The Group of Eight (Go8) signed an MoU with the globally prestigious China Scholarship Council (CSC) on 15 April 2015, aiming to promote the two-way flow of university students and staff between Australia and China.
The non-profit CSC was set up by the Chinese government to promote mutual understanding, cooperation and exchanges in politics, economics, culture, education and trade between China and other countries. The Chinese Ministry of Education has responsibility for administration and program enrolments. The CSC offers merit-based student mobility scholarships that fund to “outstanding” international undergraduate and post graduate students to study at designated universities in China and overseas. More...

University academics have told Four Cornersof pressure on university lecturers to pass underperforming students and widespread plagiarism among international students desperate to complete their courses. There was also evidence of fraudulent documents being provided by overseas recruitment agents to help students gain entry to some of Australia’s top universities. More...

QAA has published a breakdown (PDF, 111.2KB) of the 400 plus aca​demics, students and independent experts who decide whether UK's higher education providers are meeting nationally agreed expectations for standards and quality.
QAA sources its academic and student reviewers from across the UK. They represent not only the entire spectrum of UK universities, but also further education colleges and alternative providers of higher education.
The number of peer reviews carried out each year has grown significantly. In 2014, QAA published 184 reviews, compared with just 45 in 2005, reflecting the numbers and diversity of higher education providers now being quality checked against the same benchmarks. More...

EUCEN 2015 Conference which will take place in Istanbul at Boğaziçi University cordially invites scholars, graduate students, academics, researchers, professionals and public employees to present their research studies and success stories. The Steering Committee of EUCEN, the Scientific and the Organizing Committees have the pleasure to forward this invitation to attend the 47th International EUCEN Conference that will be held at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey from June 3rd to 5th in 2015.

Over 100 participants already registered. Over 30 abstracts accepted for the 3 sub-topics (1 Connecting VET and HE; 2 Diversity in Learning; 3 Partnership in review). Do not miss the next eucen conference with the presence of the confirmed prestigious keynote speakers:

• Prof. Huntington D. LAMBERT, Dean, Harvard University (USA)- Serving the World with Harvard's experience: online delivery at affordable prices
• Mr. Jan VARCHOLA, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (BE)- Challenges and trends in vocational education and training in the EU with special focus on links between VET and HE
• Prof. Mustafa BALCI,EU Delegation Sector Manager in Education & Training (TR)- LLL Strategies and Reforms in Turkey
• Ms. Maria Margarida SEGARD, EVBB and ISQ (PT)-

Register now in the conference website!

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Queen's University has said an event on the fallout from the Charlie Hebdo murders in France was cancelled as no risk assessment had been completed.
The conference had been scheduled for the Belfast university in June.
Vice chancellor Patrick Johnston had said he cancelled due to the security risk and concerns for QUB's reputation.
Earlier, two academics who had been booked to speak said it was ironic that an event about free speech should be called off in this way. More...

By Rebecca Quilliam. Universities are going to have to cumulatively shoulder an extra $330,000 financial burden because of an increase in copyright licences, but the cost won't be passed on to students. 
And a test case in the Court of Appeal will affect the universities' ability to negotiate future costs of copyright licence fees. More...