New Delhi: Foreign universities entering into agreement with their Indian counterparts for offering twinning programmes will have to be among the global top 500. The Indian varsities on the other hand, should have received the highest accreditation grade, according to the new set of guidelines approved by University Grants Commission (UGC) on Saturday. "The underlining objective is to ensure that only quality institutes are permitted for offering the twinning programmes...
07:47 AM, Jun 03, 2012
London: Amidst renewed calls to the David Cameron government to review recent curbs on student visas, the British universities have reported a significant fall in applications for courses from India for the forthcoming academic year starting September-October. The actual scale of fall in students from India and other non-EU countries will be clear by September, when students arrive to start their courses, but lesser number of applications received by April-May...
04:39 AM, May 20, 2012
Washington: Five prestigious US universities will create free online courses for students worldwide through a new, interactive education platform dubbed Coursera, the founders announced Wednesday. The two founders, both professors of computer science at Stanford University, also announced that they had received $16 million in financing from two Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Coursera will offer more than three dozen college courses in the coming year through its website at...
07:44 AM, Apr 19, 2012
London: Universities UK, the representative body of varsities in the UK, on Wednesday sought to reassure Indian and other international students that the country is "safe and tolerant" with low levels of violence and street crime. Expressing sadness at the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford on December 26 in an unprovoked attack, Professor Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK, said that such incidents were rare in the...
09:46 PM, Jan 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Government said that it is willing to review 44 universities that were stripped of deemed university status. The centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it will issue notices to these universities asking them to explain deficiencies. Based on their replies, the government will make a report and submit it to the Supreme Court by May 3. In 2010, the Tandon committee set up on...
04:29 PM, Jan 11, 2011
Shanghai: Having an extra-marital affair or "wrecking" other people's marriages can now lead to expulsion from universities in China. "Those who maintain 'special relationships' with married people will be kicked out from the campus," Guangzhou-based South China Normal University said in a statement. The Chongqing Normal University issued a similar warning, but in a more explicit manner. "Students who become prostitutes, mistresses, or toy boys will be expelled from school...
03:39 PM, Aug 17, 2010
The admission season is back and lakhs of students are looking for admissions in 500 universities nationwide. ...
09:34 PM, Jun 05, 2010
Union Cabinet has cleared the Foreign Educational Institutions Bill. ...
11:04 PM, Mar 16, 2010
The Government had decided to derecognise 44 deemed universities. ...
10:39 PM, Jan 25, 2010
University dons said that the Govt's move would create havoc among the students. ...
09:22 PM, Jan 25, 2010
BJP govt gives 3 options to univs, which Centre says 'must go'. ...
11:53 AM, Jan 24, 2010
But no student of such universities will suffer: Minister ...
02:07 PM, Jan 19, 2010
Massive challenges face the Govt when it comes to education. ...
12:04 PM, Oct 29, 2009
He suggested there should be a single entrance exam for admissions. ...
11:12 PM, Oct 13, 2009
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