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CBC News MUN kicking back 10% tuition credit to students disrupted by faculty strike Memorial University will refund students around 10 per cent of their tuition fees for time lost to the labour dispute between administration and faculty earlier...

Concern rises about potential research chill as new rules are extended across federal research-funding agencies.

CBC News Western ramps up support for struggling grad students, triples financial support to $1.5M Western University has promised to increase funding for graduate students dealing with monetary difficulties from $500,000 to a new total of $1.5 million. Global News McMaster...

Globe and Mail Trudeau government outlines five-year, $148-million plan to attract more foreign students to Canadian universities Concerned that more than half of the international students in Canada come from just two countries, China and India, the federal government...

Students will be trained in the creative and business sides of the toy and game industry.

Winnipeg Free Press Minister Jim Carr announces new funding to help Canadians study abroad Manitoba’s federal cabinet minister is spearheading a plan to get more Canadians studying abroad in more places, and boost the number of foreign students in...

Ottawa Citizen Student housing headaches: Study considers options for neighbours, conditions Overflowing garbage, St. Patrick’s Day partying and public urination — a few of the many horrors reported by Ottawa residents in neighbourhoods populated by student “bunkhouses.” Toronto Star Brampton putting...

Globe and Mail Dozens of Canadian researchers have faced discipline for integrity breaches In the past eight years, 133 federally funded researchers were disciplined for integrity breaches ranging from a lack of scientific rigour and fabricating work to mismanagement...

Globe and Mail Top staffers and board members leave Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario The president, the chair of the board and two senior staff of the provincial postsecondary education advisory body are all leaving their posts. iPolitics Lobby Wrap:...

The new network of regional centers of excellence comes on the heels of Canada’s first national accessibility law.

Globe and Mail Kenney makes major changes to Alberta’s universities, boards and agencies Premier Jason Kenney’s government has appointed a number of oil executives to chair Alberta’s largest universities as part of a larger shakeup of management at dozens...

One program, Knowledge Makers, was recently recognized with the Alan Blizzard Award for excellence in teaching collaboration.

Globe and Mail Opinion: Science is pure, but scientists are human How might scientific misconduct be better handled in Canada? Like any disease, it warrants a combination of prevention and treatment, writes Jim Woodgett. TheRecord.com Opinion: The myth of conservative persecution...