https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A new prestigious global university rankings has included several Spanish institutes albeit well down the list. Here's what you need to know about the university that finsihed the highest in the rankings. https://www.thelocal.es/20190621/5-things-to-know-about-the-best-university-in-spain Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:49:53 +0200 5-things-to-know-about-the-best-university-in-spain Inexpensive compared to their northern European couterparts, why aren't more students choosing to take their degree in Spain? https://www.thelocal.es/20160121/why-spain-needs-to-attract-more-foreign-students Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:56:54 +0100 why-spain-needs-to-attract-more-foreign-students The guide dog of a student at the University of Cádiz has featured alongside graduates in the end of course photograph. https://www.thelocal.es/20151002/guide-dog-becomes-honorary-student-in-university-graduation-photo Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:30:17 +0200 guide-dog-becomes-honorary-student-in-university-graduation-photo Could it be the famed fish and chips, the daily drizzle or the Mr Darcy effect? Great Britain is the destination of choice for Spanish students, a new study has revealed. https://www.thelocal.es/20150429/uk-top-destination-for-spaniards-studying-abroad Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:15:37 +0200 uk-top-destination-for-spaniards-studying-abroad Spain's Pompeu Fabra has been named on a list of the seven "fastest rising young universities in the world" by UK-based Times Higher Education. https://www.thelocal.es/20150327/pompeu-fabra-named-young-gun-university Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:42:12 +0100 pompeu-fabra-named-young-gun-university People with more words at their disposal might be at lower risk of developing Alzheimer's, a surprising new study by Spanish scientists shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20141021/big-vocabulary-could-protect-elderly-against-alzheimers-santiago-de-compostela-university Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:45:00 +0200 big-vocabulary-could-protect-elderly-against-alzheimers-santiago-de-compostela-university Limited use of English could help explain why only one Spanish university, Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra, is among the top 200 in the world, the editor of the newly published Times Higher Education rankings has told The Local. https://www.thelocal.es/20141002/spain-slips-in-world-university-rankings-pompeu-fabra-times-higher-education-rankings Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:57:00 +0200 spain-slips-in-world-university-rankings-pompeu-fabra-times-higher-education-rankings Staff at Madrid's Complutense University have admitted receiving off-the-record cash payments of up to €150 ($203) per day for preparing hundreds of dead bodies stored in the basement for use as teaching aids in unofficial, out-of-hours anatomy lessons. https://www.thelocal.es/20140617/cash-in-hand-for-corpse-courses-at-horror-uni Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:53:00 +0200 cash-in-hand-for-corpse-courses-at-horror-uni Spain's Education, Professional Training and Universities Minister has cited the United Kingdom as an example to follow in higher education funding and is considering following its example of replacing grants with student loans. https://www.thelocal.es/20140613/spain-considers-uk-style-university-loans Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:52:00 +0200 spain-considers-uk-style-university-loans Protesters burned bins at a top Spanish university campus on Thursday and hundreds marched through the streets in a national strike against education cuts that has seen scores of arrests. https://www.thelocal.es/20140327/student Thu, 27 Mar 2014 17:22:00 +0100 student Police arrested 50 people who burned bins and occupied offices at a top Spanish university on Wednesday in a protest against education cuts, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140326/student-protests Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:58:00 +0100 student-protests A Madrid university student went into a coma on Sunday after he ingested a birthday cake baked with marijuana. Nine other partygoers also required medical attention. https://www.thelocal.es/20140217/birthday-hash-cake-poisons-ten-uni-students Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:15:00 +0100 birthday-hash-cake-poisons-ten-uni-students A new law will mean that all candidates who began their degree studies in the Spanish region of Catalonia this year will have to pass an end-of-course English exam in order to graduate. https://www.thelocal.es/20131118/catalan-graduates-to-face-mandatory-english-tests Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:09:00 +0100 catalan-graduates-to-face-mandatory-english-tests The European Commission has dismissed claims by Spain’s highly unpopular Education Minister that grants for Spanish students on Erasmus, the European university exchange programme, will be halved next year. https://www.thelocal.es/20131113/eu-rubbishes-spains-erasmus-cutback-claims Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:27:00 +0100 eu-rubbishes-spains-erasmus-cutback-claims Spain's Ministry of Education on Tuesday reversed its decision to restrict the number of education grants given to the 40,000 Spanish university students who are currently studying abroad with the Erasmus student exchange scheme. https://www.thelocal.es/20131105/spains-erasmus-students-lose-grants-while-abroad Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:09:00 +0100 spains-erasmus-students-lose-grants-while-abroad Dozens of budding medical professionals in the Spanish city of Valencia were unable to sit a crucial government exam due to a half marathon blocking access to the university campus. https://www.thelocal.es/20131021/hopes-dashed-as-marathon-blocks-vital-exam Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:55:00 +0200 hopes-dashed-as-marathon-blocks-vital-exam Experts are pointing to an increase in cheating and plagiarism at Spanish universities as students are wising up to new ways of using technology in order to not get caught. https://www.thelocal.es/20130919/high-tech-cheats-dumb-down-spanish-universities Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:07:00 +0200 high-tech-cheats-dumb-down-spanish-universities Spain's upmarket halls of residence are calling for an end to hazing rituals like coin-swallowing and using freshmen's mouths as ashtrays, claiming they are leaving students with "deep psychological scars". https://www.thelocal.es/20130911/sick-pranks-horrify-spains-universities Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:52:00 +0200 sick-pranks-horrify-spains-universities A scheme which would see 'godfathers' helping out Spanish university students in financial difficulties has received mixed reactions from from within the education sector. https://www.thelocal.es/20130909/spanish-unis-study-adopt-a-student-plan Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:50:00 +0200 spanish-unis-study-adopt-a-student-plan No Spanish institution has made the top 200 of the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities, and only four have been included in the top 300. https://www.thelocal.es/20130816/spanish-universities-fail-to-make-the-grade Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:42:00 +0200 spanish-universities-fail-to-make-the-grade