Universities in Ontario should abandon their efforts to do everything and adopt a "boutique" model focusing only on what they do best, according to a government advisory body.
Universities will be able to charge tuition fees of up to £9,000 and higher-earning graduates will face interest rates on their loans of 3 per cent above inflation under proposals unveiled today.
Disastrous defeat in the Franco-Prussian War led to the birth of the Paris Commune in 1871. A self-governing republican council took over the city and refused to accept a humiliating peace treaty signed by the provisional government.
Free higher education in Scotland may be coming to an end as Universities Scotland has admitted that a “graduate contribution” is needed to maintain competitiveness after the Browne Review.
Cuts to government grants for teaching over the next four years will amount to more than 75 per cent for several institutions, according to a survey of vice-chancellors.
Universities in England should expect some cuts to their funding a year before the revenue from higher tuition fees starts flowing into institutions, David Willetts has told a cross-party group of MPs.