You need a Bob or two to graduate
Chris Johnston looks at the cost of champagne and celebrity-filled ceremonies. As students look forward to graduating, they may be forgiven for thinking that their days of racking up debt are...
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Dash for foreign cash may scupper research
A global scramble by universities to cash in on the lucrative market for overseas students risks hampering diversity, "dumbing down" postgraduate research and excluding poor nations, according to a...
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Quality fears over UK courses taught abroad
There is a "strong case for concern" about the quality of UK courses delivered to overseas students in their own countries, researchers have concluded, writes Tony Tysome. Analysis of the first data...
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Lancaster moves to tape its vivas
Katie Law reports from the annual meeting of postgraduate representatives Lancaster University has become one of the first academic institutions to introduce systematic recording of PhD vivas, amid...
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A lonely life, so knock a few back
Katie Law reports from the annual meeting of postgraduate representatives More could be done to improve the lot of the postgraduate student, who often faces a lonely and neglected life during...
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Bigger is better, insists gung-ho victor
Katie Law reports from the annual meeting of postgraduate representatives Jim Ewing, the newly elected general secretary of the National Postgraduate Committee, this week vowed to increase the size...
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Keeping tabs on market traders
As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide The US university system has demonstrated the characteristics of a free market more...
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Private struggles for recognition
AUSTRALIA. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide Private universities are rare in Australia. The first - Bond University in...
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State retains firm grip on regulation
FRANCE. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide French universities are closely regulated public institutions, accredited and...
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India suffers from rogue institutions
INDIA. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide India's university system is almost entirely government-controlled and heavily...
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Russia to tackle 'degree mills'
RUSSIA. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide Russia has clearly defined rules on estab-lishing a university, academy or...
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Licensing bodies 'too small'
EAST AFRICA. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide The number of public and private universities in the East African states...
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Japanese seek approved status
JAPAN. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide Japan has the second-largest higher education system in the world, with more...
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Rise in doctoral degree fraud
COLUMBIA. As the learning market looks set to go global, Times Higher writers check out how rogues are weeded out worldwide Lack of regulation and monitoring of universities once they have received...
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Pasta with a side order of philosophy, please
The collegiate ideal of academics sharing dining and housing with students is inspirational, says Robert O'Hara Research and common sense tell us that university life outside the classroom is as...