By Ly Pham. Vietnam is planning significant general education reforms for Grades 1-12. Draft legislation on the National General Education Curriculum Design prepared by the Ministry of Education and Training has been put out for public consultation. The draft, which has been in development over the past three years, envisages the most drastic and positive changes to education since 1945. Read more...

By Jeremy Rappleye and Edward Vickers. In October 2014, The New York Times spotlighted an apparent contradiction in what it termed “Japan’s divided education strategy”. Whilst pushing leading universities to become more globalised, the government was simultaneously making schooling more ‘nationalistic’ – revising curricula for history and moral education. Read more...

By Matthew Francis. With their recent horrific attacks and no apparent end in sight to the conflict in Syria and Iraq, it may seem that there is little understanding of ISIS. However, research in universities is leading the way both in understanding and disrupting ISIS and this research is an invaluable resource to those tasked with fighting them. Read more...

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian government plans to create conditions for attracting foreign scientists to national universities, with the aim of improving the quality and raising the image of the national system of higher education in the international arena. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. A greater share of post-doctoral applicants who have not studied or worked abroad gain tenure than those who have been internationally mobile before and during their post-doctoral career, according to a new report. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The number of fee-paying students from outside the European Union or European Economic Area, or EU/EEA, at higher education institutions in Sweden rose by 30% in 2014-15 compared to the previous year. Read more...

By Michael Gardner. The German government is to provide extra support for refugees seeking to study in the country. The new package of measures has been developed with the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD. Read more...

By Eric Fredua-Kwarteng. A few weeks ago I wrote an article, "The case for developmental universities", for University World News which has so far received a total of 33 responses from individuals in different parts of the world. Read more...

By Wagdy Sawahel. The East African Science and Technology Commission, or EASTECO, has been officially launched in the Rwandan capital Kigali with the aim of promoting and coordinating the development of science and technology in the region. Read more...

By Wagdy Sawahel. Drastic changes in higher education are needed to improve quality and graduate employability in the Middle East and North Africa, or MENA region. A report from the African Development Bank says a new approach is needed that could be referred to as ‘education for (self-)employment’. Read more...