Cash to support Asian students
The government and the British Council have announced details of a one-year scholarship scheme to support students affected by the Asia currency crisis. Universities and colleges have been given...
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European Union's Erasmus/Socrates project
Students who study a full year in Europe under the European Union's Erasmus/Socrates project will be spared tuition fees for that year, education minister Baroness Blackstone confirmed this week. She...
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Turkey shoots for lower UK fees
AMID Turkish anger at being rebuffed by the European Union, the country's university authority, YOK, is negotiating with United Kingdom universities to cut fees for Turkish students. Kemal Guruz, YOK...
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Turkey's military call for legal restrictions to halt studying in Islamic countries
Turkey's military this week called for legal restrictions to halt Turkish students studying in Islamic countries. The demand follows YOK's decision late last year to stop recognising degrees awarded...
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UFI to get few public funds
The government will fund less than half of the start-up costs of its flagship University for Industry, ministers confirmed this week. And question marks remain over its long-term funding. Launching...
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University titles get review
The Quality Assurance Agency will look into unconventional uses of the title "university" by the University for Industry and British Aerospace's "virtual university" as part of a review for the...
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First Impressions
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which youhave to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a history of 16th-century France which one can now watch and sing: "A good...
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Dictatorship of the technocrat
The One Best Way
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Repackaging old stock
Economics for Business and Management
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The business of bliss
The Hungry Spirit
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Training for life
Towards a Competent Workforce
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Office comportment
The Psychology of Behaviour at Work
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Beauty is in the eye of the teddy owner
Behind the Picture
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Currency and loose change
A Philosophy of Mass Art
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The chaos of a caviar composer
Robert Schumann