10 avril 2015

Industries pick top technology universities

By Yoon Min-sik. The Education Ministry on Thursday announced the top-ranking local universities with respect to their compatibility with the corporate sector. The list was released as part of the government’s efforts to establish a closer link between higher education and businesses.
Inha University was picked as the most notable school, garnering “excellent” ratings in all but the biomedical equipment category. It was the only recipient of the top rank in the energy category. More...

The Ultimate Ranking of University Rankings

By Paul Greatrix. Yet another exciting new league table.

The Ranking of Rankings

So there you have it. The ultimate ranking of rankings. More...

U-Multirank exceeds all expectations

By Paul Greatrix. EUA has published an exciting new report on the first experiences of U-Multirank of some of its member institutions. U-Multirank, as I’ve noted here before, is the European Commission commissioned (at significant expense) non-ranking ranking of universities. More...

A branch campus gold rush?

By Paul Greatrix. A gold rush?  Far from it.
Inside Higher Ed recently ran a piece on the growth of branch campuses detailing a presentation by Anna Kosmützky, a sociologist at the University of Kassel.
In the presentation Kosmützky draws on the most recent OBHE data (now several years out of date) on the number of branch campuses and focuses strongly on the Dubai International Academic City model which, although it includes many participating universities, really isn’t quite a full and discrete branch campus as many would define it. More...

Postgraduate loans could be capped or restricted by subject

By Emily Lupton. Today the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published its long-awaited consultation on support for postgraduate study. More...

Supporting students: universities not that bad really

By Paul Greatrix. I must admit to being extremely irritated by a recent report in The Telegraph of a speech by Richard Harman, Head of Uppingham School, in which he warns that “both independent and state school pupils are under “more pressure than ever before”, with worries about jobs, housing and increased debt contributing to this anxiety.”
I don’t disagree with that proposition which is a fair assessment, students are indeed under a lot of pressure. More...

Policy and funding across borders

By Peter Halligan. The recent HEPI report supporting the right of Welsh-domiciled students to take their student fee grant when studying elsewhere in the UK raises important issues about student choice across the four UK devolved nations. But perhaps none more than in Wales. More...

How will universities swing in a hung parliament?

By Martin McQuillan. With only 29 days to go until the General Election, the higher education sector is looking at the political landscape with as much bewilderment as everyone else.
All polls suggest this will be the most closely fought election in years and the possible outcomes may not be good news for our universities. While the question of who will form the next government is too close to call, there are some things that we can say about the next parliament with a degree of certainty. More...

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Recrutement d'enseignants en droit, histoire, littérature, philosophie et sociologie pour Moscou et Saint-Pétersbourg

Recrutement d'enseignants en droit, histoire, littérature, philosophie et sociologie pour les collèges universitaires français de Moscou et de Saint-Pétersbourg
Le M.E.N.E.S.R. en partenariat avec des établissements d'enseignement supérieur français, recrute des enseignants en droit, histoire, littérature, philosophie et sociologie pour les Collèges universitaires français de Moscou et de Saint-Pétersbourg, institutions relevant du ministère des affaires étrangères et du développement international. Les postes sont à pourvoir à compter du 1er septembre 2015. Date de clôture pour postuler : 22 mai 2015.