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Will the Dutch fill the English-speaking vacuum for Erasmus students?

Britain's decision to withdraw from the Erasmus student exchange programme has left many university pupils upset, but the Netherlands is now emerging as a new alternative to the UK.

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Students tackle global issues with innovation

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Using animal scale design to prevent impact injuries on humans, and utilising food waste to reduce the effect of plastic on the environment, are just some ways in which students are tackling global problems.

Poland

Polish scientists identify first cases of COVID-19 at a mink farm

Polish scientists have identified the first cases of the coronavirus in mink at a farm in the north of the country, the Medical University of Gdansk said on Tuesday.

United Kingdom

At least 770 students test positive for COVID-19 at UK university

At least 770 Northumbria University students tested positive for COVID-19 of which at least 78 are symptomatic.

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Students left studying their own four walls after university lockdowns

This time of year is meant to herald the start of the academic year for university students: new courses, new lectures and new faces. But for many across Europe, the reality is instead the same four walls of their lodgings.

Netherlands

Dutch students fight to keep COVID-19 out of shared houses

Dutch students have had to find ways to keep COVID-19 from spreading in their shared houses.

World News

Virus clusters at French universities a worry for returning students

At least a dozen COVID-19 clusters have emerged since French campuses and classrooms reopened this month.

Hungary

Hungarian students blockade university in protest against Orban reform

Students in Hungary are blockading the main entrance of a university over a government reform that has already seen the establishment's management resign in protest.

United Kingdom

Britain scraps algorithm for student exam grades after outcry

Education officials say the results will be based on teachers' predictions after students complained their grades had been unfairly reduced

World News

COVID-19 pandemic ruins European class of 2020's first job chances

Euronews spoke to recent graduates from across the bloc to see how they were managing to get a first foot on the ladder in their chosen careers in the midst of a global pandemic and economic crisis.

USA

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign student visas

The Trump administration rescinded on a policy that would have stripped international students of their visas if their schools held classes entirely online because of the pandemic.

United Kingdom

EU students will be charged more to study at UK universities from 2021

Up to now, EU nationals paid the same fees as British students and could get access to UK government loans.

Earth News

University course helps students face climate crisis with hope

It's easy to feel anxious about the state of the environment but this course is fighting that feeling with education.

World News

Italian scientists isolate DNA sequence of coronavirus

Scientists in Rome say they have isolated the DNA sequence of the coronavirus and will share the research worldwide to help combat the outbreak

Italy

University condemns professor's 'shameful' pro-Nazi tweets

The university rector had said the tweets were expressed in a "personal capacity" before releasing a revised statement denouncing the tweets.

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Hong Kong protesters turn university campuses into fortresses

They built concrete walls and watchtowers and had weapons that included bows and arrows, catapults and hundreds of petrol bombs.

France

French student sets himself alight in 'despair' at financial crisis

The student was in a “highly precarious financial situation, denied financial aid and desperate," student union Solidaires Etudiant-e-s Lyon said.

United Kingdom

Could a fourth Brexit extension could follow a General Election?

A European law expert from Cambridge University says a fourth Brexit extension could follow a UK election. Professor Kenneth Armstrong's comments to Euronews' Good Morning Europe came as an anticipated third extension to the process for the UK was being discussed by the European Union.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh MP 'hired lookalikes' to take university exams

Bangladesh MP was expelled from university after a private broadcaster reportedly uncovered she had hired lookalikes to take her exams.

Earth News

Spanish university builds eco-campus for students to learn outside

The University of Malaga partners with Ecosistema Urbano to design open, outside classrooms for students.