By Esther Nakkazi. Just weeks after Uganda’s flagship Makerere University recommenced operations after a government-ordered shutdown, thousands of its final-year students now face the possibility of failing to graduate as they struggle to meet stringent new fee payment policy requirements. Read more...
By Michael Gardner. Higher education funding in Austria is to be based more strongly on enrolment and performance agreements, according to a new paper submitted by the country’s Chancellor Christian Kern. Entry restrictions would be applied where necessary, although tuition fees are ruled out. Read more...
By Christabel Ligami and Gilbert Nganga. In what is being billed as one of the most comprehensive institutional reviews in Kenyan higher education history, the Kenyan Commission for University Education, or CUE, is to start the process of auditing all public and private universities on 23 January. Read more...
By Maina Waruru. A massive drop in the number of secondary school leavers qualifying for entry into universities in 2017 means that Kenyan private universities may have to turn to fee-paying foreign students or offer more diploma courses to keep themselves afloat. Read more...
By Yojana Sharma. A new technology park is to be set up on formerly disputed territory along Hong Kong’s border with China to enhance research collaboration between universities on both sides and establish an international higher education and technology hub. Read more...
By Beckie Supiano, The Chronicle of Higher Education. There has been no shortage of predictions about what to expect under the administration of President Donald J Trump. But any forecast of how a man with no experience in elected office, no demonstrated interest in the process of policy-making, and a record of contradictory and dishonest pronouncements will govern should be read with caution. Read more...
By Ameen Amjad Khan. After a United States court charged Umair Hamid, an executive of Axact, a Pakistan-based IT company that allegedly defrauded tens of thousands of people in many countries including the US by selling fake diplomas and degrees, Pakistani authorities decided this month to revisit the case. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley. The European University Association, or EUA, sees positive signals on United Kingdom participation in Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ in Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement and parliamentary answers on the UK’s approach to exiting the European Union, despite her clear indication that she will seek a “full” Brexit in negotiations. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In Commentary, Marguerite Dennis advises on trends that should be taken into account in planning for future international student recruitment as the ‘dark alchemy of disruption and unpredictability’ demand a new way of thinking. Mark Ashwill argues that the election of Donald Trump as US president indicates a rise in ‘nativism’ – not ‘nationalism’ as colleagues have recently written – though both make it hard for international educators to build bridges of trust around the world. Marion Lloyd applauds Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa for making the improvement of quality and equity of the country’s higher education system a centrepiece of his administration – albeit not without controversy. Anand Kulkarni says the latest acronym for emerging nations in higher education is TACTICS – Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia – but there is nothing in particular that binds these countries together. And Lisa Anderson looks at the pros and cons of universities with explicit international affiliations in the Arab world today.
In our World Blog this week, Grace Karram Stephenson draws attention to some recent Canadian research which highlights techniques to facilitate a successful search process when choosing a new university president.
In Features, Munyaradzi Makoni reports that calls for the decolonisation of curricula at South African universities have led to a model for decolonised intellectual property law curricula.
On Wednesday 8 February University World News, as part of its Transformative Leadership series published in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, will be joining DrEducation in hosting their third international free webinar, entitled “Are universities crucibles of transformative leadership?” You are invited to register. Read more...
By Matt Reed. “Hiring Freeze!” “Across-the-Board Cuts!” “Zero Tolerance!”
I’ve heard all of those phrases, and variations on each, over the last week or so. They strike me as different flavors of the same thing. Read more...
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