Saudi royals set up long-distance deal
George Washington University is in negotiations with the Saudi royal family to provide a customised long-distance education programme to several of its members. The family is reportedly concerned...
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Japan to privatise university sector
The blueprint for privatising Japan's national universities into quasi-independent agencies is shortly to become law. Parliament's upper house could introduce even more administrative and fiscal...
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La Sapienza sting foils exam scam
An undercover police officer enrolled as a law student to play a key role in a year-long investigation into an exams-for-cash racket at Rome's La Sapienza University. So far, 18 people have been...
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Berlin trio caps enrolments
Berlin's universities threatened with growing budget cuts from the broke capital city are making it harder for students to get in, writes Alisa Roth in Berlin. All three Berlin schools - the Free...
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Devolution D-day for Wales
Tough decisions on top-up fees and student support lie ahead for the Welsh Assembly now that responsibility for them is to be transferred from Westminster, vice-chancellors and student union leaders...
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Ruling on FP6 clears way for research bids
Universities across Europe breathed a sigh of relief this week as the European Commission clarified its position on funding the costs of research. UK universities had feared that a full-cost model of...
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Government admits bungling A-level change
The government has admitted that it was a mistake to introduce new-style A levels without a pilot of the whole range of reforms and has pledged never to repeat the error. This week's governmental...
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We can't just think big, we must invest big, too
The number of international students in the UKis set to mushroom, says Clive Saville, but are we prepared? Research conducted for IDP Education Australia suggests that numbers of international...
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Alison Wolf
History shows that intellectual greatness needs an environment that supports university autonomy and cultural and academic diversity Last year, on a train in central Europe, a German friend of ours...
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Don's diary: Saturday morning blood and gore
Saturday, week 1 6.30am: My alarm clock is going mad but why? It's Saturday morning, for goodness sake. Then I remember: I am teaching creative writing to a group of year-ten pupils at the University...
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Isolation breeds content
As Friday night passed into Saturday morning last weekend, the union reps and employers still conscious after more than 28 hours of deliberations around the pay negotiating tables were alert enough...
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Ministering support
No one was more surprised than the new higher education minister Alan Johnson to find he was taking over the brief from Margaret Hodge. Speaking at his first public appearance three-and-a-half weeks...
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A letter too far
Following last week's discovery that two-thirds of university staff believe that English funding council Hefce is insufferably bureaucratic, comes an affirming tale from veteran accountability...
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Brunel honours Clarkson's drive
Brunel University this week showed its gratitude to Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson by awarding him an honorary doctorate. Mr Clarkson may appear an unlikely choice for the ultimate academic...
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Why I ... believe universities could help transform the police service
The recent debate on the effectiveness of police patrols has been dominated by the views of two distinguished chief constables, Sir John Stevens and Sir David Phillips. But relevant scientific...