Free postgraduate studies come to an end at centrally funded universities in China from the 2014 academic year that starts in September.

The government will hand down its first budget next week and observers believe the alarm generated by the audit report will be tempered by a moderate response in what some call a technique to “frighten the hell out of the punters first and then show them they can still win”.

The rectors and Arroy said that monitoring quality in Swedish higher education has to be worked out in collaboration with higher education institutions.

This will be achieved by identifying and applying a wide range of science, technology and innovation (ST&I) products – for improved environmental performance and to create new jobs and industries, says the note released ahead of National Science, Technology and Innovation week which begins on 12 May.

“We demand that concerned independent international human rights committees document the violations that are taking place against us and the denial of the basic human right of freedom of speech. Such [an] environment is intended to smother creativity and any intellectual growth among the faculty and students,” the report said

One in five is a college graduate. Unemployment among younger graduates can be as high as 45%.

“This is ridiculous,” said Hassan Farghali, a law student at the Cairo-based Ain Shams University. “This academic year has been the worst in the history of Egyptian universities because of the frequent clashes between police and Muslim Brotherhood students.

The partner countries are Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia in North Africa, France, Italy and Spain in Southern Europe and Lebanon in the Middle East. The regional project involves 25 partners and is called SEMSEM – Service for Employabilit

According to a recent study conducted by Anti-Plagiarism, one of Russia’s leading analytical agencies in the field of intellectual property, one out of every 10 theses on history defended in Russia involves plagiarism

Some 100 scholarships are up for grabs under the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program which will commence in June 2014 and will run for two years.

They were Tax Minister Morten Ostergaard, Minister of Employment Mette Frederiksen and Minister of Higher Education and Science Sofie Carsten Nielsen.

The centres will develop high-level training and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – STEM – disciplines, as well as in agriculture and health.

The 22 Arab states include eight countries in Africa, six in the Arabian Gulf and eight in Asia.

University of Oslo Rector Ole Petter Ottersen chaired the Commission on Global Governance for Health, which published its report last month in The Lancet, titled "Political Origins of Health Inequity: Prospects for change".

The new office is to provide information on DAAD funding programmes for Russian students, graduates and scientists, organise interdisciplinary congresses, conferences and seminars, and offer Russian higher education and research institutions advice on academic issues.