L’avenir qui se fait, nous en percevons d’ores et déjà l’ampleur des mutations profondes qu’il renferme, qu’il s’agisse du défi écologique planétaire et de ses conséquences humaines, de l’accélération de l’internationalisation des échanges, des révolutions technologiques qui sont sans précédent en ampleur et en rapidité, ou encore de l’évolution profonde vers la société de la connaissance et de l’innovation. Plus...

The site visit by the ISAS Expert Panel to Shigakkan University in Japan took place on 29 November - 1 December 2017. The Expert Panel was chaired by Eva Egron-Polak, IAU Senior Fellow, and included Anna Ciccarelli, Fellow of The University of South Australia, Riyuki Takemura, former Senior Coordinator, Office of International Affairs, Hokkaido University, Japan, and Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Internationalization Manager. During the three day site visit, the Expert Panel had very fruitful discussions with members of the whole academic community of Shigakkan University. More...

On Friday 17 November 2017, the IAU Secretary General, Hilligje Van’t Land and the Rector of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Jean-Paul de Gaudemar, signed a Memorandum of Understanding detailing the contribution of AUF to the development of the IAU 5th Global Survey on Internationalization of Higher Education. AUF will help disseminate the questionnaire in the Francophone world and will translate the final report into French. The IAU is very pleased with this cooperation as it will allow to increase the visibility of this important survey, which will help understand the importance and significance of internationalization of higher education world round. More...

By Deren Temel. Japan has too many vacant jobs. In 2017, Japan’s low birth rate and relative economic recovery left 1.43 job vacancies for every applicant in all sectors and skill levels. In Tokyo, Japan’s white-collar capital, there are two jobs for every one applicant. More...