Drop-out rates mar expansion success
Wastage and female enrolment are the main trends in the latest OECD education reports, says Mary Boland Britain has one of the lowest student drop-out rates among members of the Organisation for...
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Swedes beat the Swiss
Wastage and female enrolment are the main trends in the latest OECD education reports, says Mary Boland This year's report provides a more complete picture of higher education in OECD member...
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Horsetrading in the Ivy League
FOR THREE years Michelle Fernandez watched as her compatriots at one of the most selective private universities in the United States sat in judgement on its applicants in an admissions process...
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Brits shop for students in India
THE NUMBER of Indian students turning to the United Kingdom for higher education is picking up after a slump in the 1980s with the introduction of full-cost tuition fees for overseas students. But...
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Community boost
European Union funding has helped the University of Ulster and computing company ICL to set up a venture to promote economic regeneration in Belfast. Synergy Centres will participate in community...
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Student mobility grants
Student mobility grants supported by European money are expected to be increased following an agreement by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers to give the...
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Klingons of the world unite
SPEAKING Klingon, the fictitious language used by the Star Trek characters of the same name, has become a growing worldwide activity, according to one Montreal linguist. First spoken by enemy...
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Melbourne bids for world top 10
TWO of Australia's biggest universities have formed a strategic alliance that has startled the higher education world and will be closely watched, and possibly copied, elsewhere. Melbourne and Monash...
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No monkey business in space
PRIME minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has promised Russia's space programme an extra $267 million in 1998 to retain "national prestige". He is also halving the number of space firms and banned the use...
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Swedish university shake-up
SWEDISH universities are braced for a management shakeup that will strengthen the government's grip on top posts in the new year. Legislation comes into force on January 1 that will alter the boards...
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Brain train to the north
THE ONE passenger train a day into Umea arrives at 7.30am, having taken more than 11 hours for the 885 km north from Stockholm. But this is no Swedish backwoods. More than 100,000 people live in "the...
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A diagnosis that demands more doctors
We all care about our health and need to be sure there will be enough doctors to serve us in the future. All evidence points to a growing imbalance between demand for doctors and the domestic supply...
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Best invest in secondary sector
Prime minister Tony Blair formally launched his promised Social Exclusion Unit this week. Down the road at the London School of Economics, Beveridge's successors are sharpening up their advice (page...
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Beware bullies in regional cloaks
In Scotland and Wales universities are to have regionalism in the form of local control over funding councils - whether they want it or not. In England, regional development authorities are on the...
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Microsoft researcher takes Edinburgh chair
Christopher Bishop, professor of computer science and applied mathematics at Aston University, has been appointed to a new chair in computer science at Edinburgh University, which he will hold in...