By . It’s good to see an architect trying to create a building that supports the ‘magic of the campus’ in a digital age. I would have liked a little more detail though about the technology within the spaces, such as screens for sharing work. It will be interesting to see if the design actually leads to changes in teaching methods, or whether faculty try to impose the hierarchical model of lecturing on these spaces. More...
By Beckie Smith. Education Malaysia Global Services, the body tasked with marketing Malaysian education and managing student services, is developing a mobile application for law enforcement officers enabling them to verify the identity of international students, it announced this month. More...
The University of Tokyo and Kyoto University are scheduled to introduce recommendation-based admissions as well as so-called admission office (AO) exams based on interviews and essays for the first time this autumn. Read more...
By Nectar Gan. This year's central government work report has high hopes that greater innovation will give a boost to China’s slowing economic growth. Read more...
By . The various educational systems in Asia are all traditional, completely dependent on lectures of teachers and prescribed textbooks. However, the colonial influences of the British, Spanish, American, French and Dutch are still felt. Buddhist and Hindu, Muslim and Christian beliefs have permeated their culture as well.
South Korea’s uphill struggle to become a democracy
South Korea has a total population of 49.3 million. The 20th century (1948) history of education in Korea dates back to the liberation from Japan after the Gwangbokjeol era. Read more...
By Henrietta Cook and Benjamin Preiss. Victorian TAFE teachers feel pressured to pass incompetent students, a union survey reveals.
Australian Education Union TAFE president Greg Barclay said cuts over the past four years had strained TAFEs, which relied on student enrolments to sustain their income. Read more...
By Amy Chyan. National Sun Yat-sen University's (中山大學) principal, Yang Hung-duen (楊弘敦) said recently that the more foreign students who are registered for classes at Taiwanese universities, the more money the government and universities lose.
According to reports, a student studying at a public university in Taiwan costs the government at least NT$300,000 and NT$150,000 at a private university.
In comparison, the yearly tuition fee required from foreign students is only NT$100,000, reports said. More...
By Sara Custer. The director of education at the British Council in India has called the country’s new education policy discussion points “very encouraging” because of the inclusion of internationalisation of HE as a top 20 priority. More...
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