By Neal King. A generation ago, our concept of international higher education might have included visiting professors, exchange students and study years abroad. To describe that conceptualisation through today’s lens as quaint would be a vast understatement. Read more...

By Margaret Andrews. Why do people lie, cheat and steal? Why do ‘good’ people do bad things – actions they know they shouldn’t take and do anyway? How much of someone’s anti-social behaviour is the result of individual character versus social pressure? Is there a way to prevent more people from doing harm. Read more...

By Stephen Heyneman. I once discovered that an article published by my student had been plagiarised by two professors at a university in Azerbaijan. They had stolen the text and simply put their names on it. I wrote to the rector of their university. Read more...

By Eric Fredua-Kwarteng. The classical university model has not helped developing countries as they do not produce the kind of graduates who can deal with the developmental problems they face. Instead a different type of university is needed – the developmental university. Read more...

By Mervyn Frost. Most well-established states have universities. It is widely known that a successful tertiary education system is a pre-requisite for states seeking to thrive in the contemporary world. Read more...

As more than 1.6 million students prepared to start the new academic year in Algeria, Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Tahar Hadjar announced a development plan to open universities to their surroundings. Read more...

By Max Price. Across the developing world – especially in Asia, but also in Latin America, the Middle East and other regions – there is a strong correlation between economic growth and a commitment to build strong research capacity to grow new sectors and expand existing industries. Read more...

By Ochieng’ O Benny. A consortium of institutions in South Africa has been formed to establish a Western Cape Data Intensive Research Facility as part of the country’s National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System. The aim is to dramatically increase data-intensive research capacity ahead of the global astronomy research initiative, the Square Kilometre Array. Read more...

By Ramadan Rajab. As guns continue to fall silent in Somalia’s waning civil conflict, exponential growth has been witnessed in the higher education sector. But there are mixed reviews of the quality of education offered by the country’s new independent universities. Read more...

By Jane Marshall. A decision by the Medical Council of Mauritius to exclude Ukraine and Russia from its list of education centres approved to teach medicine has been condemned by the president of the Medical and Health Officers' Association, Dr Wassim Ballam, and the Ukrainian honorary consul in Mauritius, Dr Abdool Mohaboob Kureemun. Read more...