By Mushfique Wadud. Amid recent incidents of university graduates being engaged in terrorist attacks, researchers have warned that a growing number of economically inactive graduates in Bangladesh could be turning to extremism. More...

By Michael Gardner. Concern over the widening persecution of researchers and journalists under autocratic governments was raised by a panel of higher education and NGO – non-governmental organisation – representatives at a meeting in Bonn, Germany on 25 January, who called on Germany to apply more leverage to promote academic freedom abroad. More...

By Ameen Amjad Khan. Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission this month issued a public notice listing 153 illegal universities and degree-awarding institutions, but academics say the rising trend of fake universities cannot be discouraged without punitive action against management of the bogus institutions. More...

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian government will be forced to make significant cuts on the implementation of some of the major programmes in the field of higher education this year, due to a shortage of funds in the federal budget, according to the state press service. More...

By Les Field. The science sector watched with interest as Arthur Sinodinos was sworn in as Australia’s new Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science on 24 January. More...

By Ranjit Devraj. In order to improve the quality of published research and to crack down on so-called ‘predatory’ academic publishers – who charge fees to authors but fail to provide adequate quality control, or make misleading claims about their quality – India’s University Grants Commission, or UGC, has this month published lists of approved journals for publishing research papers. More...

By Mary Beth Marklein. In his first week in office, United States President Donald Trump signalled his intent to tighten control on federal funding for and public dissemination of scientific research, a move that appears to be aimed primarily at climate change and energy policy. More...

By Philip G Altbach and Maria Yudkevich. Fifty-nine graduates from 19 countries received their masters degrees this month at the second awards ceremony of the Pan African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences in Yaoundé. More...

Fifty-nine graduates from 19 countries received their masters degrees this month at the second awards ceremony of the Pan African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences in Yaoundé. More...

Congolese students in Russia have let out a 'cry of alarm' over deteriorating conditions due to inadequate grants combined with Russia's 'galloping inflation'. And while about 20,000 students studying at home and abroad qualified for grants in 2016, many of them did not receive the full amount in time because of administrative delays. More...