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16 novembre 2014

UK universities' minister Greg Clark in India to 'welcome' students

Hit by a drop in Indian students in its universities due to stricter visa regime, the UK is sending a minister to India this week to reverse the unwelcoming image of Britain.
Minister for Science and Universities, Greg Clark, will lead a delegation of prominent UK university vice-chancellors to Delhi this week to address the growing unwelcoming image of Britain among Indian students due to a stricter visa regime. More...

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16 novembre 2014

More university students means more drop-outs, claims senior vice-chancellor

By Richard Garner. Drop-out rates at university will rise as a result of the Government's plan to lift the cap on student recruitment, one of the country's leading university vice-chancellors has warned.
Professor Sir David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, said he feared a growing number of universities would be forced to merge as competition for places increased. Read more...

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16 novembre 2014

For-profit colleges sue Obama admin over 'irrational' new guidelines

By Claire Zillman. The schools have asked a judge to reject the new regulation, which bases for-profit colleges’ access to federal loan programs on graduates’ debt load.
The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, a trade group that represents for-profit colleges, sued the United States Department of Education and Secretary Arne Duncan on Thursday over rules the Obama administration released last week that penalize career training programs for burdening students with massive debt while offering few job prospects. More...

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16 novembre 2014

Minimising brain drain – The pros and cons

By Laura W Perna, Kata Orosz and Zakir Jumakulov. One approach that governments around the world use to build their nation’s human capital is to offer subsidies that enable students in the home country to study at post-secondary education institutions in other nations. This approach is particularly popular in nations that are, using the definition of the World Economic Forum, transitioning from an efficiency-driven to an innovation-driven economy. Read more...

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16 novembre 2014

Role of universities in the fight against corruption

By Marcus Tannenberg. Last September, a declaration aimed at mainstreaming ethics and anti-corruption in higher education was endorsed by the 68 member universities of the Compostela Group of Universities and subsequently also by the World University Consortium and the World Academy of Art and Science, a global network of 700+ university professors.
The Poznan Declaration is a first important step for higher education in joining governments, businesses and civil society in the global fight against corruption. And it is high time to do so. Read more...

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16 novembre 2014

The ‘Benefits of Brussels’ to British higher education

By Anne Corbett. With the bold title of the 'Benefits of Brussels', the United Kingdom higher education sector, under the banner of the UK HE International Unit, has just held a joint event in London with the venerable German and French cultural institutions, DAAD – the German Academic Exchange Service – and on the French side the Institut Français in the UK. Read more...

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16 novembre 2014

The role of rankings in improving higher education

By David Jobbins. This month the European University Association published a significant piece of research that highlights one of the unintended consequences of university rankings. It validates the activities of national and international ranking agencies by recognising the role they play – or potentially play – in the process of the continual improvement of higher education. Read more...

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16 novembre 2014

University rankings schizophrenia? Europe impact study

By Ellen Hazelkorn. It has been a decade since global rankings first burst onto the world stage in 2003. Reaction was swift; political and higher education leaders took immediate notice. While an original objective was to enhance student choice, nowadays their influence is more about geo-political positioning for nations and universities. Read more...

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16 novembre 2014

Continental HE challenges identified ahead of summit

By Karen MacGregor. Consultations with stakeholders across Africa have thrown up shared challenges that will be tackled at next year’s major summit on “Revitalising Higher Education for Africa’s Future”, says Dr Omano Edigheji of TrustAfrica, the summit's director. Among the big issues are harmonisation, investment, regulatory frameworks, the private sector, graduate employability and the curriculum. Read more...

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16 novembre 2014

We need to change the language of internationalisation

By Hans de Wit and Elspeth Jones. Reports, documents, communiqués and papers offer a constant flow of writing about the relevance of internationalisation of higher education for the economy and society. These give the impression that higher education leaders and ministers of education are indeed convinced of its value and importance. Read more...

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