We are facing a backlash against globalisation. This has gone hand in hand with a push back against investment treaties and trade agreements: just watch the election campaigns and the downfall of TTIP and TPP negotiations. More...
23 mars 2017
Addressing the imbalance between investment protection and people protection: Making globalisation work for all
06 mars 2017
Centre for Global Higher Education Conference
The Centre for Global Higher Education or CGHE, based at the UCL Institute of Education in the United Kingdom, held its annual conference in London on 1 March on the theme “Higher Education: Changing global relations”, which explored the drivers and effects of changing global relations in higher education. University World News reports. Read more...
23 décembre 2016
Ethnic identities and globalization - the 27th Ethnic Minority Congress in Klagenfurt, Austria
Minority protection is especially important in an era when ethnic and national boundaries start to fade due to free movement and globalisation: people, especially the youth of different nationalities think and behave alike while speaking multiple languages with each other. More...
17 décembre 2016
Globalism, Colleges and the Compensation Principle
By Richard Romano. Given adequate funding, higher education is capable of playing a much greater role in helping displaced people retain their dignity and contribute to the future, argues Richard Romano. Read more...
13 décembre 2016
Leading universities’ response to rising nationalism
By Dennis Murray. We are at a particularly confronting moment in history. Brexit in the United Kingdom and the rise of Donald Trump in the United States are just particular manifestations of a growing scepticism among many of our citizens about the downside of globalisation. Read more...
08 novembre 2016
Beware the double-edged sword of globalisation in HE
By Defta Oktafiga. Globalisation in higher education is a process of integrating key 21st century components such as the knowledge-based economy, information-technology development and the knowledge network society into higher education. Read more...
14 octobre 2016
Achieving and sharing the benefits of globalisation
Today’s OECD Interim Economic Outlook warns that trade growth is slowing, contributing to another slowing of global GDP growth in 2016 and with few signs of improvement for 2017. Does it really matter? If we believe the current anti-trade, anti-globalisation rhetoric, we might shrug our shoulders and say “no”. More...
13 octobre 2016
Achieving and sharing the benefits of globalisation
Posted . Yesterday’s OECD Interim Economic Outlook warns that trade growth is slowing, contributing to another slowing of global GDP growth in 2016 and with few signs of improvement for 2017. Does it really matter? If we believe the current anti-trade, anti-globalisation rhetoric, we might shrug our shoulders and say “no”. Trade has been so maligned and demonised, some might even be pleased. More...
08 septembre 2016
De la mondialisation à la globalisation de l’Enseignement supérieur : 15 tweets pour s’en convaincre
Blog Educpros de Jean-François Fiorina. Suite de mon analyse de la semaine dernière. Des réalités géopolitiques de la mondialisation de l’Enseignement supérieur, je bascule sur l’économique et l’émergence de nouveaux marchés, avec la folie des EdTechs/GAFA et le boom de l’Enseignement supérieur en Asie. La globalisation du secteur serait-elle en marche ? Réponse en 15 tweets. Suite de l'article...13 juillet 2016
Uniplaces rewards “good deeds” for int’l students
By Natalie Marsh. Global student accommodation platform, Uniplaces, is encouraging students to perform acts of kindness for international students in order to enter its latest scholarship competition. More...
