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Chemistry World May 20, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Petition calls for science minister to go A group of Russian scientists and members of the Russian Parliament has called on President Vladimir Putin to fire Dmitry Livanov, Minister of Education and Science, and to evaluate the rate of efficiency of reforms that are currently being conducted in the domestic science and higher education.
Chemistry World July 3, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Russia looks to attract EU students The Russian government is planning to up its quota for foreign students studying on state funded places at its universities by 50%. The new quota will be set at 15,000 overseas students.
Chemistry World November 21, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Russian universities face bleak future Russian universities are on the verge of massive cuts and restructuring after the publication of an audit of the country's state run universities branded 25% as 'inefficient'.
Chemistry World November 6, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Russia targets top spots in university league tables The Russian government has earmarked RUB9 billion to enable its leading national universities to break into the top 100 in the global league tables.
Chemistry World July 25, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Russian scientists claim state reform will 'kill science' In a statement, the government claimed that the current system is plagued by a lack of coordination, particularly in managing their finances and buildings and infrastructure.
Chemistry World September 19, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Duma to review Russian Academy of Sciences reform On Tuesday and Wednesday, scientists and students met outside the Duma to protest the proposed reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which have been undergoing further readings this week.
Chemistry World April 23, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Russia mulls plan for overseas study scheme The Russian government is considering funding the study of domestic students at leading foreign universities - provided they return to Russia once they have graduated.
Chemistry World February 24, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Economic crisis to erode Russia's science base Russian government funding for scientific research will be cut by at least 10% this year, as part of a crisis plan recently unveiled.
Chemistry World December 9, 2013 Eugen Gerden	Russian universities benefit from private funding bonanza Russian big business has significantly ramped up the amount of money it is putting into national universities in recent years, according to the presidents of Russia's top universities.
Chemistry World April 26, 2013 Eugene Gerden	PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit Russian science The Russian government has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an audit of the country's scientific organizations and scientists.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Jason Bush	A Renaissance For Russian Science Student enrollments are up, and multinationals are chasing grads. However, without an influx of qualified teachers, Russian science may be living on borrowed time.
Chemistry World November 7, 2011 Eugene Gerden	Russia Books Place at Science Top Table The Innovative Russia 2020 scheme should see science funding rise to at least 2.5 per cent of GDP. However, some critics think the scheme is overambitious and predict that implementation will run into bureacratic problems.
Chemistry World May 11, 2015 Emma Stoye	Scientists protest over political firing of Russian chemist The Russian chemistry community is on the verge of a serious conflict with the national government, over the sacking of a high-profile chemist who has criticized state policies related to science funding.
Chemistry World August 13, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Russia faces international scientific blockade Russian science's isolation is deepening, reflected by dwindling international research cooperation, as well as restrictions on the country's scientists' access to equipment and western journals.
Chemistry World February 15, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Head of Russian degree-awarding regulator arrested Felix Shamkhalov, Chairman of the Russian Higher Attestation Commission, a national government agency that oversees awarding of advanced academic degrees, has been arrested on charges of money laundering and issuing false dissertations.
Chemistry World May 3, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Russia to ease qualification vetting bureaucracy The Russian ministry of education has put forward plans to simplify the process for recognising the qualifications of foreign specialists, who want to work in the country.
Chemistry World September 20, 2013 Laura Howes	Reform of Russian Academy of Sciences passed Despite protests, the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has approved controversial reforms to the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Chemistry World June 29, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Ban proposed on recruitment of Russian talent to reverse brain drain The Russian parliament is planning to ban overseas non-profit organisations from luring away the country's top students and skilled workers.
Chemistry World November 3, 2010 Leila Sattary	Universities to get 9000 fees option The UK government has announced today that university students in England will face tuition fees of up to 9000 per year.
Chemistry World January 29, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Probe into price fixing at Russian universities At a time of economic instability in Russia, the country's anti-monopoly authority, together with the general prosecutor's office, plan to start widespread checks at universities on suspicion of price fixing and unfounded increases in the cost of tuition.
Chemistry World December 18, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Controversial academy reforms suspended Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, has suspended controversial reforms of the country's science academy for at least a year after an outcry by scientists.
Chemistry World September 2, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Russia to ramp up spending on military science The Russian government plans to invest up to RUB 100 billion ( 977 million pounds) on the development of military science and defense R&D from 2016-2018.
Chemistry World April 25, 2014 Emma Stoye	EPSRC announces 83.5m boost for PhD training The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will invest an additional 83.5 million pounds this year in doctoral training partnerships in the UK, universities and science minister David Willetts has announced.
Chemistry World May 19, 2010 Hayley Birch	Could rising graduate debt hit science hard? The Russell Group, which represents the UK's elite universities, has suggested that students should pay more towards the cost of university degrees. But increases in graduate debt could have unwelcome repercussions for scientific research and graduates with science degrees.
Chemistry World October 12, 2010 Leila Sattary	Browne Review: Scrap university fees cap Universities in England should no longer be restricted in the fees they can charge, according to a high profile report for the government published today.
Chemistry World December 10, 2010 Anna Lewcock	Fees hike could focus the mind The UK government voted in favour of tripling the university fees cap to 9000 last night, although the vote was passed by a slim margin of just 21 votes.
Chemistry World May 7, 2014 Eugene Gerden	Russia pays high scientific price over Ukraine The annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia and the subsequent tensions over Ukraine has seen the US Department of Energy impose a ban on scientists from Russia working in its physics and chemistry laboratories.
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Chemistry World February 2, 2010 Ned Stafford	Russian science losing its edge Research in Russia, considered a scientific powerhouse during the cold war years, has faded in global importance since the break-up of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s and now is lagging behind China and India.
Chemistry World October 9, 2007 Hepeng Jia	Chinese Universities Face Staggering Debt China's fast expanding universities are accumulating debts which they may not be able to repay, a report from the country's powerful economic planning agency has warned.
Information Today November 5, 2015	ARL Promotes Excellence in Assessment Program EIA is the first national initiative to recognize colleges and universities that successfully integrate assessment practices across their campuses.
Chemistry World July 10, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Funding changes worry Russian scientists Despite massive cuts to state spending this year, the government will keep funding national science at the same level as 2014. But changes in the way that the funding will be distributed has caused alarm.
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Maternovsky & Patterson	Back on the Market: Russian Bonds Moscow tests the bond waters for the first time since 1998.
Chemistry World September 28, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US public research universities in jeopardy, board warns The US's public research universities are in serious jeopardy, the National Science Board is warning.
Chemistry World August 21, 2014 Eugene Gerden	Scientists claim Russia's science plan lacks ambition Scientists at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, have called the education ministry's science and technology program for 2013 -- 2020 irrelevant.
Chemistry World July 31, 2012 Eugene Gerden	New law to increase autonomy of Ukrainian universities Ukrainian higher education is on the verge of big changes, prior to a long-awaited adoption of the new law On Higher Education, scheduled for the end of this year.
Chemistry World October 25, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Problems for Russian chemicals? The Russian chemical industry could be on the verge of a serious crisis caused by state plans to abolish subsidies to domestic producers.
InternetNews April 26, 2007 Roy Mark	Congress Gets Competitive With Bills Senate, House approve legislation aimed at improving America's global competitiveness.
Chemistry World January 30, 2012 Maria Burke	Settlement ups UK universities' dependency on fees In 2012-13, universities and colleges in the UK will increasingly obtain their income from publicly funded tuition fee loans.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger	The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students.
Chemistry World October 14, 2011 Ned Stafford	Universities around the world prepare to welcome an influx of Brazilian students The students will start arriving in January as part of Brazil's new Science Without Borders program.
Chemistry World June 8, 2011 Laura Howes	MPs warn funding reform threatens university places A cross party group of MPs has said that the new funding arrangements for UK higher education will result in a 'significant funding gap of hundreds of millions of pounds'.
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HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012	HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges Forty-seven small colleges and universities have accepted a challenge: to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Stanley Reed in London	School Daze At British Universities They're facing huge funding gaps as subsidies shrink and enrollments swell.
Chemistry World November 1, 2012 Patrick McGhee	Losing concentration In the UK, successive governments have held to the mantra that funding for university research should be heavily concentrated in a handful of universities.
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Laura Howes	Home office to help student job seekers In a speech last week, the UK's home secretary announced that from April 2013, all international PhD students will be allowed to remain in the country for one year to find work or start a business after their course has finished.
Chemistry World August 5, 2015 Jaroslaw Adamowski	Drop in number of Polish academics causes concern One of Poland's university associations is reporting that the number of academics and researchers at the country's higher education institutions is in decline.
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige.