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Berlusconi raised us; how to re-educate Italy?

('Marta Nathansohn',) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:00:00 -0000

What can we say: it was intense. The post-Berlusconi era is almost upon us: will we cope with the tediousness of political debate, with the absence of a man to love and hate, with the end of a television trend where success is available to all?

Music duo Kim Ki O: ‘the danger of being Turkish’ for Europe

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:45:00 -0000

The Swedish pop elite love them, but EU bureaucracy is preventing Ekin Sanac and Berna Göl from breaking Europe. In Istanbul, music is an unstable bridge between east and west. Part two of a special feature

Why Turkish band Kim Ki O can't break Europe

('Clara Bergstr\xc3\xb6m',) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:45:00 -0000

Istanbul's Yeditepe, Bogazici universities: erasmus on the catwalk campus

('Annie Rutherford',) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:00:00 -0000

Istanbul is in: just look at the rising numbers of erasmus students at the thirty or so universities in the Bosphorus metropolis. While just a few years ago only a few universities in Istanbul had a bilateral contract with other European colleges, there are now hardly any colleges left in the 20-million inhabitant megapolis which do not open their doors to students eager to study abroad. Part one of an erasmus experience

Vito Kolelishvili: rugby player on 'unpaid managers and sportsmen' in Georgia

('Nino Gogua',) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:42:15 -0000

In 2004, Vito Kolelishvili became a professional rugby player with Lelos, the national rugby union team. At 19, he is one of the few rugby players nominated ‘best player of 2008’, shortly after the Georgian national tournament ended. Interview

European universities set for battle over Shanghai league table

('Fiona Herdman Smith',) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:30:00 -0000

The old European universities are as usual lagging behind while Anglo-Saxon universities are steaming ahead. The Shanghai league table is beginning to get on the nerves of the French Grandes Ecoles, which are trying to create an alternative league table

Erasmus: when she was twenty, she had plenty

('Sarah Truesdale',) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:30:00 -0000

The landmark programme has enabled 1.5 million young people to study in Europe to date, launching them into a 100% ‘eurogeneration’ experience. First in a series of five: success statistics