By Charlie Ball. Britain has one of the world's most detailed higher education data offerings, with especially effective national-level data on early graduate outcomes through the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey. Among major global higher education providers, only Australia has anything comparable as an integrated national view of the outcomes of graduates. Read more...18 janvier 2015
What do international students do after graduating?
By Charlie Ball. Britain has one of the world's most detailed higher education data offerings, with especially effective national-level data on early graduate outcomes through the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey. Among major global higher education providers, only Australia has anything comparable as an integrated national view of the outcomes of graduates. Read more...University-employer links boost graduate employability
New analysis has uncovered explicit links between employer engagement with higher education institutions that show enhancement of teaching and learning, and improvements in students’ employability. Read more...French massacre prompts criticism of 2009 Yale episode
By Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The recent terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper that had published images of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, has prompted renewed criticism of Yale University Press’s controversial decision to redact similar cartoons from a scholarly book published in 2009. Read more...Graduates face good job prospects
By David Jobbins. Employment prospects for graduates from UK universities are likely to continue to improve, according to the latest survey from the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services, AGCAS.It reveals that the vast majority (83%) of the heads of careers and employability services believe the graduate labour market improved further in 2014, with an increase in graduate vacancies. Read more...
Higher education boosts job opportunities
By Wachira Kigotho. Greater access to quality tertiary education helps create greater and more decent job opportunities for young men and women in developing countries, according to a study conducted by the International Labour Organization, or ILO, in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation. Read more...The value of a degree in the marketplace
By Geoff Maslen. According to the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2014 report, the economies of OECD countries depend on a sufficient supply of high-skilled workers and the people with high qualifications have the highest employment rates. Read more...Government plans biggest funding hike in years
By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya plans to up financing of public universities by 10% in the coming fiscal year, which begins in July – the biggest funding rise in three years, but still far shy of the surging thirst for funds in expanding institutions. Read more...R1 billion boost in loans, bursaries for needy students
By Munyaradzi Makoni. Ahead of the new academic year, South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme – NSFAS – has increased funding for bursaries and loans from R8.3 billion last year to R9.5 billion (US$829 million) in 2015. Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande said 205,000 students at 26 universities and 200,000 students at 50 colleges would benefit. Read more...International mobility on the rise
By Michael Gardner. A recent survey, Profildaten zur Internationalität deutscher Hochschulen, on the internationality of German universities states that in mid-2014, around 31,000 collaborative programmes were being run between nearly 300 institutions in Germany with about 5,000 higher education partners in 150 other countries. Read more...Sharp drop in part-time student enrolment since fee rises
By Brendan O’Malley. Part-time student enrolments in higher education fell by 22% in the two years since university tuition fees were allowed to triple, according to new figures released last Thursday by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, or HESA. Read more...
