Architects at loggerheads
The Government must resolve a dispute between architecture's two governing bodies that has left academics groaning under red tape, the Royal Institute of British Architects said this week. Riba wants...
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Warwick plans Asia base
Warwick University is looking to open a campus in Singapore for up to 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students after an invitation from the city-state's government. The university said it was "...
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Northern pair use rugby links to broaden intake
Two universities in the north of England have concluded major sponsorship deals with the world of rugby league and both see it as money as well spent in terms of recruiting students from working-...
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Colleges warm to university divorce
Further education colleges plan to divorce themselves from problematic partnerships with local universities to offer foundation degrees validated by a new national consortium. More than 80...
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Affiliation battle brews over beer
A heady brew of beer and politics will decide the outcome of the referendum on whether Edinburgh University students reaffiliate to the National Union of Students. The referendum, to be held on...
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Chinese confined to life in the dorm
China's student population is facing pressure to live on campus through a mixture of threats of expulsion and a package of perks, in a bid to stop an exodus to better and cheaper accommodation in...
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Havel to launch library
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel has launched his own modest version of an American presidential library that seeks to preserve the memory of how his country overthrew 40 years of Communist rule....
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Overseas drive scaled down
The Australian universities' main foreign student recruitment agency is to close its UK offices amid a slump in overseas applications to study in Australia and a sharp reduction in international...
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US survey shows a cohort of slackers
An annual survey of American university students has found that only one in ten consider themselves politically active, half rely on television instead of newspapers as their primary source of news...
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Harvard foots bill to ease visa clearance
Harvard University has decided to pick up the $100 (£53)-a-head screening fee for international student visas, in a bid to spare individuals the burden of extra red tape. Since the September 11, 2001...
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Fear of return to Soviet taboos
The Belarusian authorities are clamping down on the scope of higher degree dissertations in a move believed to be politically motivated. The Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) has refused to confer...
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Washington
Margaret Spellings has been appointed Education Secretary by President George W. Bush, replacing Rod Paige. She was chief domestic policy adviser and has advised President Bush on education matters...
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Wellington
New Zealand students are largely ignorant of the student loan process and the implications of taking out a loan, according to a report. The research was commissioned by Study Link, the agency that...
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Bratislava
Martin Fronc, Slovak Education Minister, will make a second attempt to force through a controversial tuition-fee law after his proposals were narrowly defeated in a parliamentary vote earlier this...
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Cape Town
Measures to rehabilitate African universities will be thrashed out at the next four-yearly Association of African Universities general conference in Cape Town in February, Akilagpa Sawyerr, secretary...