Hefce studies UKeU failure
Little could have been done to prevent the collapse of the UK's flagship e-university project, according to funding chiefs who believe they will be expected to fund similarly risky ventures in the...
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Jisc has a mind to rescue philosophy treasure trove
With entries ranging from Aristotle to zombies, the world's leading online philosophy encyclopaedia has been saved for academics thanks to an intervention by the Joint Information Systems Committee....
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US dominates Shanghai poll
Cambridge has moved up to second place in a new ranking of the world's top universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. But the third edition of the ranking remains dominated by US universities,...
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Lecture's off? I want my bus fare refunded
Phil Baty and Tom Wainwright report on a boom in undergraduate complaints Have you heard about the student who was awarded £200 by Aston University after getting stuck in a lift and missing a lecture...
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Exam rival opens new entry route
A non-profit organisation has launched a rival to Japan's established university entrance exam as admission procedures for the country's 1,200 four-year universities, two-year colleges and technical...
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Spain looks to slash the number of degrees offered
The number of first degrees on offer in Spain could be reduced by 40 per cent as part of the Bologna Process. Proposals under consideration by the Ministry of Education include a reduction from 140...
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Cash crisis hits Mexico
A survey of Mexican academics has found that low morale and wrangling over funding have reached crisis point. The Mexican Academy of Sciences sent a questionnaire to members of the Sistema Nacional...
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Fortune no longer favours the Braves
US university sports teams have been barred from using names such as Redmen, Savages and Braves if they want to compete in the national league. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, which...
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Call to lift ban on private institutions
Politicians and academics in Sri Lanka want a ban on private universities to be lifted to help foster growth in the undersized higher education sector. The calls to lift the ban came as the Sinhalese...
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United voice for v-cs
A two-year restructuring exercise that has slashed the number of South Africa's higher education institutions from 36 to 23 has ended symbolically with the launch of Higher Education South Africa, a...
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Canberra
The award of a Chevening postgraduate scholarship that will allow the daughter of Alexander Downer, the Australian Foreign Minister, to study in London has led to claims that she has benefited from...
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Paris
The host country for an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development project to build better international collaboration on research into the working of the human brain will be announced in...
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McLean
The number of Graduate Management Admissions Tests taken outside the US in the first six months of 2005 is up 4.8 per cent on 2004, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council, based in...
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Melbourne
Australia's 2006 Good Universities Guide shows an increase in fee-paying degree courses costing in excess of A$100,000 (£43,000) - more than 60 will be offered to home students next year, up from 45...
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Paris
Unesco has funded a chair in the political economy of education, to be held by John Morgan, director of Nottingham University's Centre for Comparative Education Research.