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25 janvier 2018

Universities struggle to cater for Maori demand

Auckland universities are facing a te reo Maori teacher shortage as free language classes soar in popularity. While there are a lot of proficient Maori speakers, finding the right people to teach it was proving to be a struggle, writes Adam Jacobson for Stuff. More...

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25 janvier 2018

Universities help build capacity in cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Malaysia, the national cybersecurity specialist agency under the ministry of science, technology and innovation, is working closely with universities in the country to develop talent that covers a comprehensive set of expertise in the cybersecurity field, reports New Straits Times. More...

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25 janvier 2018

27 students barred from HE, but could be many more

Tehran’s representative in the Iranian Parliament, Mahmoud Sadeqi, says 27 graduate students have been banned from continuing their education in the current Iranian academic year, but analysts suggest the number could be a lot higher, reports Radio Farda. More...

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25 janvier 2018

Bishops condemn police, state attacks on universities

Bishops from the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil – the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil – have spoken out against state and police attacks on universities, reports Anglican News. More...

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25 janvier 2018

Detained US professor to appear before new prosecutor

Professor Patrice Nganang, of Stony Brook University, New York, who has been detained in Cameroon for a week, has been transferred to another facility and was scheduled to appear before a new prosecutor, his supporters said in a news release, writes Zachary R Dowdy for Newsday. More...

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25 janvier 2018

Anti-Trump climate change grants poach US researchers

Eighteen climate scientists from the United States and elsewhere hit the jackpot last week as French President Emmanuel Macron awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidential term, writes Sylvie Corbet for Associated Press. More...

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25 janvier 2018

New HE bill rolls back Obama-era safeguards

Congressional Republicans began work last Tuesday on an extensive rewrite of the law that governs the nation’s system of higher education, seeking to dismantle landmark Obama administration regulations designed to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges and to repay the loans of those who earned worthless degrees from scam universities, writes Erica L Green for The New York Times. More...

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25 janvier 2018

Academic staff union calls off strike

After 38 days of crippled activities in public universities and hard-line negotiations, the Universities Academic Staff Union has reached a ‘compromise’ and called off their strike, writes Hillary Orinde for the Standard Digital. More...

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25 janvier 2018

Will this be a Chinese century in higher education?

Many researchers are asking if China’s One Belt One Road strategy will reshape global trade, but an important consideration for universities is whether it will reshape global higher education and if so, will it prove a road towards higher education “with Chinese characteristics”. More...

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25 janvier 2018

Intellectual freedom the target of illiberal regimes

A literature professor on hunger strike has become the symbol of the mass purge of academics in Turkey, where the current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is undermining the country’s status as an international centre for learning and intellectual exchange through increasing authoritarian control aimed at consolidating power. More...

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