By Jane Marshall. The highly reputed Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, or 2iE, has been in crisis for several months, with some staff, students and parents protesting against what they claim is disastrous and incompetent management, according to press reports. Read more...

By Tunde Fatunde. Calls for the payment of salary backlogs by staff in state universities resumed after the recent elections in Nigeria. There had been a lull during pre-election campaigns, when soon-to-be President Muhammadu Buhari had promised to pay all salary arrears of public servants if his party was voted into power. Read more...

By Margaret Andrews. I’m often surprised, when looking at university and business school websites and promotional materials, how if you scratch out the name of the institution, it can be difficult to know which one you are reading about. Read more...

By Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela. When talking about students’ experiences it is sensible to distinguish between learning experiences that range from the traditional academic perspective to a more social perspective that involves becoming a citizen of both a local and a global world. Read more...

By Jamil Khader. The insightful recent debate between Professor John Kelly and Professor David Newman about academic freedom (University World News, 26 June 2015) underestimates the magnitude of the current crisis facing the Palestinian education system. This system lies in shambles as a result of Israeli policies that have systematically undermined the integrity and quality of education in the occupied Palestinian territories, or oPt, and Gaza. Read more...

By Abi Mandelbaum. Colleges and universities are keenly aware that in order to remain competitive in an evolving landscape they need to keep pace with emerging technology. Two such technologies that are changing the way universities interact with students are virtual reality and augmented reality. Read more...

By Sultan Barakat and Sansom Milton. The past two decades have witnessed many failed attempts to reconstruct nations in the aftermath of war. The litany of failures includes the squandering of vast resources in post-2003 Iraq and the inability to stabilise Afghanistan despite spending billions of dollars over more than a decade of intervention. Read more...

By Munyaradzi Makoni. Through innovation and inclusive development, universities could be instrumental in fighting poverty and expanding opportunities for marginalised African communities, ongoing research has shown. An array of factors contribute to the success of initiatives, such as communication, enabling access to knowledge, steady funding and aligning activities with national priorities. Read more...

By Suvendrini Kakuchi. Research collaboration between Japanese universities and businesses is expanding, with increasing industrial funding for technology and the government pushing for scientific development to underpin local and national economic growth. Read more...

By Nic Mitchell. The European Students’ Union, or ESU, has warned that the Bologna process, which seeks to harmonise and reform higher education across the continent, is in danger of becoming obsolete because of uneven implementation and poor follow-up of commitments by many European countries.
The ESU report, Bologna with Student Eyes: Time to meet the expectations from 1999, is based on responses from national student union organisations in 38 countries. Read more...