Brussels, 12 May 2006 Full text of Document 1751/06 1. Delivering on the modernisation agenda for universities: Education, Research and Innovation - Presentation of Commission communication 2. A.O.B...
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The cap on tuition fees should be raised from £3,000 to £5,000 to allow charges to vary between courses and universities, a report from the liberal think-tank CentreForum says this week.
Back issues of biomedical journals covering nearly 200 years are to be made freely available online following a partnership between the Wellcome Trust, the Joint Information Systems Committee, the US...
The University of Central Lancashire has announced that its campuses at Penrith and Carlisle will join with St Martin's College and the Cumbria Institute of the Arts to form the new University for...