Museums get VAT back
University museums last week gained the right to reclaim VAT on their running costs. All museums were granted the right to scrap entry fees in 2001, but the right to claim back VAT was denied to...
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Poor little siblings
Young siblings fare worse than older brothers and sisters in educational attainment and earnings, a study suggests. Kjell Salvanes of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business found that younger...
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Precedent was set
We reported last week that the Office for the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education faced "an unprecedented legal challenge" to a ruling. In fact, some months ago a dissatisfied complainant...
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Clarification
In Alan Ryan's opinion column of August 12, the phrase "reculer pour mieux sauter" was translated as "putting off the evil day". The intended meaning was to take a step back in order to leap farther...
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Alarm at the ungentlemanly claims by bogus 'university'
One is an elite members' club in London's Pall Mall and a favourite haunt of vice-chancellors and famous intellectuals. The other is a private business with bogus academic credentials that is...
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Harry Potter and the list of wizard summer reads
Don't know where to turn now that you've finished J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ? Why not dip into the works of fellow fantasy writers Eoin Colfer, William Nicholson or Philip...
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Muslims fear severing ties may fuel ill will
Muslim education leaders and academics have urged UK universities to maintain links with Islamic institutions amid fears that the current political climate may cause some to end partnerships to avoid...
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'High-risk' foreign students might have to pay £7,000 bond for visa
New Home Office plans to make international students from some countries pay a deposit of up to £7,000 to gain a visa have been condemned by university and college heads, writes Tony Tysome . A...
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Hefce studies UKeU failure
Little could have been done to prevent the collapse of the UK's flagship e-university project, according to funding chiefs who believe they will be expected to fund similarly risky ventures in the...
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Jisc has a mind to rescue philosophy treasure trove
With entries ranging from Aristotle to zombies, the world's leading online philosophy encyclopaedia has been saved for academics thanks to an intervention by the Joint Information Systems Committee....
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US dominates Shanghai poll
Cambridge has moved up to second place in a new ranking of the world's top universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. But the third edition of the ranking remains dominated by US universities,...
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Lecture's off? I want my bus fare refunded
Phil Baty and Tom Wainwright report on a boom in undergraduate complaints Have you heard about the student who was awarded £200 by Aston University after getting stuck in a lift and missing a lecture...
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Exam rival opens new entry route
A non-profit organisation has launched a rival to Japan's established university entrance exam as admission procedures for the country's 1,200 four-year universities, two-year colleges and technical...
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Spain looks to slash the number of degrees offered
The number of first degrees on offer in Spain could be reduced by 40 per cent as part of the Bologna Process. Proposals under consideration by the Ministry of Education include a reduction from 140...
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Cash crisis hits Mexico
A survey of Mexican academics has found that low morale and wrangling over funding have reached crisis point. The Mexican Academy of Sciences sent a questionnaire to members of the Sistema Nacional...