By Caroline Chipperfield. The First ASEAN Student Mobility Forum was held in Manila, Philippines, in June. The event, organised by EU SHARE, focused on intra-regional student mobility in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN and provided an opportunity for students, policy-makers and university representatives from the 10 ASEAN countries to share their experiences and insights. More...12 juillet 2017
Creating an Erasmus-style mobility scheme for ASEAN?
By Caroline Chipperfield. The First ASEAN Student Mobility Forum was held in Manila, Philippines, in June. The event, organised by EU SHARE, focused on intra-regional student mobility in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN and provided an opportunity for students, policy-makers and university representatives from the 10 ASEAN countries to share their experiences and insights. More...The drive to control and Islamise universities
By Saeid Golkar. The trajectory of Iranian higher education after the 1979 revolution can be divided into three phases. First, under the revolutionary era (1979-87), Iranian higher education underwent a first wave of Islamisation with the onset of the Cultural Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88). More...Is Trump driving Canada’s rising internationalisation?
By Creso Sá. Many believe that this is Canada’s moment – an opportunity to increase the inflow of international talent into Canadian higher education. Politics and economics have been part of this narrative. More...Questioning the status quo
By David Atkinson. The vision of seamless access to student services as diverse as access to libraries, payment in student restaurants and cafeterias, use of local public transportation services or the digital transfer of records was at the centre of a recent European Student Card or ESC conference in Münster, Germany. More...The digital future of European student cards
By Sven Engel. The vision of seamless access to student services as diverse as access to libraries, payment in student restaurants and cafeterias, use of local public transportation services or the digital transfer of records was at the centre of a recent European Student Card or ESC conference in Münster, Germany. More...Government seizes control of private teaching hospital
By Dinesh De Alwis. The government has approved a proposal made by the higher education and health ministers to take over a private medical teaching hospital affiliated to the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine or SAITM Malabe campus – the country’s first private medical college. More...World-class universities plan has caste action flaw
By Ranjit Devraj. The Indian government’s plan to elevate 20 of the country’s top universities to ‘world-class institutions’ has run afoul of the country’s existing affirmative action policy, under which half of higher education places must be reserved for students from socially 'backward classes' and castes. More...Universities look for upside of Trump and Brexit effect
By Mary Beth Marklein. International educators in the United States and Europe appear to be moving beyond the twin shocks of last year’s Brexit vote and a Donald Trump presidency and are now engaging in some soul-searching as they enter the recovery stage. More...Travel ban ruling offers universities temporary relief
By Mary Beth Marklein. The United States Supreme Court ruled on 26 June that the injunction on President Donald Trump’s second Executive Order suspending entry from six majority-Muslim countries could be partially lifted. More...Credits Up With 15 to Finish
By Ashley A. Smith. A new analysis examining the effects of Indiana’s 15 to Finish initiative finds the greater the financial incentive, the more likely students will take on a full-time course load -- and with little to no negative impact. More...
