UK warned of rivals in masters reform
UK academic institutions will face stiffer competition for masters-level students and the staff who teach them under new laws that will unify higher education systems across Europe, a report has...
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15 minutes to open the minds of kids, cooks and colleagues
Susan Smith, a cook, turned up after hearing Dundee Discovery Day advertised on local radio. "It's my day off, and I'm interested to hear whether these people can deliver in terms that we, the public...
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Students: use fees for books not pay
Improving libraries and campus security is more important than raising pay for academics when using the cash boost from top-up fees in 2006, according to students. A MORI poll for the accommodation...
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SNP moots 'handcuffs' for medical graduates
The Scottish National Party has suggested "golden handcuffs" for graduates of Scottish medical schools as an alternative to controversial proposals for premium fees for non-Scottish UK students,...
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Australians lend an ear to Hefce chair
Sir Gareth Roberts is heading an expert committee to advise the Australian Government on how best to assess the quality of publicly funded research. The chair of the Higher Education Funding Council...
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Let-down medical and dentistry students left in limbo
Medical and dentistry students at Macedonia's Tetovo University, which was formally recognised last year after a decade-long campaign by the country's ethnic-Albanian minority, say they have been let...
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Chinese scholars find talk isn't cheap
Shanghai's Donghua University has barred students who own mobile phones or other "extravagant" items, including MP3 players and computers, from applying for a national tuition grant of 6,000 yuan (£...
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Irish tit-for-tat hits UK applicants
Ireland's universities have raised entry requirements for students from the UK in response to a new tariff for Irish students applying to study in Britain. The move will make it harder for English...
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Migrants moved on
Istanbul Technical University has secured a court order to evict more than 50,000 people to make way for a science park. The site is occupied by migrants - mostly Kurdish - who have moved to Istanbul...
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Euro loan for study
The European Investment Bank is investing in student maintenance schemes across Europe as part of a plan to improve economic competitiveness. This week it was due to sign a deal with Hungary to lend...
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Uppsala law school quotas quashed
A Swedish court has ruled that a quota-based admissions policy at Uppsala University is unlawful. For two years, Uppsala University has reserved 10 per cent of places on its law programme for...
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Cocooned by privilege but driving on the edge
Only if our rulers learn the lessons of history can we avoid the grim fate of Easter Island, says Jared Diamond People ask me why I decided to write about the collapse of past societies. The answer...
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Admission statement
Those seeking an early look at Oxford University's much discussed "green paper" setting out the institution's vision for its future received a surprisingly politically incorrect message this week....
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Science fiction
Before Christmas, the Conservative Party decided to put science atop the agenda by appointing Robert Key, MP for Salisbury, to the new position of Shadow Science Minister. With Labour's Science...
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Thinking, drinking or sinking?
Liberal Democrat MSP Donald Gorrie announced during a lifelong learning parliamentary debate that students in large universities are often left to sink or swim in a sea of alcohol. It remains to be...