Untuk urusan riset dan pendidikan tinggi, Jokowi memutuskan untuk tidak lagi menggabungnya dalam satu unit kementerian - sebelumnya di bawah Kementerian Riset, Teknologi, dan Pendidikan Tinggi (Kemenristekdikti). More...
Indonesia bisa mengakhiri ospek yang kejam dengan menghapus mental semi-militer dari sistem pendidikan
Para akademisi mengatakan pendisiplinan semi-militer dan pembelajaran berbasis kompetisi di sekolah-sekolah dan universitas adalah penyebab masih maraknya praktek ospek yang kejam. Mereka menyarankan perubahan fokus sistem pendidikan menjadi pembangunan aspek kemanusiaan. More...
Jokowi tunjuk Nadiem Makarim jadi Mendikbud: pentingnya libatkan pendiri Gojek untuk urai birokrasi pendidikan
Penunjukan Nadiem mengejutkan banyak pihak. Untuk pertama kalinya dalam sejarah, seorang presiden menunjuk pelaku usaha yang fokus pada bisnis digital untuk menjadi bagian dari pemerintahannya. More...
Indonesia can end degrading initiation rituals by making education less militaristic
Scholars say semi-militaristic discipline techniques, and competition-based learning at schools and universities, are behind recent student hazings in Indonesia. To end them, they propose shifting the focus of the education system to one of human development. More...
India is reforming education for the first time since 1986 – here’s why Australia should care
The UK Labour Party wants to abolish private schools – could we do that in Australia?
The UK’s Labour Party recently voted in a policy to effectively abolish private schools and integrate them into the state system. More...
Gonski’s vision of ‘personalised learning’ will stifle creativity and lead to a generation of automatons
The education debate in Australia becomes tangled when the same key concepts are used by various groups and individuals to mean very different things. More...
Students from China may defend their country but that doesn’t make them Communist Party agents
Chinese students with nationalist sentiments can be seen as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Such concerns were particularly evident during reports of clashes at Australian and New Zealand universities between pro-CCP and pro-Hong Kong students. More...
Australians split on the level of foreign students: ANUpoll
Australians are divided over whether the nation’s universities have too many foreign students, according to the Australian National University’s ANUpoll, released Wednesday.
In the polling, 52.8% said the mix between foreign and domestic students was about right, but 46.1% favoured a lower level of foreign students. Only 1.1% wanted a greater proportion of students from overseas. More...
Hong Kong Protests Spread to Taiwan
By Joyce Lau for Times Higher Education. Taiwanese universities have been hit by a wave of vandalism and campus unrest as tensions between mainland Chinese and Hong Kong students hit new heights. More...