Organised systems have sprouted up in universities in Singapore, namely Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University, to help mobilise armies of hungry students to clear up leftovers at buffets on campus, writes Fabian Koh for The Straits Times. More...07 novembre 2017
Chat groups in local universities help reduce food waste
Organised systems have sprouted up in universities in Singapore, namely Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University, to help mobilise armies of hungry students to clear up leftovers at buffets on campus, writes Fabian Koh for The Straits Times. More...Company targets US universities in hunt for AI talent
Wind Information, China’s Bloomberg-like financial data services provider, plans to kick off a recruitment drive in the United States, as more tech firms step up the search for artificial intelligence or AI talent, writes Sarah Dai for South China Morning Post. More...African Leadership University opens second campus
On 29 September the African Leadership University opened the doors to its second campus on the continent of Africa, part of a long-term goal of educating three million young Africans on 25 campuses by 2060, writes Gaidi Faraj for Atlanta Black Star. More...Grant system may not offer a solution to poor students
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development lists three countries that have both ‘high tuitions’ and ‘loan-only scholarship systems’ for university study: Chile, South Korea and Japan. Starting in fiscal 2018, however, the Japanese government will do something about it, by launching a grant-type scholarship system for deserving higher education hopefuls, write Phil Brasor and Masako Tsubuku for The Japan Times. More...Federal judge blocks third Trump travel ban
A federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order last week blocking the implementation of a new iteration of the Trump administration’s travel ban. The ban intended to block all would-be travellers from North Korea and Syria, in addition to prohibiting all immigrant travel and imposing various restrictions on certain types of non-immigrant travel for nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Venezuela and Yemen, writes Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed. More...International students to face English language tests
English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students or ELICOS will have to formally assess students where they provide direct entry to a tertiary course. At the moment, students can pass a course without proof and then start university studies. More...Efforts to save leading university hit hurdle
The threatened Central European University in Budapest has been dealt a blow in its efforts to avert possible closure in Hungary. The country’s parliament voted on 17 October to postpone for a year a decision that would allow the university to keep operating there, writes Alison Abbott for Nature. More...Limits on research chair terms aim to promote diversity
Many universities across Canada are introducing term limits for their Canada Research Chairs to get new academics into the jobs as the prestigious programme struggles to meet diversity targets set by a court settlement, writes Chris Hannay for The Globe and Mail. More...Government funds aim to boost quality of 20 universities
Lamenting that no Indian university figures among the top 500 globally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said recently the government intends to unshackle these institutions and provide Rs10,000 crore (US$1.5 billion) to 20 universities to ensure that they are counted among the best in the world, reports PTI. More...Universities generate £100 billion, one million jobs
UK universities now generate a knock-on impact of nearly £100 billion (US$131 billion) for the UK economy and support close to a million jobs throughout the United Kingdom, according to new figures published by Universities UK. More...
