By . Higher tuition fees in the UK have not slowed the long-term trend of increasing demand for university education, according to a new analysis by Ucas. More...
10 novembre 2014
9 novembre 2014
Government proposes fees for non-European students
By Jan Petter Myklebust. In an unexpected move Krista Kiuru, Finland’s minister of education, science and communications, has published a proposal for parliament to introduce tuition fees for students from outside Europe from 2016.This has come only months after a report was published concluding that a pilot project in which non-European students were charged fees, had not been a great success. Read more...
9 novembre 2014
Third Degree: Older students may be hardest hit by fee deregulation
By Jen T. Kwok. This article is written by Erica Cervini who writes the Third Degree blog and is a long-time observer of Australia's higher education scene.
School-leavers who do degrees are winners. They can hope to earn more over a lifetime of work than those without a higher education.
But what about mature-age students? Is it worth studying for a first degree as an older student?
There are many issues to factor in. Mature-age students may have to give up a job to study. And there is no guarantee that employers will want to take on older workers who are beginning their careers in law, public relations or teaching.
Mature-age students may take longer to complete their degrees if they have children to look after or older parents to care for. More...
9 novembre 2014
$100,00 degrees are no fantasy
By Jeannie Rea. When the NTEU was giving evidence to the Senate Inquiry into the Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment (HERRA) Bill on 8 October 2014, the chair, National Party Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie accused the Union of scaremongering because we were saying that some degrees will cost $100,000 if the Bill goes through. However, our modelling, along with that of others, does indeed show this to be the case with the increased tuition fees alone, but once the market interest rate is included the total costs nudge towards and beyond $100,000. More...
9 novembre 2014
Higher fees will not make Sydney University a fairer institution
By Courtney Sloane. The NTEU today disputed the Vice Chancellor's claims that deregulation will make the University of Sydney a fairer and more open institution.
Dr Michael Spence, Vice Chancellor of The Sydney University has said that if the Government’s higher education policies are passed then his university will be able to use increased student fee income to double the amount it spends on student scholarships from $80m to $160m and increase the number of students eligible for equity based scholarships from 700 to 9,000. More...
4 novembre 2014
Norway mulls tuition fees for non-EU students
By Katie Duncan. The Norwegian government is considering introducing tuition fees for international students from outside the EU and EEA alongside proposed cuts of 80.5m NOK (US$12m) in next year’s budget, despite an overall parliamentary opposition. More...
3 novembre 2014
Fighting the entitlement mentality in US universities
By William Patrick Leonard. The financial crisis that settled on the American tertiary community in 2008 continues to be cited as a primary factor in the decline of state subsidies to public institutions and the subsequent offsetting increase in their tuition fees. Read more...3 novembre 2014
Africa's first tuition-free virtual university
By Wagdy Sawahel. Africa's first cloud-based, virtual and tuition-free, not-for-profit university will open on 12 January next year. Called the Free University of Nigeria, popularly known as FUN, it will be dedicated to increasing access to higher education.FUN is the world's second of its type after the University of the People opened in the United States. Read more...
3 novembre 2014
Degree costs eased by government financial assistance
By John Gerritsen. Fees vary by institutions and subject in New Zealand’s eight universities. Generally, undergraduates expect to pay about NZ$5,000 (US$3,930) a year to study the humanities, NZ$6,000 for commerce and law, and more than NZ$7,000 for architecture and engineering. On top of that are student service levies of as much as NZ$700. Read more...3 novembre 2014
Government fixes fees for private medical colleges
By Mushfique Wadud. The Bangladesh government has brought in fixed admission and tuition fees for private medical colleges after complaints that some institutions have been charging excessive fees for the five-year degree. This comes on top of minimum marks for students wanting to enrol in private medical colleges, set in an effort to improve medical education quality. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)