Hungary offers olive branch to Brussels in bid to reenter Erasmus scheme
Budapest would prevent politicians from serving on university boards in hopes of regaining EU funds for universities.
Higher education
How the Trump-Vance platform could win or lose
Donald Trump never stops talking about immigration, trade and the economy. Those policy areas have animated all three of the former presidentโs campaigns for the White House, and he often finds ways to morph other topics into border security, tariffs, taxes and inflation when heโs riffing on the campaign trail. And for years โ amid [โฆ]
UK universities urge government to restart flow of EU students after Brexit
Universities UK โholding backโ on requests to restart Erasmus programme, but hopeful amid talks on youth mobilityBritish universities are urging the government to find a way to restart the flow of EU students to Britain after Brexit, including a possib…
French PM Barnier unveils new government, putting budget and EU affairs under his purview
The Cabinet is the โmost right-wing’ in more than a decade.
EU to offer new youth mobility scheme in test of Labour โresetโ with Brussels
Officials warn repeat of Tory rejection could dent new governmentโs hopes of pacts on defence and agricultureFresh proposals to allow young people to move between the UK and the EU will be presented to the British government within weeks, in what is se…
Polish ex-MEP arrested over nephewโs private university scandal
The country’s new government under PM Donald Tusk has pushed for lawmakers from the former ruling Law and Justice party to face prosecution for corruption.
Want babies? Donโt start vaping, Putin warns schoolkids.
Russian president tells pupils: Think you’re cool? Think again.
Want to prove you care about young people, Keir Starmer? Give us back our freedom to explore Europe | Beth Riding
The scrapping of the Erasmus scheme was a mistake. But by working with Brussels, the PM can put it rightIn my lifetime, it has always felt as if the government has served old people at the expense of young people. The most notable example during the Co…
UK snubs EU over rejoining Erasmus exchange scheme
A government spokesperson says the U.K. has โno plansโ to rejoin European program.
Enrich your life with dieย deutsche Sprache | Letters
Joan Walley on how the efforts to promote the teaching of German in Stoke on Trent are bearing fruit. Plus letters from Veronica Hardstaff and Keith HaywardThe Goethe Institute is right to insist that the shocking decrease in the number of A-level stud…
UK ministers rule out joining youth mobility scheme with EU
Report that EU proposal on work and study for under-30s could be revisited is denied by governmentUK politics live โ latest updatesMinisters have reiterated their opposition to any deal with Brussels allowing young people to live and work in EU countri…
What the last of the anti-war Chicago Seven wants todayโs protestors to know
Lee Weiner helped lead the protests in 1968. Now heโs smoking weed in Ron DeSantisโ hometown.
How Kamala Harrisโ platform could differ from Joe Bidenโs
President Joe Bidenโs decision to abandon his reelection bid andย endorse Vice President Kamala Harrisย means that Harris could soon become the standard-bearer for the Democratic Partyโs biggest priorities โ including abortion rights, climate change and student debt relief. Her track record as a California attorney general, a U.S. senator and Bidenโs No. 2 provides only so [โฆ]
โIt enriches your mind in every wayโ: the fight to keep the UK learning German
With A-level entries for the language halving in a decade, a new initiative is hoping to save it from the academic scrapheapWhen Londoner Amber Tallon started learning German at the age of 12, she โtook to it like a duck to waterโ, she says.An A-level …
How Kamala Harrisโ platform could differ from Joe Bidenโs
Here are some hints about how Harris’ agenda and Biden’s might compare if she ends up taking the oath in January.
Tim Walz calls Viktor Orbรกn a dictator. For JD Vance, heโs a role model.
Opinions about the Hungarian prime minister show how much the two vice presidential candidates differ in their thinking.
Biden will announce Supreme Court reform plans next week
Biden is likely to endorse term limits for the justices, an ethics code and a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity.
The green leftie lawmaker taking on Europeโs economy
Aurore Lalucq hasn’t always been a fan of financial services firms.
Labour correctly highlights higher education crisis but offers no solutions
Also in this weekโs newsletter, the UKโs fading allure for wealthy foreigners
I run a university โ people like me should be backing students’ right to protest over Gaza | Patrizia Nanz
The brutal repression of student protests from Amsterdam to Los Angeles is exposing failings at the heart of our universitiesAcross the world, university students have set up encampments to protest against the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza an…
From Columbia to Colombia: The global resurgence of antisemitism
We have the power to stop hate from becoming the new norm.
Trinity College Dublin agrees to divest from Israeli firms after student protest
Five-day encampment in university grounds that caused the college major loss of income ended in victory for campaignersStudents at Trinity College Dublin have ended a five-day encampment after the university pledged to cut ties with Israeli companies.S…
Soviet-era attitudes to disability hinder Ukrainian fightersโ recovery
Injured soldiers face social stigma โฆ and their numbers have soared.
Cops step in as Gaza protest hits Nancy Pelosiโs Oxford speech
Campaign group holds silent protest at prestigious English university.
Brussels wants post-Brexit talks with UK on new youth mobility rights
Young people hit ‘particularly hard’ by Brexit, Commission’s Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ says.
Plagiarism scandals rock Norway as second minister quits government
Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol stepped down after university reviewed her thesis.
German university rescinds Jewish Americanโs job offer over pro-Palestinian letter
Nancy Fraser, professor of philosophy at the New School, condemned killings in Gaza carried out by the Israeli militaryA leading Jewish American philosopher has been disinvited from taking up a prestigious professorship at the University of Cologne aft…
Sadiq Khan pledges new Erasmus-style overseas study scheme for London youngsters
Cityโs mayor outlines โinternationalistโ vision in manifesto as he bids for third term in MayLondonโs Labour mayor Sadiq Khan is to offer young people studying in the capital a new version of the EUโs Erasmus scheme of student exchanges as part of his …
Simon Harris to become Irelandโs youngest prime minister
Higher education minister will become taoiseach in April after shock resignation of Leo VaradkarSimon Harris will become Irelandโs youngest prime minister after the leadership race in his Fine Gael party ended without any other candidates coming forwar…
Simon Harris confirms he will run for Irish PM as party rushes to back him
Nearly half of Fine Gael parliamentary party endorses 37-year-old as string of potential rivals rule themselves outThe contest to become Irelandโs next prime minister is turning into a one-horse race after the higher education minister, Simon Harris, s…
Simon Harris in pole position to be Irelandโs next prime minister
Opposition melts away in race to replace Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach.
Israel: A never again moment โ again
Unequivocal condemnation without a qualifying โbutโ is the only moral response to the barbaric crimes perpetrated on Oct. 7.
Police find hard drugs at top Belgian politicianโs office
Prosecutors said a staffer was arrested.
Norwegian minister resigns over plagiarism โ after launching plagiarism crackdown
Before the scandal came to light, Sandra Borch sought to punish students for copying others’ work.
Foreign students cool on British universities as funding strain worsens
A third of higher education institutions saw a decline in overseas non-EU applications in 2023
โSpymaniaโ sees Russia accuse US of plan to meddle in its election
Head of foreign intelligence service says US may mobilise โfifth columnโ of exchange programme graduatesThe head of the SVR, Russiaโs foreign intelligence service, has claimed that the US is planning to interfere in the re-election campaign of Vladimi…
Under siege over Israel, Hamas and antisemitism, US colleges look to PR giants for help
Some of the top firms, mainly in Democratic politics, are getting calls for help from major universities
Students find Erasmus replacement scheme inadequate, analysis finds
Some UK applicants forced to quit Turing scheme when places not confirmed or they failed to receive funds in timeStudents taking part in the governmentโs post-Brexit replacement for the EUโs Erasmus+ student exchange scheme were forced to drop out beca…
Europeโs Silicon Valley? No thanks
The UK has grand plans for Cambridge. But the city has other ideas.
Sciences Po director leaves role temporarily after domestic violence allegations
Boss of elite French university Mathias Vicherat has been interviewed by police and denies claims against himThe director of once of Franceโs most prestigious higher education colleges, Sciences Po in Paris, is to stand down temporarily after being int…
Elite French university boss steps down amid domestic violence allegations
‘I have never, under any circumstances, committed such acts,’ Sciences Po’s Mathias Vicherat insists.
Israeli TV sketch show brandishes satire as weapon in Hamas war
After years pillorying their own leaders, the comedians are now lampooning the UN, BBC and woke US students.
Gaza fallout: US university head quits in antisemitism row sparked by Israel-Hamas warย
Universities are under increasing scrutiny for their response to antisemitism.
Ireland: Israel is overreacting on Varadkar
Israeli foreign minister summoned the Irish envoy over prime minister’s biblical remarks.
Rethinking Gender-Based Asylum: A Look at the Advocate Generalโs Opinion on Women Fleeing the Taliban
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Oxford University tops the Times’ World University 2024 rankings. Where else in Europe featured?
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024 are out and it’s China making the biggest impression rather than the West.
Viktor Orbรกnโs pet university is all about propaganda โ I know, I was there | Bence X Szechenyi
MCC is reportedly eyeing an outpost in London. Hereโs what you can expect if youโre tempted by its inducementsMathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), the conservative Hungarian educational institution funded by Viktor Orbรกnโs rightwing government, has been e…
UKโs years out of EU Horizon programme did โuntold damageโ, say scientists
Relief at rejoining flagship research scheme tempered by anger over loss of top academics since Brexit Britain may have rescued its scientific fortunes with a last-minute decision to rejoin the EUโs Horizon research programme โ but the move should not …
With Nicola Sturgeonโs departure, the tide is going out on Scottish nationalism
An apparent shift in power in Scotland could have a major impact on politics in the whole of the UK.
America and Britain are still educating the worldโs leaders
Is there any correlation between an elite Western education and future good governance, or even support for the ideal of representative democracy? The experiences of Africa and the Middle East arenโt inspiring.
Chinaโs international students and a tale of two fears
Concerned about facing discrimination abroad and being persecuted in their home country, Chinese students are reluctant to engage in open dialogue.
No Soros retreat from Europe
It is my great hope that the Open Society Foundations, in its reconfigured form, will be able to help the European project realize its full promise.
Belgian university launches Taylor Swift-inspired literature course
Course at Ghent University will use singer-songwriterโs work as springboard to explore history of English literatureMuch of the syllabus for Elly McCauslandโs course at Ghent University reads like a whoโs who of English literature, dotted with works by…
British scientists can request grants if UK rejoins EUโs ยฃ85bn Horizon scheme
โExpectedโ return could help retain scientists and researchers lost after grants were cancelled in Brexit rowBritish scientists and academic researchers will be able to reapply to the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) for grants if, as expect…
Las Palmas pathologist finds โฌ500,000 of โfloating goldโ in dead sperm whale
Team hope sale of block of rare ambergris, used by perfumers, will help victims of 2021 volcanoWhen a sperm whale washed up dead on a beach in the Canary Island of La Palma no one imagined a valuable treasure was hidden in its entrails.Heavy seas and a…
Does the Court of Justice of the European Union Respect the Limits of EU Competence?
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