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Rome Hundreds of Italian university students held a noisy demonstration outside St Peter's Basilica in Rome during rightwing Austrian politician Jorg Haider's audience with the pope to demand that Mr...
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World view: It is still all about learning
There is no accepted model of online education, but a good one must put students first, writes Bryan Gould E-education at university level is at the crossroads - or, more probably, at yet another in...
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Budapest retracts fraternal welcome
Hungary's education ministry wants to reduce the number of ethnic Hungarian students from neighbouring countries studying at its universities, according to a foreign office minister. During the past...
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Plans to accredit Spanish degrees
Spain is considering setting up a national accreditation agency with the power to shut down university courses that fail to make the grade. Official degrees are currently approved by the government,...
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Racism fails to deter students
Germany is a much better destination for foreign students than its unwelcoming reputation implies, according to new statistics published by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Higher...
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Law penalises penniless grads
Canada's government faces legal action over new bankruptcy rules that students claim are unfairly punishing disadvantaged graduates. In a case due to go before the Ontario court next spring, the...
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Middle classes fight CV wars for top places
With 4,400 applicants last year for just 465 seats in the entering class, Bates College in Maine is one of America's most selective schools. And some young people will do anything to get in....
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Oz wants bright foreigners to stay
Australia's federal government plans to change immigration rules to make it easier for foreign students to remain after completing their studies as part of an effort to address a growing brain drain...
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Students face 3,000 per cent hike in fees
Malawi's university students face a 3,000 per cent rise in tuition fees from June next year. While they are certain to contest the move, the government is unlikely to yield, although it may...
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Hot stuff is getting the cold shoulder
Students are shunning internet pornography in favour of computer games, music and coursework. The surprise findings come from a survey of network use in student residences at Strathclyde University,...
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Learners find how modern Tate is
One of the oldest education institutions in London has teamed up with the Tate Modern to develop a ground-breaking adult learning course on CD-Rom. Students in the new visual art course will stroll...
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TCS success
Profitable partnerships between companies and universities were honoured at the TCS 2000 awards in London: Concept Systems Ltd in Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University developed a technique for real-...
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Converging futures
The British Interactive Multimedia Association and mobile telecoms company Orange are sponsoring a Multimedia Lecturer Networking Event in Birmingham on January 24. Colin Buckley from the University...
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Flash flood
An initiative to enable student web developers to create more effective and usable sites has been launched by rich media solutions company Macromedia. The company is bringing together leading...
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Film moves
The Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision, the association of the world's major film and television schools, is to fund a new film practice and film teaching project,...