The EU Fight Against Yuck ePatents
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10 septembre 2018
10 septembre 2018
University of Bath replaces UK’s ‘highest paid’ VC
The University of Bath’s new vice-chancellor is to earn over £200,000 (US$259,000) less than his controversial predecessor, it has emerged. Professor Ian White is replacing Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell, who was the highest paid vice-chancellor in the United Kingdom, reports BBC News. More...10 septembre 2018
Open-access plan could end journal subscriptions
Research funders from France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and eight other European nations have unveiled a radical open-access initiative that could change the face of science publishing in two years – and which has instantly provoked protest from publishers, writes Holly Else for Nature. More...10 septembre 2018
Poignant empty chair tribute to imprisoned graduate
It’s more than two months since University of Aberdeen graduate Hanifi Baris was arrested and he is still languishing behind bars in a Turkish prison. But the academic, who completed a PhD dissertation last year before moving to Turkey to work as a lawyer, has not been forgotten by students at his alma mater, writes Kirsten Robertson for The Press and Journal. More...10 septembre 2018
Student housing increasingly a problem, survey finds
By Michael Gardner. The student housing situation in Germany appears to have further worsened, according to a recent survey by the Berlin-based Moses Mendelssohn Institute (MMI). Munich appears to be the most expensive city for students, whereas Chemnitz, the scene of recent neo-Nazi riots, has the cheapest accommodation for students. More...10 septembre 2018
Universities have cut degree completion delay by half
By Jan Petter Myklebust. The 2014 progress reform introduced to bring down the time spent to graduation has brought unexpectedly rapid results. After only three years it brought the delay in time-to-degree down from an average 13.2 months in 2011 to 6.7 months in 2017, according to ministry of higher education and science data. More...10 septembre 2018
Minister moots mandatory study abroad for students
By Jan Petter Myklebust. Norway’s Minister of Research and Higher Education, Iselin Nybø, is considering making a student exchange period abroad mandatory rather than the exception it is today. More...10 septembre 2018
Union proposes better employment for foreign academics
By Jan Petter Myklebust. Foreign-born academics in Sweden are disproportionately overqualified for their job or unemployed and action should be taken to make better use of their talent, according to a new analysis published by Jusek, a union of university graduates. More...7 septembre 2018
Patent battle to culminate in Brussels
Patent battle to culminate in Brussels
Today (Wednesday) is protest day in Europe as thousands of website owners and other interested parties express their objection to proposals to impose new US-style patent laws in the community. More...
6 septembre 2018
Partner Search
Partner Search
As part of the European Commission section of elearningeuropa, a partner search facility has been added. More...
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