Pick up a degree, gain $1m
A university degree increases an American's lifetime earnings by nearly $1 million (£630,000), a US Census Bureau report says. University graduates earn almost twice as much as non-graduates. People...
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Deputy steps up
Monash University's stand-in leader has dismissed claims that the institution's reputation has been damaged by the accelerated departure of vice-chancellor David Robinson, writes Geoff Maslen....
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Students say cheers to £5
Doubling the government stipend that Russian students receive is one proposal under discussion in Moscow, where the modernisation of university funding is high on the political agenda. Boosting...
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EU Fulbright plan nets £125m
The European Commission has decided to invest €200 million (£125 million) more in a European equivalent of the Fulbright programme. Erasmus World will open universities in the European Union to...
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Wollongong
An Australian academic whose sacking early last year for claiming that he had been ordered to raise the marks of two students resulted in an international boycott of the University of Wollongong has...
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Jerusalem
As a result of international pressure, the East Jerusalem offices of Sari Nusseibeh, president of the University of Al-Quds, re-opened on Monday after he promised to refrain from acting on behalf of...
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Cotonou
Students at Benin's national university are threatening to boycott lectures when the next session begins in October. The action is a protest against the arrest in March of two student union leaders...
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Whistleblower suspended
A Dutch academic who wrote a report exposing fraud and corruption in the overseas recruitment of Chinese students has been suspended by his university. The Polytechnic University of Leeuwaarden (NHL...
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Florence's rising fashion stars to take over asylum
The University of Florence is to move all its fashion-related courses to a former lunatic asylum on the outskirts of the city to create Italy's first University of Fashion. This month, the university...
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Pension figured out
Nobody can challenge the expert knowledge behind Sir John Kingman's recent criticism of the Office of National Statistics in his role as head of the Statistics Commission. Attacking flaws in its...
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Merc perks
The Asia Pacific Management Centre in Singapore has hit on a novel way to recruit and retain students - offer them the chance to win a Mercedes-Benz. Every student who enrols on a degree or higher...
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Water coincidence
The authors of those "Ten Things You Didn't Know About..." newspaper columns have obviously been redeployed to work on The Dolphin , the University of Southampton magazine, which is marking the...
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Don't get too excited
There was excitement this week when it seemed that science would receive a lot more loot than the £1.25 billion announced as part of last week's spending review. Your correspondent was "invited to a...
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Birkbeck's new master
Congratulations to David Latchman, who has been appointed master of Birkbeck College, University of London. Professor Latchman is currently dean of the Institute of Child Health and professor of...
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Buffy's capital role
Sarah Michelle Gellar - the actress who stars in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - is being considered for a film role as a tough New Yorker who attends an elite London university. The actress is favourite...