24 août 2018

Malaysia’s education ministry has agreed with the transport ministry to sell special number plates to alumni of public universities, according to Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik, write Rashvinjeet S Bedi and Rebecca Rajaendram for The Star. More...

The United Kingdom is likely to lose its position as the second most popular destination globally for international students and be overtaken by Australia, as a result of UK government policy, according to research findings published on 19 July from the Centre for Global Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London. It even suggests this may already have happened. More...

By Munyaradzi Makoni. University vice-chancellors paid tribute to the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela last week on Mandela Day, while students and staff embarked on a wide range of activities aimed at helping people in need. More...

By Ararat Osipian. There is a growing corruption scandal at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia’s flagship higher education institution. Vladimir Stepanov-Egiyants, vice-dean of the law faculty at Lomonosov Moscow State University, chair of the department of criminology and criminal law and aide to the university provost, was arrested on 10 July on allegations of especially large fraud, regulated by Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. More...

By Wagdy Sawahel. The report Building PhD Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa, produced jointly by the British Council and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in cooperation with the African Network for Internationalisation of Education and University College London Institute of Education, builds on two key studies – the joint International Association of Universities and Catalan Association of Public Universities report, and the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA) 2014 report focusing on flagship African universities. More...

By Michael Schill. Barely half of Americans responding to a survey administered by the Gallup Corporation earlier this year said that they had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education. The proportion slipped below 50% when the question specifically addressed colleges and universities. More...

By Ruwayshid Alruwaili. The role of the university is not limited to teaching and research but includes a third mission: to engage with society. To address growing societal and economic challenges, universities everywhere face a growing demand to link their research and teaching knowledge to this third societal mission. More...

By Richard Holmes. International university rankings started in 1999 when the Hong Kong magazine Asiaweek published a ranking of Asian universities which lasted for only two editions. Since then the number of international rankings, including global, regional, reputational, business and subject rankings, has expanded relentlessly and shows no signs of stopping. More...

By Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells, Alexandra Whittington, April Koury and Helena Calle. As the debate about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation continues, we are getting used to opposing predictions: either doom-laden predictions of mass unemployment or more positive predictions of a new wave of jobs being created. More...

By Anne Corbett. How should we be judging the Bologna Process 20 years on? The recent ministerial meeting provides a good opportunity to consider progress to date. More...