With the Chinese New Year on our doorsteps, the Year of the Rat is also the year in which the Chinese Ministry of Education aims to reach the milestone of half a million international students studying in Chinese higher education institutions. How is China tracking for this target, what does it mean for Chinese higher education, and what will the ripple effects be for Europe and the rest of the world. More...
The necessities of life require that the vast majority of us make our way through the world by undertaking some form of work. Indeed, employment provides the framework for many of the fundamental aspects of our lives: how and where we spend significant periods of time, who we associate with, what knowledge and skills we cultivate, and what we value and prioritise in the way of ideas, interests, and aspirations. More...
Despite our increasingly globalised world, promoting international placements can prove to be a surprisingly difficult task. Indeed, although you may assume that students are aware of the professional and personal benefits of such an experience, convincing them to do their placements abroad is no easy task. More...
U-Multirank coverage outside Europe is rather patchy. It does, however, include many indicators and provides information that is not found anywhere else. It contains data from a survey of more than 100,000 students that is included in the annual rankings. A recent analysis indicates that students in Europe are generally satisfied with their learning experience and rate most of their programmes as good. More...
The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), publisher of the Webometrics rankings, has released the new edition of its ranking of universities according to the Google Scholar Citation profiles of their top researchers. The latest ranking indicates that American and, to a lesser extent, British and Canadian universities remain well in the lead for research influence. The ranking is based on the top 110 individual public profiles with the top 10 excluded in order to remove outliers. More...
There is also a significant trend for Asian countries to become centres of inward and outward international mobility. China and India are both attracting large numbers of students from Africa, often with the support of generous scholarships. Southeast Asia is also poised to become a major hub with the help of policies promoting student mobility and international collaboration. More...
“There can no longer be any doubt that Azerbaijan has a problem of political prisoners, and that this problem is due to structural and systemic causes,” PACE has declared, urging the authorities to ensure alleged cases are reviewed by an impartial body, and to undertake “fundamental reforms” to fulfil its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. More...The Parliamentary Assembly welcomed the intensification of dialogue and contacts with the Committee of Ministers with a view to setting up a complementary joint procedure between the two statutory organs of the Council of Europe in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations. More...Denmark has consistently supported members of the German national minority in South Jutland, the country’s only recognised national minority. However, the authorities should take further local measures to promote intercultural understanding and dialogue with the German minority, including displaying bilingual signs at the entrance of the South Jutland municipalities. More...Threats to media freedom and the safety of journalists have become so numerous, repeated and serious that they are jeopardising not only citizens’ right to be properly informed but also “the stability and smooth functioning of our democratic societies”, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly said today. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
