By Jan Petter Myklebust. A consulting firm has secured a mandate from the government of Denmark to interview 35 stakeholders as part of a broader investigation into universities’ compliance with government policy frameworks. More...
18 juillet 2016
18 juillet 2016
New institute to fund research and innovation
By Makki Marseilles. An initial sum of €240 million (US$265 million) will be made available to a newly created national institute that will fund research and innovation in Greece, and will support government efforts to pull the country out of prolonged recession and create new jobs. More...
18 juillet 2016
Use social media to recruit refugee students – Experts
By Michael Gardner. German universities should do more advertising on social media to get refugee students to enrol, says the Wissenschaftsrat – German Council of Science and Humanities, the country’s chief science policy advisory body. More...
18 juillet 2016
Accord spreads French higher education influence abroad
By Jane Marshall. Double degrees, joint research and courses, and promoting massive open online courses are among the priorities of a partnership signed last week by Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie – the huge international French language higher education and research association – and the leaders of France’s universities, écoles and engineering schools. More...
18 juillet 2016
New diversity index helps find multinational campuses
By David Jobbins. The Hotcourses Diversity Index uses official government data to demonstrate the mix of student nationalities at universities across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. More...
18 juillet 2016
Theresa May at No 10 – A new prime minister for the UK
By David Jobbins. One element of the maelstrom of United Kingdom politics after the historic vote to leave the European Union was crystallised last week as Theresa May replaced David Cameron as the prime minister charged with leading the Brexit negotiations. More...
18 juillet 2016
New voice for private 'challenger' universities
By David Jobbins. The United Kingdom’s growing for-profit higher education sector – set to expand as the government encourages so-called 'challenger' institutions to compete with established state universities – has a new voice. More...
18 juillet 2016
Spotlight on private universities after ISIS attack
By Mushfique Wadud. For a long time, Bangladesh’s religious education system was thought to be a recruiting ground for militant Islamic groups. However, three of the militants actively involved in a horrific attack at an upmarket café in Dhaka this month were revealed to be students at elite private universities, prompting a major government rethink of its strategy to counter militancy in higher education institutions. More...http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20160714164009803
18 juillet 2016
Treat the cause, not the symptom of student protests
By Tom P Abeles. Chicken pox marks only appear on the skin several days after people have been infected with the virus. When we consider the brief rise of the ‘Luddites’ in the second decade of the 19th century the same is true: the machinery they attacked was fully operational in the mid-16th century. More...
18 juillet 2016
Sliding doors – Securing study visas to South Africa
By Jenny J Lee. Study visas are essential yet often overlooked when it comes to higher education internationalisation policies and planning. While international students must be admitted by a host institution and its host country, these are separate and often uncoordinated processes. More...
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