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7 mai 2018

Plagiarism allegations surface against acting rector

The acting rector of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Pakistan has allegedly been found to be involved in plagiarised research work relating to a paper of which he was a co-author published in a national research journal in 2007, writes Rahul Basharat for The Nation. More...

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7 mai 2018

Universities increase fees for foreign students

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is one of several universities in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada that have imposed steep fee increases for international students, who already pay tuition rates as much as seven times higher than their Canadian counterparts, writes Xiao Xu for The Globe and Mail. More...

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7 mai 2018

Chief scientist urges review of university entry system

Schools, universities and the ATAR system are driving students away from vital science, mathematics and technology subjects, according to Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, who has strongly defended the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in a report to the country's education ministers, writes Michael Koziol for The Sydney Morning Herald. More...

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7 mai 2018

New bill foresees establishment of 15 new universities

The Turkish government has submitted a bill to parliament that foresees the establishment of 15 new universities across the country, reports Hurriyet Daily News. More...

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7 mai 2018

University suspends 23 students for having love affairs

A Ugandan university has suspended 23 students for one year after they were found guilty of engaging in love affairs, consuming alcohol and drugs and committing offences of theft, contrary to the institution’s regulations, writes Daniel Mumbere for AfricaNews.com. More...

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7 mai 2018

Chinese university hosts 'grenade-throwing' event

Local Chinese news reports indicate that a Chinese university has decided to liven up its annual sports day by hosting a grenade-tossing event, writes Kerry Allen for BBC News. More...

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7 mai 2018

University expansion a signal of stability and growth

By Ramadhan Rajab. In a move widely welcomed as a signal of future growth, national unity and stability, the Somali National University (SNU) is setting up its first new campus outside the capital Mogadishu in a semi-autonomous region of the country. More...

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7 mai 2018

Transgender identity issues on universities’ agenda

By María Elena Hurtado. In the absence of a gender law, many universities in Chile are having to take steps to cater for transgender students, referred to as ‘trans’. The main problem of boys or girls who have decided to ditch the sex registered in their birth certificate and switch genders is that they are stuck with their legal name, though what they really want is to be known by their ‘social name’, that is, by the name that matches their gender of choice. More...

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7 mai 2018

Fake dissertation scandal taints politicians, academics

By Emma Sabzalieva. As graduate students the world over know, writing a doctoral thesis is a labour of love. It takes a great deal of time, dedication and resources to make the new and useful contribution to knowledge required of a dissertation written at this level. More...

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7 mai 2018

Will foreign branch campuses exacerbate inequality?

By Wagdy Sawahel. Egypt has approved a draft law to regulate the performance of foreign university branch campuses to be set up in Egypt’s new administrative capital. But will it be enough to assuage concerns that the opening of foreign universities will exacerbate inequality and class division. More...

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