American student singers tour in Europe
(ocr) -- Cal State Fullerton’s University Singers raised their voices in Northern Europe this week in concerts that include more staging than is typical. “Staging is essentially choreographed movement,” said Jim Taulli, professor of theater and dance, who staged the performances. “In this case, it is some unified gesturing, some choreography and formation changes. Staging can bring another layer of communication to the audience’s experience.” The chorus is performing in Sweden, Estonia, Finland and Russia, including appearances in Helsinki’s Rock Church, built directly into solid rock, and St. Peterburg’s Glinka Capella ... read more 12.06.2017
UK student loan debt exceeds £100bn
LONDON (guardian) -- Student loan debt in the UK has risen to more than 100 billion Pounds (114 billion Euros) for the first time, after growing by 16.6 percent in only one year. As in the US, student debt in the UK is rising at a faster pace than any other form of debt, and eclipsed credit card debt of 68 billion Pounds. “It is the fastest growing type of borrowing and is rapidly becoming economically significant,” Sebastian Burnside, a senior economist at NatWest said ... read more 15.06.2017
French website to attract foreign researchers
PARIS (le monde) -- Following President Donald Trump withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate accord, the new French government has launched an initiative to attract American and other foreign researchers. A strategy along with a web site that helps international scientists in climate research and new technologies to come to France is in the making ... read more 06.06.2017
Norway plans ban of burqas in universities
OSLO (times of oman) -- Norway aims to ban face-covering veils in universities as well as in kindergartens and schools. kindergartens, schools. France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria and the German state of Bavaria have all imposed restrictions on wearing full-face veils in public places ... read more 12.06.2017
Why medical students decide to study abroad?
BERLIN (sting) -- Many people are leaving their country of origin to pursue their career goals, students as well as (young) professionals. An increased demand for flexibility, willingness to work abroad and facilitated mobility within the EU are contributing factors to this development ... read more 9.6.17
Jo Johnson reappointed as UK universities minister
LONDON (the) -- Theresa May reappointed Jo Johnson as British universities and science minister - sticking to the line that made her nearly lose her own reelection? ... read more 14.06.2017
Erasmus anniversary and a new app
BRUSSELS (lw) -- Tuesday marks 30 years since the Erasmus programme was created. To mark the anniversary the European Commission has launched a new Erasmus+ mobile app that enables participants to track their progress through the bureaucracy of their stay abroad ... read more 13.06.2017
Class struggle at Irish universities
DUBLIN (university times) -- Proposing a cap on Irish student numbers, as President of University College Dublin (UCD), Andrew Deeks, just did, while (paying) international students are warmly invited to come to Irish universities - this is the dilemma Ireland faces like all countries that abandoned the public (higher) education mission to global education markets ... read more 11.06.2017
China strikes back
BEIJING (sputnik) -- International students who receive higher education in China are required to take compulsory lessons on Chinese language and Chinese domestic conditions, according to an official statement of the education ministry. “It is reasonable for foreign students to take Chinese lessons if they want to study in China, just like foreign students who study in some Western countries are required to take English lessons,” Xiong Bingqi, vice president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said ... read more 09.065.2017
Stable fees in Tallinn
TALLINN (rakaleidja) -- Tuition fees at Tallinn’s major universities, the Technical and the Tallinn University, have not increased compared to the previous year. Bachelor’s courses still cost 350-640 euros. The majority of students, however, can receive state support ... read more 06.07.2017
Universities across Europe lose public support
KONSTANZ (ihe) -- As voters in Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands go to the polls this year, some politicians and commentators want to tip funding and attention away from higher education and back toward vocational training. In a worrying sign for universities, a unique pan-European survey suggests that this is a shift that would have widespread public support ... read more 08.06.2017
Universities marketisation proceeds
BRUSSELS (uwn) -- The latest list of European universities, ranking their ‘autonomy’ in financial, academic and staffing matters, has just been published by the European University Association. The higher education institutions’ deregulation remains one-dimensional, going along with global marketplace developments ... read more 09.06.2017