By David Jobbins. The Hotcourses Diversity Index uses official government data to demonstrate the mix of student nationalities at universities across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. More...

By David Jobbins. One element of the maelstrom of United Kingdom politics after the historic vote to leave the European Union was crystallised last week as Theresa May replaced David Cameron as the prime minister charged with leading the Brexit negotiations. More...

By David Jobbins. The United Kingdom’s growing for-profit higher education sector – set to expand as the government encourages so-called 'challenger' institutions to compete with established state universities – has a new voice. More...

By Mushfique Wadud. For a long time, Bangladesh’s religious education system was thought to be a recruiting ground for militant Islamic groups. However, three of the militants actively involved in a horrific attack at an upmarket café in Dhaka this month were revealed to be students at elite private universities, prompting a major government rethink of its strategy to counter militancy in higher education institutions. More...http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20160714164009803

By Tom P Abeles. Chicken pox marks only appear on the skin several days after people have been infected with the virus. When we consider the brief rise of the ‘Luddites’ in the second decade of the 19th century the same is true: the machinery they attacked was fully operational in the mid-16th century. More...

By Jenny J Lee. Study visas are essential yet often overlooked when it comes to higher education internationalisation policies and planning. While international students must be admitted by a host institution and its host country, these are separate and often uncoordinated processes. More...

By Wachira Kigotho. Egypt’s universities have failed to provide graduates with high-level, job market-related skills to fill more than 600,000 vacancies in the private sector, contributing to high levels of educated youth unemployment – and in some cases ‘wilful’ joblessness – according to the African Development Bank. More...

By Tunde Fatunde. The Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities or AVCNU has proposed reforms to deal with the increasing number of individuals being promoted to professorships without apparently following due process. More...

By Wagdy Sawahel. Jobless academic Imad Al Ghanimi died after dousing himself with petrol and setting himself alight in response to having the goods he intended to sell as an informal trader confiscated by Tunisian police. More...

By Nicola Jenvey. Mining big data as a mechanism for boosting student success may be an acceptable tool for South African higher education institutions – provided the person collating that personal information is trustworthy in the students’ eyes. More...