British PhDs runners up in cost league
Fees charged by United Kingdom universities for foreign students undertaking postgraduate courses tend to be higher than those of the UK's main competitors in Asia, according to an international...
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Guaranteed loans hitch
Proposals for a national student aid scheme in South Africa - targeting at least 70,000 students and costing between R600 million and R700 million (Pounds 165-Pounds 192 million) in its first year -...
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V-C job switch angers students
Hong Kong University has finally settled on a new vice chancellor after a long and difficult search for a successor to Wang Gungwu - but its latest choice has sparked fresh controversy among students...
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Plea to stop Sarajevo brain drain
A Bosnian World University Service official has made an urgent plea to step up aid for Sarajevo University. Vesna Besirevic, who heads WUS Sarajevo office, is visiting countries in western Europe...
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Nuclear threat to volcano
A French vulcanologist has warned that more nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific could cause the collapse of a flank of the extinct underwater volcano, leading to a big release of...
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Farmers look ahead to see woods and trees
Welsh farmers are re-examining their use of land because agriculture profits are forecast to fall and returns from forestry expected to increase. To prevent Wales following Languedoc in Southern...
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Clubs say overseas player influx is just not cricket
Controversy over overseas players extends beyond first-class and test cricket to the club game, a new survey shows. Produced by Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn, senior lecturers in law and organisers...
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