By . In 2014, the international higher education associations of the world came together in South Africa for what became known as the Global Dialogue. The aim then was to achieve a more balanced discourse in internationalisation, and a concrete outcome was the Nelson Mandela Bay Global Dialogue Declaration. More...
Governments and universities around the world are increasingly concerned with increasing the number of international students who can improve income and boost performance in global university rankings. More...
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) have published the latest edition of their Best Student Cities Ranking. This year the top spot is held by Montreal which has pushed Paris into second place. The requirements for inclusion in the rankings are that a city should have a population of at least 250,000 and two universities included in the QS World University Rankings. More...
Times Higher Education (THE) has published a ranking of the most international global universities.There are three indicators from the World University Rankings,international students, international faculty and international research collaboration (together constituting an“international pillar”) plus international reputation, that is the ratio of international to local nominations in THE’s academic reputation survey. More...
Last year the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development initiated a new and ambitious ranking of Indian universities, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). According to an article in the Hindustan Times by Gauri Kohli, a number of changes are planned for this year’s ranking exercise. More...
The latest edition of the Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) has been released. The ranking is published by the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group affiliated to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain. There are four indicators, presence, openness, impact and excellence. More...
The latest Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2017 have been released. Overall the USA continues to do well with nine schools in the top 20 and Stanford, Pennsylvania and Harvard second, third and fourth respectively. The first place, however, was held by INSEAD (France/Singapore). More...
The space for democratic debate in Turkey has shrunk alarmingly following increased judicial harassment of large strata of society, including journalists, members of parliament, academics and ordinary citizens, and government action which has reduced pluralism and led to self-censorhip. This deterioration came about in a very difficult context, but neither the attempted coup, nor other terrorist threats faced by Turkey can justify measures that infringe media freedom and disavow the rule of law to such an extent. The authorities should urgently change course by overhauling criminal legislation and practice, re-develop judicial independence and reaffirm their commitment to protect free speech. More...
The Council of Europe’s EDQM has participated last week in the Summit on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism organised by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences of the Vatican State to raise awareness on organ trafficking and human trafficking for the purpose of organ removal. On the occasion, the EDQM provided its contribution to a Statement, signed by all participants at the Summit, pledging their commitment to promoting ethical organ donation. More...
There is a growing trend in Europe and beyond towards granting same-sex couples legal recognition for their relationships, which confers certain specific protections. The first country to provide “registered partnerships” was Denmark in 1989, while The Netherlands was first to adopt same-sex marriage in 2001. Today, 47 countries in the world, 27 of which are in the Council of Europe, provide some form of legal recognition for same-sex couples. More...
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