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12 juillet 2017

Towards a Southeast Asian Higher Education Area

By Darren J McDermott. The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN. As with many such milestones, there is a natural tendency to evaluate the significance of what has gone before and, perhaps more importantly, to predict what lies ahead. More...
12 juillet 2017

The new battlefront in university subject rankings

By Angel Calderon. Shanghai Ranking has opened a new battlefront in an already saturated rankings space. Released on 28 June, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, produced by the same team that compiles the Academic Ranking of World Universities, allows 1,410 universities from 80 countries worldwide the right to boast about their academic successes. More...
12 juillet 2017

Higher education cooperation plan unveiled

By Wagdy Sawahel. In what has been described as a ‘win-win’ deal, South Korea and Egypt have unveiled a higher education cooperation plan that includes the establishment of a joint institution, networking among universities in the two countries, and enhanced student and academic mobility. More...
12 juillet 2017

Governments called to invest more seriously in research

By Kudzai Mashininga. Academics attending the inaugural Africa Conference for Research, Innovation and Development, or ACRID 2017, held from 20-21 June and organised by the University of Zimbabwe in conjunction with the European Alliance for Innovation, urged African countries to invest more in research and innovation to help in the continent’s development. More...
12 juillet 2017

Universities in push to meet new PhD coursework rules

By Maina Waruru. Kenyan universities are rushing to enforce a new rule requiring that their PhD programmes include at least one year of coursework, but questions are being raised over the practicality of the new rule and the impact it might have on the rate at which Kenyan PhDs are produced. More...
12 juillet 2017

Engineering union to introduce test for graduates

By Ashraf Khaled. Egypt’s engineering union is planning to introduce licensing tests for graduates in an effort to boost professional standards and curb the number of engineers attending private engineering schools, amid complaints about the quality of graduates. More...
12 juillet 2017

Government rushes closure of Kashmir universities

By Haroon Mirani. Thousands of students in Indian administered Kashmir were surprised as the government announced a 10-day summer vacation for schools, colleges and universities starting 6 July. More...
12 juillet 2017

One in four humanities academics have not published

By Jan Petter Myklebust. There are pockets of excellence but no groups or institutions reached the highest levels of international performance and more than one in four research staff have not published, according to the first critical evaluation in three decades of Norwegian research and higher education in the humanities. More...
12 juillet 2017

Surveys split on outlook for international enrolment

The results of two surveys give conflicting messages about the willingness of international students to enrol in courses in United States universities that had awarded them places – also known as the yield rate. More...
12 juillet 2017

High Level Group says EU must double research budget

By Jan Petter Myklebust and Brendan O’Malley. The report of the High Level Group on Maximising the Impact of EU Research and Innovation Programmes comes a week after European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen called for a 50% increase in the budget to €120 billion (US$136 billion). More...
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