Dublin
More than half of Ireland's 17 to 19-year-olds are entering universities or other third-level colleges, according to the latest figures, up from 44 per cent in 1998.
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Brussels
Neelie Kroes, European Union Competition Commissioner, has revealed details of a shake-up in research aid that will mean research projects with potential benefits across the EU could be eligible for...
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Athens
Greek universities were hit by a five-day strike over plans to change the national constitution to allow private universities to operate in the country. The strikers, supported by university senates...
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Australia faces Bologna threat
Australian universities could lose tens of thousands of fee-paying foreign students to Europe unless they adapt to the Bologna Process, Julie Bishop, the federal Education Minister, warned last week...
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Report moots fees in Sweden
Leading Swedish academics want sweeping changes to the way universities are funded, including the right to charge tuition fees. Swedish universities and colleges of higher education are prohibited by...
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Money motivates offspring to call home
With communication by mobile phone and other means so easy, a third of US university students now speak with their parents at least once a day. The principal topic of conversation? Money. This is the...
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Deadlock triggers crisis fear
French university presidents have warned that continued student occupations, despite a government climb-down on new employment legislation, will jeopardise the academic year. Yannick Vallee, head of...
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MEPs seek cash fillip for Belarus students
The European Parliament is seeking extra European Union funding for exchange programmes for young Belarusians expelled from their universities and colleges on political grounds. The MEPs drew...
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Sector pleads poverty
New Zealand's university sector is in a parlous state, according to a report that backs claims by vice-chancellors and the country's main higher education staff union, as the sector awaits the...
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Middle name management
Students at Luton University have come up with some enterprising ideas for a new name for their institution following the news that it is merging with De Montfort University's nearby Bedford campus....
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New nags quick to follow old
The non-aligned group of university heads have more in common than one might think. These are the 30 or so vice-chancellors of institutions that are not exclusively research or teaching focused, and...
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And the winner by a nose...
After the Diary's speculation last month about whether more UK vice-chancellors would succumb to the attractions of the Association of Commonwealth Universities' conference in Adelaide than made it...
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Cheap jibe on v-cs' expenses
It is not just the Brits who keep an eye on vice-chancellors' globetrotting tendencies. Senator Amanda Vanstone, Australia's Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, recalled with relish...
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Stop caving in. Do you copy?
Are you just going to settle for rampant plagiarism or are you going to invest a bit of creative thinking to tackle the problem? asks Bob Brecher. Given the current assessment boycott, the news that...
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Limber up for role as flexible friend
Mature students often have responsibilities such as childcare, so the more adaptable you are over deadlines and timetables, the better. Harriet Swain offers advice on how best to meet their needs....