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London Metropolitan University has signed settlement agreements with 894 staff since 2011/12. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Rowena Mason Deputy political editor Friday 30 December 2016 00.01 GMTLast modified on Friday 30 December 2016 00.15 GMT View more sharing options Shares 73 Universities have been accused by the Lib Dems of stifling free speech through the use of “gagging clauses”, after the party’s ... Read More »
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ICAR questions quality of education at Maharashtra agriculture universities
Farm sector experts in Maharashtra, especially those representing farmers, have for long been critical of the agriculture universities for their ‘failure’ to address the state’s chronic farm crisis. Mumbai: Raising a question mark over the quality of education and research at four agriculture universities in Maharashtra, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has put on hold their accreditation. At ... Read More »
Govt incentivizes private sector for opening deemed universities
HRD minister Smriti Irani said permission to open off-campus centres will only be given to highest ranked deemed universities. Photo: PTI The human resources development (HRD) ministry on Thursday rolled out incentives for private entities to set up deemed universities, approving the University Grants Commission’s (UGC’s) recommendations in this regard. The ministry said the new deemed universities regulations would go ... Read More »
How Indian universities perform compared with Asian peers
Though IISc and IITs lead the pack of India in the Asian rankings published earlier this week by British ranking agency QS, they still lag behind their Singapore and Chinese counterparts. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint New Delhi: India has 17 institutions among the top 200 universities in Asia, led by the Indian Institute of Science or IISc in Bangalore (33rd rank), ... Read More »