By Claudia Civinini. A global consortium of universities has been established with a ceremony in Xiamen, in the Fujian province of China, under the name of University Consortium of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. More...
19 décembre 2018
17 décembre 2018
Student protests show Australian education does get some things right
Australia’s education system often suffers a barrage of criticism – claims of stagnant or declining NAPLAN results, slippage in international comparisons and rankings, and an irrelevant curriculum, tend to draw the attention of politicians, the media, and the Australian public. More...
10 décembre 2018
Ministry to reform universities with World Bank funding
The education ministry has begun work on improving the quality of education in Cambodia’s top five universities after the World Bank agreed to provide US$90 million to fund higher education reforms, writes Sen David for the Khmer Times. More...10 décembre 2018
Top universities collaborate on teaching
Five universities across the Yangtze River Delta in China have reached an agreement to explore a new teaching cooperation scheme that focuses on student development. It is expected to provide high-quality educational resources and promote lecturers’ teaching capability, writes Yang Meiping for Shine. More...10 décembre 2018
Research misconduct penalties extended into other areas
By Yojana Sharma. A raft of new punishments for research misconduct by institutions and individual researchers in China extends the penalties for those blacklisted for serious misconduct breaches outside the higher education and research area, as scientific research becomes linked to the country’s Social Credit System. More...10 décembre 2018
Towards the global integration of Asian stock markets
In 2017, 43% of all equity raised via public equity markets in the world went to Asian companies, according to the 2018 edition of the OECD Equity Market Review of Asia. This means that Asian corporations raised more equity across the stock market than all US and European companies combined. More...
10 décembre 2018
Some Australians are at a significant risk of poverty, despite the strong economy
By . Australia is a successful economy with high living standards. It has recorded 27 years of uninterrupted GDP growth. Incomes have grown strongly across the entire range of the income distribution and the incidence of both absolute and relative poverty have declined. More...
7 décembre 2018
L'Asie sonne le renouveau des grandes alliances
L'Inde et le Japon annoncent leur volonté de créer un "front démocratique uni". Ce qui les rapproche ? Une peur commune de la Chine, qui n'est pas sans rappeler cette peur de la Russie qui, autrefois, structura l'Occident. Plus...
3 décembre 2018
India eases rules on foreign recruitment at universities
India’s University Grants Commission has confirmed that all doctoral degree holders from the top 500 foreign universities will be eligible for direct recruitment as an assistant professor in Indian universities, reports The Indian Wire. More...3 décembre 2018
Labor accuses government of ‘waging war on science’
By Geoff Maslen. Research and development has emerged as a new front in the battle being waged between Australia’s two main political parties over which one will take government at the next election. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)