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Explained: Inside the financial crisis reshaping British higher education

March 24, 2025 6:55 am

Three out of four British universities could be in deficit by 2025 as foreign student enrollment — including the enrollment of Indian students — falls by up to 40%, forcing institution-wide cutbacks

Cabinet will decide on future of Karnataka's 9 new universities: Minister Dr M C Sudhakar

March 12, 2025 12:44 pm

Sudhakar slammed the previous BJP govt for setting up these universities without proper financial planning.

HEIs violating the UGC fee refund policy will face ‘punitive action’

UGC directs universities to refund fees, implement provisions of UGC Act

March 06, 2024 9:48 am

The UGC circular was issued after it received several representations from students and parents on non-refund of fees on cancellation or withdrawal of admission against many colleges and universities.

Universities and their affiliated colleges are required to display the particulars and contact details of ombudsperson and students’ grievance redressal committee (SGRC) on their websites and at prominent places on their campuses

UGC pulls up defaulting varsities failed to appoint ombudsperson; list includes Jadavpur University, Anna University

January 31, 2024 12:58 pm

In total there are 256 state universities and Meghalaya's North Eastern Hill University, a central university in the UGC list of defaulting universities.

How the QS World University Rankings reinforce elitism and caste bias

July 04, 2023 10:18 am

The metric used to measure the quality of institutions relies heavily on the competence and prominence of its researchers. In a country like India, where a majority of academics are upper-caste, the work of researchers from lower castes remains invisible

The Transformative Role of Universities in Building and Uniting Societies

June 15, 2023 10:16 pm

By Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Pro Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) & Principal Director, Symbiosis

IIT Jodhpur - maximum institutes in Rajasthan as per AISHE 2022

Maximum number of universities in Rajasthan, colleges in UP: AISHE Report

February 03, 2023 9:23 am

As per latest AISHE Report, Ladakh has the lowest number of universities (2), followed by Chandigarh, Goa and Mizoram with three universities each.

Carry out education cleanliness drives in other varsities, too: Congress to Governor

December 23, 2022 8:28 pm

GPCC spokesperson stated, “Since the Governor is Chancellor of several state-run universities in Gujarat... there has been several attempts over years to make him aware of the garbage in these universities... it is expected of him to carry cleanliness drives there too...”

Karnataka: Recommendation to form Board Of Governors in choosing VCs aimed to ensure transparency

May 12, 2022 10:46 am

The draft proposal under which the constitution of the Board Of Governors is recommended has now been submitted to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

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Karnataka HC refers batch of petitions questioning ban on hijab in colleges to larger bench

February 09, 2022 7:58 pm

During the hearing on Wednesday, senior advocate Sanjay Hegde appearing on behalf of some of the students argued that the Karnataka Education Act does not empower the state government to prescribe uniforms in colleges.

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Need law for ending discrimination in universities: Rahul Gandhi

February 23, 2016 2:17 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reached Jantar Mantar to join the protest by students demanding justice for Rohith Vemula. Addressing the students, Rahul Gandhi said Rohith's voice was muzzled. He added that the country needs a law that doesn't let students' voices in colleges and universities be stifled. He said Rohith talked about India's future, but RSS doesn't support the same.