Fix-it firm finds niche market in Italy

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Private firms are offering students in Italy assistance in navigating the country's complicated university system. The companies provide bureaucratic administrators and tutors for a fee of between 3,200 pounds sterling and 6,000 pounds sterling per year, with the students having no contact with the university prior to sitting the degree examinations. Students are assigned teachers to prepare for each of the 24-36 necessary examinations. Demand for such services tripled during 1992-1995.

Education, Italians

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New strings for old craft

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A center has been set up for producing classical stringed musical instruments in Cremona, Italy, with aid from the Chinese government. The director of the center studied at the Cremona International Institute for Violin Making. The Instituto Professionale Internazionale per l'Artigianato Liutario e del Legno could attract European Union subsidies, according to its director, who also aims to setup long-term links with international institutions of music.

Study and teaching, Music

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Angry Italians don't mince words over Bologna

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There is a battle underway in Italy between academics in favour of the Bologna-style three-plus-two degree system and those wanting degrees to take at least four years. The debate exploded following the election of a new centre-Left Government which is expected to launch a new package of reforms of the universities and research system in Italy.

Italy, Strategy & planning, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Management dynamics, Public affairs, Colleges and universities, Planning, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Lecturers, Public opinion, Company business management, Company business planning

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