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Italian research student slain in Geneva street

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:48:46 +0200

Police have opened a murder investigation after a 29-year-old Italian doctoral student at the University of Geneva was battered to death on the street on Monday night.

Fourteen-year-old Swiss whiz kid enrols at uni

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:28:00 +0200

A Swiss teenager has become the youngest university student in Germany, according to media reports in Switzerland.

Swiss students shut out of EU exchange deal

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:51:00 +0100

The European Union has blocked Switzerland from its Erasmus+ student exchange programme as a result of the vote to re-introduce quotas on EU citizens.

Swiss student blames plagiarism on biology teacher ex-lover

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:13:00 +0200

A Swiss high school student who had a romantic relationship with his biology teacher has taken legal action against a Lausanne school after his final year thesis was rejected on plagiarism grounds.

Swiss unis 'may impose quotas on foreigners'

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:06:00 +0200

Swiss universities can limit the number of foreigners who enroll if there is a shortage of available spots at the school, education experts have found. Some had worried that foreign quotas violated international agreements.