Many universities in Finland are renewing their study offerings in the interests of providing degrees with a broader, more multidisciplinary scope. Among other things, this means bachelor degree availability will also be reduced significantly in the coming years, reports Yle. Read more...17 février 2016
Universities cut bachelor degree options
Many universities in Finland are renewing their study offerings in the interests of providing degrees with a broader, more multidisciplinary scope. Among other things, this means bachelor degree availability will also be reduced significantly in the coming years, reports Yle. Read more...Labour leader hits out at high university fees
Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the state of higher education in England, saying the country should be “utterly ashamed” for having the highest level of tuition fees in the developed world, in his first speech on education since being elected Labour leader, writes Aftab Ali for the Independent. Read more...Ministry to reduce degree time to global norm
The Ministry of Education and Training plans to shorten the time for university education to 3-4 years from 4-6 years, saying that Vietnam needs to do this to be closer to international practice, writes Tien Phong for VietNamNet Bridge. Read more...Government cuts funding for students abroad
With its budget under pressure as a result of the oil price crash, the government has been forced to tighten the rules of the US$6 billion King Abdullah Scholarship Program, limiting it to those attending one of the top 100 universities globally, or studying a programme rated in the top 50 in its field, writes Ivana Kottasova for CNN. Read more...Scottish university chairs rebel over government reforms
Controversial laws which will change the way Scottish universities are run have been attacked by some of the most powerful officials in the sector, writes Andrew Denholm for Herald Scotland. Read more...Obama targets illegal behaviour in HE sector
The Barack Obama administration is highlighting growing concern over soaring United States student debt by forming a new enforcement unit to crack down on illegal behaviour by higher education institutions, write Barney Jopson and Sam Fleming for Financial Times. Read more...No Afrikaans, no cake
If you don't speak Afrikaans, you can't buy cake at any of the campus booths being set up nationwide by civil rights group AfriForum Youth. The ‘ban’ is part of the group's #RedAfrikaans (Save Afrikaans) campaign, intended to highlight the need for the retention of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction at universities, writes Sipho Masombuka for Times Live. Read more...National drive against sexual assault in universities
Australia's universities launched a major new campaign on Friday to prevent sexual assault and harassment of students and staff, which was described as the first time in the world that an entire sector has worked together on the issue. Read more...1.3 billion-year-old ripple shows Einstein was right
Scientists have made one of the most exciting discoveries of the modern era after being able to observe for the first time ripples in the fabric of space time known as gravitational waves, arriving from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe 1.3 billion years ago. Read more...Summit offers glimpse of universities of the future
Technological change, digital disruption and the need to foster innovation and adapt education systems were key themes of the World Government Summit, 2016, held in United Arab Emirates last week, according to reports from WAM, the Emirates News Agency. Read more...
