Parents pay for budget deficit
US students are paying the price for a government budget deficit fuelled by the Iraq War, natural disasters and tax cuts. Interest rates on student loans will rise from 5.3 per cent to 7.14 per cent...
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China set to limit rising enrolments
A new policy aims to improve conditions by reducing numbers, reports Michael Delaney China's decision to cap soaring university enrolments is likely to increase demand for study overseas. The State...
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Fictional state to end fake degrees
Forty years ago, a small town in Northern Italy proclaimed itself the Principality of Seborga with a past stretching back to the 11th century and an elected ruler in the shape of Prince Giorgio I....
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A bit of a Brit abroad
Alan Osborn turns the spotlight on Malta in the latest in our series The University of Malta, which was established in 1592, has a distinctive British personality and is the oldest seat of...
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Big in business
Alan Osborn turns the spotlight on Liechtenstein in the latest in our series Even though the inhabitants of tiny Liechtenstein speak German and the principality is sandwiched between Switzerland and...
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Montreal
Six countries host 67 per cent of the world's internationally mobile students, according to 2006 Global Education Digest , published by Unesco. The US has the most, with 23 per cent, the UK is second...
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Luxembourg
The European Investment Bank is to lend the Ca' Foscari University in Venice €75 million (£52 million) to fund a rationalisation programme, consolidating 40 buildings on 15 sites into four research...
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Bouake
After three years of closure due to civil war, the University of Bouake, in the northern region of the Ivory Coast, has announced a resumption of classes in the next few weeks. Adequate security for...
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Reims
Reims Management School is to create a chair of Champagne, funded by a number of houses including Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Krug, Pommery, and Laurent Perrier, the city of Reims and the...
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Institute to slim down
Europe's oldest international research organisation, formed in 1971, is about to streamline its decision-making processes. The European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research...
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No whaling over pay
Following the tale of Oxford Brookes University vice-chancellor Graham Upton's bike ride to John O'Groats last week (last sighted crossing the Scottish border) comes news of another vice-chancellor...
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Wotcher, Fatcher
It's been a good and a bad week for Kat Fletcher. As the president of the National Union of Students nears the end of her tenure, she has been in the media spotlight thanks to the academic pay...
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When Tories talk tough...
Another startling success for the Tories. At 4.pm on Tuesday, David Willetts, Shadow Education Secretary, issued a press release calling for "urgent action over university talks". Within three...
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Relative benefits
Research from the American Sociological Association reveals an unexpected way of helping your children win a place at an elite university: go to a museum. The study, by Harvard University academics,...
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Dances with insects spread science bug
SYNCAPODA Barbican Theatre, Plymouth. Syncapoda is touring schools, theatres, festivals and events in June and July and will launch National Insect Week, June 19-25, at the Natural History Museum in...