Blue-skies plan wins EU backing
Leading figures in science have given broad backing to proposals to create a transcontinental European Research Council. A majority of delegates at a meeting in Copenhagen this month agreed that such...
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Zimbabwe staff strike over 135% pay claim
An estimated 900 lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe are on strike, demanding a 135 per cent pay rise and a review of their salaries as hyperinflation and a shrinking economy make savage inroads...
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Foreign study costs less in Oz
Foreign students enrolling in ߣߣÊÓƵn universities enjoy lower living expenses and far lower fees than those in the UK or the US but about the same as students in Canada, according to research. A...
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Monash student kills two in class gun blitz
An aggrieved student at Monash University shot and killed two students and wounded five people on the university's main Melbourne campus on Monday. Hong Kong-born Huan Yun Xiang, who was to give his...
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More US students depend on drugs
An increasing number of US students arrive at universities on stimulants, antidepressants and other psychoactive medications, according to campus mental-health providers. Use of these drugs among...
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UK knowhow aids SA rebirth
In the townships and deprived rural areas of South Africa, hope of economic regeneration lies with the multitude of small businesses that have sprung up in the years since the end of apartheid. But...
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Danes reform rector ballots
Denmark is to end the centuries-old tradition of a rector appointed by a democratically elected senate. Rectors and other university leaders will instead be appointed by boards of governors with an...
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New quality agency stirs up ranking fears in Spain
Spain has set up a national agency for accreditation and quality evaluation in a bid to make the country's higher education system more competitive and to bring it a step closer to conformity with...
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Roving students lose grants
Russian students who go overseas for work or study could lose their grants for that time under a regulation adopted by many universities. Rules governing the payment of stipendia - designed for those...
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ILA scheme may have lost millions to fraudsters
Tens of millions of pounds could have been lost to fraud because the government bungled the introduction of individual learning accounts, the public spending watchdog reports today. The National...
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Manchester merger gets green light
The proposed merger of Manchester University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology will go ahead, the councils of the two institutions decided on Wednesday evening....
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In the news: Sir George Bain
Canadian-born George Bain, vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, has an easy affability and charm, and an open manner. But he has never shied away from uncomfortable decisions and he is...
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Don's diary: Sarajevo summer school
Friday It would be hard to imagine a more idyllic location: a garden in Montparnasse on a late summer's day. I am drinking coffee, reading Le Monde and waiting for a friend. I talk to two of the...
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Time to raise collateral to halt the slide in value
Malcolm Brynin suggests some ways for the government to address the declining value of a degree We all believe in higher education, particularly those of us who are engaged in it professionally....
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Why I...believe full fees and bursaries are the only way forward
We all agree that universities are under-funded. Successive governments for 30 or more years have neglected their responsibilities to higher education. Our buildings are in a state of disrepair and...