Dropouts bill in the billions
Nearly one in every five Australian university students quits before qualifying for a degree, an Education Department study has revealed. Dropping out is costly both for the 130,000 students who...
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Yok shocks North Cypriots
Turkish Cypriot universities face a 75 per cent drop in undergraduate admissions this October unless the Turkish Higher Education Board (Yok) rescinds a ruling that removes the special status granted...
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Sweden turns its mind to fees
Sweden's long-term status as a tuition fee-free zone may be about to change as universities struggle to finance their activities. Lars Bergman, president of Stockholm School of Economics, said the...
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Russian colleges face closure in quality push
A crackdown on sub-standard Russian colleges and courses has been ordered by the Education and Science Minister. Andrei Furesenko warned that the worst offenders would be stripped of their teaching...
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Scholars told: think globally
Universities should improve communications to share expertise and learn from one another, administrators and academics at the International Association of Universities conference said last week. Eva...
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UBC shuns global red tape
One of the world's leading universities has turned its back on traditional international relationships to pursue strategic alliances through organisations such as Universitas 21 and the Association...
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Brussels proposes fivefold boost in Erasmus funding
A fivefold explosion in funding for the European Union's Erasmus exchange programme has been proposed by the European Commission, which wants to increase spending to €5.8 billion (£3.8 billion) in...
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Tehran
An Iranian university professor sentenced to death for blasphemy has been freed after two years in prison. Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran's Tarbiat Modarress University, was convicted...
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Honolulu
The president of the University of Hawaii, has resigned after accepting a $2 million-plus (£1.1 million) package offered when the university withdrew a decision to fire him. He had threatened to sue...
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Columbo
Sri Lanka's Sri Jayawardhanapura University has reopened with a government-devised security system. The university was closed for eight weeks after the second political murder of a student. A...
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Cotonou, Benin
A 9.5 billion CFA franc (£9.5 million) grant from the Islamic Development Bank will be used to upgrade agricultural and information technology research programmes at the National University.
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Libreville
Three Gabonese student leaders have been jailed for ten months for assault and "breach of trust" after their arrest during demonstrations demanding payment of bursaries and improved conditions. A...
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Weimar
Students at the Bauhaus University of Weimar are designing souvenirs and memorabilia for sale at the former Nazi death camp at Buchenwald. Opponents of the project say selling souvenirs to tourists...
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Creative minds enjoy the challenge of change
Howard Newby embraces the opportunities that the HE Act offers to a cash-strapped but energetic sector A residing strength of the higher education sector is its ability to look beyond itself: its...
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My revolting past: Lisa Jardine
Lisa Jardine recalls her fear of being expelled when a man climbed up to her room at 2am - to talk politics Lisa Jardine was supposed to have been a mathematician. That she did not fulfil...