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Elite universities
Scaling the dreaming spires
higher education policy
Academic year to last one extra month
Middle East Conflict
Discrimination of Arab students in Israel

Despite numerous initiatives designed to open up Britain's elite universities to the [...]

Following a vote by the administrative councils of French Universities, a tenth month [...]

University authorities in Israel contribute to already strong socio-economic disparit [...]

Employment

Is Europe exploiting its youth?

Given the growing number of unpaid interns, the European parliament last week called for a review of European laws regarding unpaid placements in an attempt to clamp down on the exploitation of young people. [...]

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Student mobility

Estonia: New visa regulations for international students

Although Estonia tries to attract international students to study at its universities, the share of foreign students remains very low. One of the main reasons for this, is the longwinded procedure to obtain a residence permit. A new law coming into effect in O [...]

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Reforms

Tuition fees will become reality

Tuition fees for domestic and foreign students, one of the priorities set down by the recently elected Czech government coalition, will be introduced as part of a wider higher education reform in the next years. [...]

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immigration policy

Student visa restrictions will discourage genuine applications to UK universities

A controversial language test designed to target illegal immigration must now be taken by non-European Union applicants to UK higher education institutions. Will this be one obstacle too many for the foreign students so valuable to British universities? [...]

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