By Terje Mørland and Stig Arne Skjerven. The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT – Norwegian ENIC-NARIC) has just introduced a new service for the automatic recognition of comparable higher education qualifications from Nordic countries. The service* is a voluntary supplement to NOKUT’s formal recognition scheme for higher education qualifications. More...

By Kudzai Mashininga. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) agency and Durham University in the United Kingdom are to jointly set up an Africa Hub to help African countries and universities increase their research, it has been announced. More...

By Wagdy Sawahel. Africa’s ‘least developed countries’ (LDCs) are to benefit from the launch of a United Nations’ Technology Bank in Turkey, which aims to drive science, technology and innovation and promote sustainable development – with African universities playing a key role. More...

By Nic Mitchell. Universities have been accused of lagging behind in understanding what is happening in marketing for young people in the digital age, according to one of the top visionaries of recent web developments. He urged universities to allow authentic student reviews on their websites. More...

By Nic Mitchell. The fifth edition of U-Multirank provides new insight into the relative strengths and weaknesses of different higher education systems around Europe and the United States of America, with the United Kingdom and Ireland performing the strongest for teaching and learning as a result of their good ‘on-time’ student completion rates. More...

By Aimee Chung. South Korea’s Ministry of Unification in Seoul has given the go ahead for students at the country’s top university to discuss academic exchanges with North Korea’s Kim Il Sung University, with the hope that regular exchanges and joint projects can be set up between the two most prestigious universities of North and South Korea. More...

By Yojana Sharma. University leaders across the Asia-Pacific and the Americas will be meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, on 24-26 June to discuss responses to common issues in an era of geopolitical and technological uncertainty and change. More...

By Yojana Sharma. As China tightens ideological control of universities, an increasing number of university teachers in China have been suspended or fired after students informed on them for making politically inappropriate remarks in class. More...

Surveys on internationalisation of higher education are conducted at national and regional levels by different national and international organisations. Their results provide useful insights on internationalisation trends in different parts of the world. However, none of them provides a holistic approach at global level. More...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The South Africa-Sweden University Forum or SASUF – a major internationalisation project aimed at strengthening education, research and innovation ties between the two countries – kicked off with a seminar hosted by the University of Pretoria in South Africa and some 30 satellite gatherings in 12 South African cities involving more than 1,000 local and 67 Swedish participants. More...