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23 février 2018

Top university’s next president mired in controversy

By Mimi Leung. The president-to-be of Taiwan’s top higher education institution, National Taiwan University (NTU), has been unable so far to take up his post amid a controversy over a conflict of interest with a private company and allegations of plagiarism, as lawmakers sought to block his appointment. More...

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23 février 2018

New general staff union to tackle university challenges

By Wagdy Sawahel. A nation-wide union of university staff has been established to represent both academic and non-academic employees. The move comes in the wake of discontent over the passing last year of the 2016 University Law, which university staff believe does not serve their interests. More...

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23 février 2018

Family demands inquiry into jailed academic’s ‘suicide’

By Yojana Sharma and Shafigeh Shirazi. The family of Kavous Seyed Emami, an Iranian-Canadian academic and environmental activist who died in an Iranian jail in early February, has queried the official Iranian version that he committed suicide in jail and is demanding an independent investigation into the case. More...

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23 février 2018

Universities urged to do more to nurture women in science

By Sam Otieno. African universities have been urged to foster gender equality, parity and mentoring of girls and early career women scientists in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), in order to facilitate economic transformation and other developmental challenges affecting the East African region. More...

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23 février 2018

Court orders speedy hearing in Axact fake degrees case

By Ameen Amjad Khan. On 9 February Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the high courts to decide the long-pending cases against employees of the Karachi-based firm Axact – several of whom are charged with massive global fake degree fraud – within three weeks after hearing that fake degrees are still being sold. The cases have been pending for two years and eight months. More...

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23 février 2018

Utrecht plots new way to tackle societal challenges

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Together with its partners, Utrecht University has made plans to tackle 14 key societal challenges, for which purpose it will allocate €26 million (US$32 million) over the next four years. Fourteen multidisciplinary hubs were selected by the university board after an application round with intense discussions on strategic priorities. More...

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23 février 2018

H2020 failing to ease Europe’s research funding divide

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The European research funding divide between longstanding European Union (EU) member states and the newer ones has barely improved in the EU’s eighth framework programme, Horizon 2020, Eastern European states are complaining. More...

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23 février 2018

University quality assessment system to be revamped

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian government is set to radically revamp the system of quality assessment of domestic higher education, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science announced last Monday. More...

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23 février 2018

Most vice-chancellors can have say in setting their pay

By Brendan O’Malley. At 95% of universities in the United Kingdom, the vice-chancellor either sits on the committee that sets their pay or is allowed to attend its meetings, according to new research by the University and College Union (UCU). More...

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23 février 2018

Sharp rise in international students, but mobility falls

By Brendan O’Malley. All eight of New Zealand’s universities reported growth in international student numbers in 2016 and in revenue generated from international students’ fees, the second international benchmark study for New Zealand reveals. More...

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