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Academic titles in Germany and the curse of plagiarism
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Click here for excellent piece by Mr Timothy Garton-Ash. ...
Students march in Barcelona against rising tuition fees
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More than 25,000 students marched in Barcelona Thursday against rising tuition fees, according to the organisers. Convened by the Platform for the Defence of the Unitary State University (Pudup), the march against higher fees imposed by the central g...
A conferring levy?
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Image via Wikipedia Received this via email this morning: Student Outrage as UCC Impose Conferring Levy on Students- YFG UCC students were left wondering if they were being hit by a bad April fool’s joke from college authorities last night fol...
New Challenges for European Universities
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Yesterday in the Culture and Education Committee we held a hearing called “Europe’s Universities – Responses and Challenges” which focussed on how best Universities can equip young people with the skills the need to get good j...
EU Bachelors-/Masters-/PHD-Portal
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Since December, the European website mastersportal.eu has opened a search utility for bachelors and PHDs. On the website it is possible to compare European programs with one another to find the perfect education for yourself. The portal enters a nich...
Better rankings, not better universities?
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After reading this blog post by EU Commissioner Janez Potočnik (ELDR), responsible for Science and Research, I have to ask myself whether the goal of the Commissioner is to promote better universities or just to promote better rankings...?!
How do we know our universities are doing well?
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Hello to all, A topic that is increasingly being discussed in European circles is about how to evaluate and compare universities’ performance. We have recently asked a group of experts to advise us on this subject. Professor Wolfgang Mackiewicz...
Umberto Eco to Speak in Tartu and Tallinn University
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World-famous Italian semiotic, philosopher and writer Umberto Eco will be in Tartu on the 6th of May to receive the title of honorary-doctor from Tartu University before participating to a meeting with students and scientist of the semiotic-departmen...
