By Peta Lee. The recent release of the study Internationalisation of Higher Education commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education, provides penetrating insight into trends, strategies and challenges in internationalisation across 17 countries. Read more...

By Margaret Andrews. In the first instalment of Marketing as strategy (Part one), I mentioned “it all starts with research – some internal, some external, some primary, some secondary, some qualitative and some quantitative”. Read more...

By Eric Fredua-Kwarteng and Francis Ahia. The roles of universities as reported in the literature could be broadly classified as teaching, research, service and advising. The service role is further divided into outside-of-university service and inside-of-university service. Read more...

By Justin Sanders. As any reader of University World News will be aware, internationalisation is a central agenda item for higher education these days. And with good reason. There are many benefits to internationalising our universities and colleges. Read more...

By Ali Ansari. Hot on the heels of the nuclear negotiations and the diplomatic détente between the US and Iran that many hope will follow, has been a call to increase academic engagement with Iran. Read more...

By Eugene Sebastian and Rahul Choudaha. In March, during the Boao Forum for Asia, the Chinese government issued an action plan for its maritime and economic belt, the Silk Road. The Silk Road concept is not new. Chinese President Xi Jinping introduced the idea in 2013 during a visit to Kazakhstan and Indonesia. What is new is the use of education as a tool to help drive China’s regional economic ambitions. Read more...

Les étudiants durant leur inscription à l’université découvrent actuellement une nouvelle offre de formation. Les disciplines déjà existantes sont désormais regroupées en quatre grands domaines : Arts Lettres Langues(ALL), Droit Economie Gestion (DEG), Sciences Humaines et Sociales (SHS) et Sciences Technologies Santé (STS).

Pour faciliter cette période de transition, différentes mesures ont été mises en amont avant la période des inscriptions.
Ce regroupement des filières vise un double objectif :
•    Limiter les abandons ainsi que les mauvaises orientations.
•    Permettre aux étudiants de découvrir de nombreuses matières en lien avec son domaine afin d’affiner ses choix d’orientation.

Cette nouvelle formule engendre des changements dans l’organisation de l’année universitaire de certains étudiants. Certaines matières initialement enseignées en deuxième année de licence basculent en troisième année.
Pour les étudiants qui ont déjà suivi ces enseignements, ils seront exemptés de cours.
Les étudiants inscrits en troisième année de licence et en deuxième année de master ne sont pas concernés par cette nouvelle formule.
TURPIN Aurore. Le Journal de l’île, 12 août 2015, p. 11. Voir l'article...

By Karen MacGregor. Global demand for tertiary education is forecast to rise to an extra 100 million places over the next 15 years, equivalent to building four new universities for 40,000 students every week. But that’s not going to happen. The only way to sufficiently and cost-effectively widen access for the impending avalanche of additional learners is through open education – not commercial MOOCs using closed resources – says Dr Wayne Mackintosh, director of the OER Foundation. Read more...

The International Council for Open and Distance Education, or ICDE, is holding its world conference in the mega-resort Sun City, north of Johannesburg in South Africa, from 14-16 October, hosted by the University of South Africa. University World News is media partner to the conference. This is the first of a series of articles to be published in the coming weeks that will engage with global ideas and developments in open and distance learning, around the conference theme of “Growing Capacities for Sustainable Distance e-Learning Provision”. Read more...

By Gilbert Nganga. Three of Kenya’s public universities have ventured into manufacturing laptops, perhaps highlighting the growing level of innovation in East Africa’s biggest economy. Read more...