Private colleges get loans boost
The number of Australian private higher education institutions is increasing rapidly as the federal Government extends its deferred loan system to cover their students. Universities can offer...
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Call for Russian 'Russell Group'
Russia needs an elite group of universities to maintain high standards as it moves to greater integration with Europe, according to Viktor Sadovichny, rector of Moscow State University. Professor...
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Opus Dei takes on old guard
New strands of Catholicism are challenging Rome's traditional centres of scholarship in theology, philosophy and canon law. Universities run by Opus Dei, founded in 1928 in Spain, and the...
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'Fun czar' to tickle Harvard
Although Harvard University consistently tops the world's academic league tables, it believes that there is one aspect of its student experience that could be improved - fun. It has hired a recent...
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France to improve campus life
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has announced measures to improve university living and working conditions in an effort to placate irate students and teachers. He has promised to spend...
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Foreign students flock to study in SA
A decade after a return to democracy and the end of the academic boycott, South Africa has made its mark in the competitive international student market. "Universities have done exceptionally well in...
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Tirana
Albania's new government has closed three universities after accusing the previous administration of "opening universities like henhouses", without sufficient financial resources or staff. The...
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Geelong
Deakin University ordered its law journal not to publish the paper Rethinking the White Australia Policy by Andrew Fraser, a law lecturer at Macquarie University, Australia, after legal advice...
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Cotonou
University teachers in Benin and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are on strike over a refusal to increase salaries, and the Government's failure to pay the pensions of retired staff.
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Dhaka
Five people were hurt when two bombs were thrown at a student demonstration at Dhaka University in Bangladesh. Pro-government student leaders denied they were responsible for the attack.
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Elite Indian institutes raise bar
The Indian Institutes of Technology, the country's only world-class centres of higher education, are to become more elitist under plans to raise the admissions threshold. From next year, only...
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Time to share the fruits of our world-class labour
The benefits of arts and humanities research must flow freely into the wider community, says Philip Esler Arts and humanities research-ers in the UK are among the best in the world. Thousands of men...
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Not in a party mood
The mood among higher education types at the Conservative Party conference this week was gloomy, to say the least. They were surveying booked rooms and pre-ordered jugs of coffee and sandwiches with...
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Eyes on the bigger prize
And anyone finding some consolation in the fact that David Cameron - the most youthful wannabe Tory leader - is Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills was likely to be disappointed. His...
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Talent contest
Inspiring loyalty among the troops is a key attribute of any leader. So Mr Cameron may be somewhat perturbed that he doesn't have the backing of Stephen O'Brien, his higher education spokesman. Mr O'...