry Baby, was penned by Martin Isherwood, head of music at the...
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Earning but no learning
The Diary has been trawling through the Department for Education and Skills website trying to find an insight into the purpose of a university. The site lists six benefits of taking a degree. Five...