Two-year degree gears up
Nearly 100 "off-the-peg" national Btec foundation degrees were launched this week by the degree-awarding body Edexcel. The move was heralded as a key development in the creation of qualifications...
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Drive on to topple a bullish Clarke
Will top-up fees cost the education secretary his Norwich seat? Paul Hill reports. The appeal of grants and bursaries to working-class families will be put to the test in Charles Clarke's Norwich...
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Rebel MPs warned not to turn their backs on Blair
Rebel Labour MPs who fail to see that their political future is tied to the standing of Tony Blair's government could count the cost at the ballot box, Charles Clarke has warned. In a dig at his...
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Shut Euro 'propaganda outlets', critics demand
Eurosceptic politicians are demanding the closure of "propagandist" pro-European centres at UK universities as soon as their European Union funding runs out. The UK Independence Party and other...
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Row over 'pseudo science'
Aberdeen University has been accused of promoting "pseudo-science" by setting up the Centre for the Study of Spirituality, Health and Disability, writes Olga Wojtas. The National Secular Society,...
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Shish! Kebab cartoon skewers student life
The traditional student post-pub visit to the kebab shop is to be immortalised in a television cartoon series produced by an animation company based in Dundee University's Springfield incubator unit...
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Russian ex-rector gunned down
A Russian academic at the centre of an investigation into what is believed to be the largest-ever theft of tuition fees was shot dead last month. Police said the killing bore the hallmarks of a...
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Australia faces fee rises of 25%
Australia's universities face political uncertainty as they decide whether to use their imminent freedom to vary tuition fees under the Higher Education Contribution Scheme. From 2005, universities...
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Old boy helps in ethical revamp
America's pre-eminent business school has launched an intensive course in ethics in the wake of widening corporate scandals, some involving its own alumni. Harvard Business School has had some kind...
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SA students ignore safe-sex message
South African students are continuing to have unprotected sex despite knowing about the country's devastating HIV-Aids epidemic, according to a University of Cape Town study. Research by Fiona Ross...
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World economy needs more science graduates, OECD says
Science and technology ministers from the world's most industrialised countries have warned that a fall in the number of science and technology graduates could hamper the nations' long-term...
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Germany's laggards to pay penalty
State governments across Germany are introducing fines on "long-term" students to cut down on the money spent on undergraduates who spend too long in higher education. Under new legislation, students...
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Nantes
Police inquiries into three attacks on the Algerian-born former dean of a leading French business school are said to be focusing on professional jealousy, or personal, political or racist motives. A...
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Skopje
Macedonia's parliament has passed a bill legitimising the Albanian-taught Tetovo University, enabling it to be funded from the state budget. The university has existed for almost ten years. It is...
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Paris
The first Erasmus Mundus Masters programmes and scholarships will be introduced from September. Viviane Reding, European commissioner for education and culture, said they would offer students from...