Yevtushenko does not teach poetry anymore
TULSA (nyt) -- Yevgeny Yevtushenko has died at the age of 83 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The internationally acclaimed Russian poet “with the charisma of an actor and the instincts of a politician” was an outspoken critic of antisemitism in the Stalin era. He taught Russian poetry and European cinema at the University of Tulsa and staged many public performances of poetry, usually featuring students who had never before imagined themselves as readers of poetry ... read more 1.4.
New technology will change universities
INT (city a.m.) -- The major changes that are happening before our very eyes and that will transform the economy beyond all recognition over the next generation are arising because technology is reducing the transactions costs of different ways of doing business. It is still cheaper for learners and teachers to be brought to one place and contract with one organisation — the university. But what if technology were to change all this? ... read more 10.04.2017
Student rugby: France beats England
BRISTOL (bristol rugby) -- England struck almost immediately, courtesy of Newcastle right wing Harry Glover. After kicking off, they secured the ball deep in French territory and following some quick passes, Glover dove into the corner for the try ——— but time was against England Students and when the full time whistle sounded, France were winners by a dominant score of 26-15 ...read more 09.04.2017
An anti-abortionist at Catholic University of Louvain
LOUVAIN (la libre) -- A debate has ensued in Belgium after philosophy professor Stéphane Mercier spoke out against abortion at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL). For now, the university has suspended the professor ... read more 01.04.2017
Dagestan students donate blood for terror victims
MAKHACHKALA (truenews) -- Over 300 university students and lectureres in Dagestan, a former Soviet state south of Russia, donated blood for victims of the St. Petersburg terrorist attack on April 3. Their slogan was: “Muslims do not shed blood, they share it!” Dagestani students have done so before, also after the Domodedovo airport terrorist attack in 2011 ... read more 7.4.17
Denmark can’t keep EU students in, so it keeps them out
COPHENHAGEN (uwn) -- Danish science minister Søren Pind has decided to cut the intake of business academies and professional universities for higher education courses by a quarter — a cut of 1,600 study places. “We now see that the number of international students, coming here to have an education paid for by the Danish taxpayers, has increased significantly. But there are too few that are staying ,” he said ... read more 07.04.2017
French academics haven’t chosen their president yet
PARIS (les echos) -- In a survey published Monday by EducPros, 42 percent of the academic staff in France declare that they do not know for whom to vote in the first round of the presidential election. According to the higher education website, the results show that academics, a usually left-leaning electorate, are disillusioned with François Hollande’s five-year term ... read more 06.04.2017
Protest in Hungary against new higher ed legislation
BUDAPEST (cna) -- Hungary saw the biggest anti-government protest in three years on April 9, as tens of thousands demonstrated against new higher education legislation seen as targeting the respected Central European University. Some 60,000-70,000 people took part many wearing the blue of the CEU and some waving Hungarian, EU as well as US flags as they marched to the government offices in Budapest ... read more 10.04.2017
International criticism of Órban
PARIS (div) -- Members of the European Parliament clashed last week over the new law restricting foreign universities in Hungary. Frank Engel, MEP from Luxembourg, even called on the Hungarians to quit the group and the EU altogether. Even former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed his concern about the law in a letter to CEU rector Michael Ignatieff. The law has been protested by Nobel Laureates, academics from Europe and the United States and several organisations. The newest addition to the long list of those that do not want academic freedom to be curbed in Hungary are the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, former New York Governor George Pataki, university provosts, the European University Association and the President of Harvard University ... read more | here | and here 10.04.2017