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27 novembre 2018

Decision to cut international student numbers backfires

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The political agreement between the government and the right-wing Danish People’s Party to cut the number of international students by 1,000 is forcing masters degree programmes taught in English to close, with severe consequences for Danish students on those courses. More...

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27 novembre 2018

Report explores tensions behind the failure of education

By Wachira Kigotho. A new World Bank report identifies the tenuous link between credentials and skills as one of four key “tensions” behind the failure of the Middle East and North Africa region to fully reap the personal, social and economic benefits of education. More...

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27 novembre 2018

International student boom could evaporate, experts warn

By Geoff Maslen. This year, Australia’s education institutions are collectively expected to generate more than AU$32 billion (US$23 billion) in export revenue from the fees and living expenses outlaid by 700,000 overseas students in schools, colleges and universities. More...

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26 novembre 2018

Is Kean Giving Control of Its Overseas Faculty to Chinese Government?

By Elizabeth Redden. Faculty at Kean University's campus in China, currently employed by Kean, will soon be employed by the Chinese campus. Kean says it is retaining control over academics, but the faculty union says the change raises academic freedom concerns. More...

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26 novembre 2018

New International Enrollments Decline Again

By Elizabeth Redden. The number of new international students fell by 6.6 percent at U.S. universities in fall 2017, and the decline appears to be continuing this fall, according to new data. More...

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26 novembre 2018

Ties That Bind

By Elizabeth Redden. American universities' ties with Saudi Arabia -- always controversial -- are coming under more scrutiny. A look at the multimillion-dollar connections between Saudi Arabia and leading American universities -- and the questions being raised about what the Saudis are getting. More...

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26 novembre 2018

U Liverpool Aborts Egypt Campus Plans

By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Liverpool is abandoning plans to open a campus in Egypt after coming under criticism from academics who accused it of ignoring the country’s human rights record, The Guardian reported. More...

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25 novembre 2018

Blazing a trail in environmental education for the young

Techno-News Blog. In September 2018, UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched the UN Youth Strategy which seeks to engage 1.8 billion young people in driving global efforts to promote a peaceful, just and sustainable world. More...

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24 novembre 2018

Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes à l’international : nouvelle saisine de la Plateforme RSE

Le ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères a confié à la Plateforme RSE la mission d’élaborer un diagnostic et des recommandations pour mobiliser les entreprises françaises actives à l’international en faveur de l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, dans le cadre de leurs démarches de responsabilité sociétale. Plus...

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20 novembre 2018

CALOHEE: an international diagnosis of higher education learning is available!

The Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Europe (CALOHEE) project, through the work of groups of academics and students, in consultation with a wide circle of stakeholders, including employers, graduates, and professional bodies has analysed the general descriptors of 5 subject areas (Civil Engineering, Teacher Education, History, Nursing, and Physics). More...

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