By Ruth Henig. Last November, I became the patron of ProtectED – a membership organisation for United Kingdom universities that subscribe to the five principles upon which ProtectED is based. More...By Mark Ashwill. “Why doesn’t Vietnam have any schools among the top 350 in Asia?” This was the title of a recent article that was published by a top 10 media outlet in Vietnam. The obvious implication was that Vietnam should have schools in the top 350 of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. More...By Jenneke Lokhoff and Katrien Bardoel. Mutual recognition of foreign diplomas is of great importance if we want to promote student mobility across Europe. This is underlined by the ambitions for improving recognition as part of the new plans for the European Education Area. Automatic recognition takes mutual recognition a step further. More...By Francis Kokutse. Ghanaian universities have traditionally enjoyed high levels of academic freedom, but a law academic at the University of Ghana is concerned that recent developments suggest a threat to those freedoms and said academics need to develop “thick skins” in order to resist political interference. More...By Jan Petter Myklebust. Danish Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen and Minister for Higher Education and Science Søren Pind have published a seven-point action plan to address the issue of foreign citizens who leave the country before paying off their student loan debt. More...By Eugene Vorotnikov. Leading Russian universities are planning to significantly strengthen their cooperation with business, by increasing active sales of their scientific developments to producers and seeking investment for their further development, according to recent statements of representatives of some of Russia’s leading universities. More...By Dan Bauman, The Chronicle of Higher Education. As Americans and their policy-makers focus on Russian interference in the 2016 election and broader efforts to stoke discord in American society, China’s relationship with the nation’s colleges and universities is drawing renewed attention as well. More...By Mimi Leung and Yojana Sharma. Moves by Beijing to give Taiwanese students and graduates equal status with mainland Chinese, granting them greater access to mainland universities, professional qualifications and jobs, has caused consternation in Taiwan, which has seen a major brain drain of qualified people. More...By Yojana Sharma. The altering of the Chinese national constitution to remove the text limiting China’s president and vice-president to two terms, cementing Xi Jinping’s leadership possibly for the next two decades, will mean a further ideological tightening in universities, and an extension of ‘Xi Jinping research’ in institutions. More...By Wachira Kigotho. The African Academy of Sciences has called for urgent reform of African national science, technology and innovation (STI) policies to sharpen their focus on the social and environmental dimensions of development and bring them in closer alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
