By Nicola Jenvey. The rise of social entrepreneurship was fostering an increasingly engaging approach among students entering competitions that solved real-life issues rather than merely entertaining competitions on theoretical cases, research from the Denmark-based Aarhus University has revealed. More...

The UK’s first research Centre for Global Higher Education is being established by the UCL Institute of Education, or IOE, in partnership with Lancaster University and the University of Sheffield. It will open its doors in October. More...

By Mushfique Wadud. Amid growing concerns over higher education standards in Bangladesh, a significant number of students are opting for off-campus distance education programmes provided by UK universities rather than the on-campus courses of Bangladesh’s universities. More...

By Gilbert Nganga. A technology wave is sweeping Kenyan higher education, changing the ways universities are run. Since mid-February more higher education institutions and groups supporting the sector have tapped technology to ease operations and open new competitive frontiers. More...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Danish university colleges are developing a plan to raise the proportion of staff having a PhD tenfold, from 5% to 50%, by 2022. More...

By Wagdy Sawahel. This was the main message to come out of two Arab conferences held this month. The first concerned universities and industry under the title "The Role of the University in Economic Development" and was held in Mansoura, a small city in Egypt.
The second was titled "Strengthening University-Industry Interaction" and was held at An-Najah National University in Nablus in Palestine a week later.
The main message from both conferences was that the weak links between universities and industry were the vital reason for Arab states falling far behind in building knowledge economies. This was also outlined in the Arab Knowledge Economy Report 2014, published last December. More...

By Geoff Maslen. Titled The Importance of Advanced Physical and Mathematical Sciences to the Australian Economy, the report says the direct contribution of the advanced physical and mathematical sciences is equal to 11% of the economy while additional and flow-on benefits add another 11%, bringing the total benefits to just over 22% or almost A$300 billion a year. More...