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24 mai 2017

A gloomy outlook for private higher education

By Chau-Duong Quang. Vietnam’s first non-state university, Thang Long University, was founded in 1988 by a group of intellectuals. It had to wait for five years to be recognised as a successful pilot of a non-state higher education model. More...

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24 mai 2017

Gamification – The future of graduate recruitment

By Amber Wigmore Álvarez. A few years ago digital transformation stopped being an option and became a necessity for companies. In a dynamic and competitive landscape, technology and innovation are the backbone of the most successful companies, those which are able to look to the future with optimism and confidence rather than sinking amid the current uncertainty. More...

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24 mai 2017

Universities still grappling with travel ban limbo

By Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education. President Donald Trump announced his executive order barring travellers, including students, from a half-dozen predominantly Muslim countries shortly after he took office in late January. But even in the dead of winter, officials at Ohio University were already thinking about summer. More...

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24 mai 2017

International standing required for university status

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Norway’s quality assurance agency is now assessing an institution's international standing in particular fields before granting university status, but the move is proving controversial with sector leaders. More...

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24 mai 2017

University president is Macron’s new minister for HE

By Jane Marshall. Frédérique Vidal was appointed Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation on 17 May, in the new government of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, under President Emmanuel Macron.
A professor of genetics and molecular biology, she was elected president of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in April 2012, and re-elected in April 2016 for a second four-year term.
Vidal is one of the new ministers appointed from ‘civil society’ to the government which will serve at least until the French general election in June. More...

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24 mai 2017

Deal boosts student mobility between France and Canada

Canada and France have signed a cooperation agreement to improve professional opportunities for students studying for a degree in 'French as a foreign language' in France. More...

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24 mai 2017

Three universities rated 'very international' in index

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The number of universities judged to be ‘very international’ has jumped from one to three in this year’s ‘internationalisation index’, the rating developed by the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education or STINT. More...

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24 mai 2017

In Asia, China’s universities worst hit by cyberattack

By Yojana Sharma. Universities in several Asian countries have been affected by cyberattacks with possible consequences for research data as well as personal data of students and others. However, Chinese universities were worst affected by an unprecedented worldwide attack that began on 12 May, according to cybersecurity experts. More...

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24 mai 2017

Conservatives will toughen visa rules for students

By Brendan O'Malley. The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to toughen visa requirements for international students and raise the level of health surcharge they must pay, as part of the continuing effort to “bear down on immigration from outside the European Union”. More...

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24 mai 2017

HE improving but much remains to be done – World Bank

By María Elena Hurtado. Providing good-quality higher education to low-income and middle-class students in Latin America and the Caribbean who are joining universities and technical colleges in droves, is a big challenge for this group of countries, according to a World Bank report released on 17 May. More...

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