Today's news
Welsh Assembly to abolish tuition fees Students from Wales will no longer have to pay up-front tuition fees under the Welsh Assembly’s long-term plans. Wales will abandon fees even if Westminster...
Search
-
-
Report calls for federal Wales
Supporters of the federal University of Wales have welcomed the final report of an independent study that concludes that the university should expand to take in all Welsh higher education...
-
Students cook up enterprise project
Students at Heriot-Watt University have come up with an idea for the ultimate kitchen utensil - a hand-held computer that produces recipes using whatever ingredients are about at the time. The first-...
-
Rio de Janeiro
The proportion of Brazilian university students from families in the top 10 per cent income bracket has risen from 45.6 per cent in 1992 to 48 per cent in 1999. This is despite increasing grant...
-
Melbourne
RMIT University has received A$26 million (£10 million) from a trust founded by Charles Feeney, a US billionaire and long-standing supporter of Sinn Fein. The donation will help establish the first...
-
Brussels
The European Commission is seeking comments on its proposed fi160 million (£103 million) Era-Net programme, which will pay for the systematic exchange of information and good practice in the European...
-
India curbs moonlighting teachers
India's university and college teachers have been told to spend at least five hours every weekday on campus or face disciplinary action. They must be available for any help that students might need...
-
Riots over party in SA
South Africa's education authorities have criticised students at the University of the North who caused R4 million (£281,000) damage while rioting over the institution's refusal to fund a party....
-
NZ swells campus coffers by £140m
New Zealand's coalition government has frozen student fees for the third year but has found an additional NZ$400 million (£140 million) in funding over the next four financial years for university...
-
Tuition fees may keep poor out of medical schools
A Canadian study could prove that rising tuition fees keep low-income students out of medical school. The Canadian Medical Association Journal has published a paper that compares medical students...
-
Austria warms to new laws
Austrian education minister Elisabeth Gehrer says she detects a stronger climate for acceptance of new university legislation among its opponents. Cabinet has approved the new law, which will have to...
-
Dutch student swallows HIV blood
A medical student at the University of Utrecht in Holland could be infected with HIV after swallowing infected blood during an experiment, writes Clare Chapman. The female student was taking part in...
-
Greeks to carry on striking over pay
Greek universities are to remain closed indefinitely due to a strike by academic staff who are demanding a 20 per cent increase in basic salaries. A large number of students will not be able to sit...
-
Censoring of debate opposed by lecturers
Plans by Cambridge University's governing council to censor speeches in Senate House discussions are being opposed by lecturers. The discussions, which allow staff to be heard and their comments...
-
Watchdog says Cambridge will waste millions more
Cambridge University will waste millions of pounds more on top of the £10 million it has already spent on the implementation of Capsa, its flawed financial accounting system, says the university's...