By Hedda. Episode 46 of our podcast series features Johann Mouton (CREST, Stellenbosch University). In the podcast he talks about doctoral production in Africa and the challenges for the scientific growth of the region, including the role of the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology and opportunities for PHD positions in Higher Education in South Africa. See more...
Access to education continues to expand worldwide but the socio-economic divisions between tertiary-educated adults and the rest of society are growing. Governments must do more to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to a good education early in life, according to a new OECD report.
Education at a Glance 2014 says that educational mobility has started to slow down in the industrialised world. The number of people with lower qualifications than their parents is 9% among 55-64 year-olds to 12% among 35-44 year-olds and 16% among 25-34 year-olds.
At the same time, among the younger age group of 25-34 year-olds, where the tertiary attainment rate had risen to 43%, the impact of parents’ educational background was just as strong: of adults with at least one tertiary-educated parent, 65% attained a tertiary qualification, while of the adults with low-educated parents only 23% did. These data suggest that the expansion in education has not translated into a more inclusive society. More...
By Beckie Smith. A website designed to assist UK higher education institutions in encouraging more students to study abroad was launched this week by Universities Minister Greg Clark at Universities UK (UUK)’s national conference, where UUK leader Christopher Snowdon called on policymakers to implement more favourable immigration policy for international students. More...
By . Divided loyalties of givers add to universities’ financial woes. Maya Gunaseharan spent her first year in college at American University, then transferred to Cornell. And that was after 12 years at a private school in New Jersey. Now all three ask her to contribute money. More...
By Lidar Grave-Lazi. Across the board budget cuts for all ministries in the wake of Operation Protective Edge saw the Education Ministry part with some NIS 500 million. More...
By Katina Curtis. Nationals MPs are quietly lobbying Education Minister Christopher Pyne in a bid to ensure regional universities get a fair deal under his higher education reforms.
The move comes as billionaire MP Clive Palmer wrote to the minister outlining the Palmer United Party's opposition to his plans.
Labor has accused rural and regional government MPs of selling out their electorates by passing the universities legislation through the lower house. But several of them are working behind the scenes to try and get a better deal.
By Eugene Sebastian. Governments in Asia are spending big on science, technology and innovation to drive their economies. These governments also recognise that investing in system reforms alone is not enough. Spending on having programmes that help strengthen links is also important. By Richard Holmes. The number of international university rankings continues to increase. They fulfil several roles. Students and their parents, potential employers and sponsors need to have some idea of the quality of the places where they spend time and money. Read more...By Martin Cohen. How would the great Scottish economist, Adam Smith – professor in his time at Glasgow, today one of the hotbeds for independence – vote on Sunday? I think the answer is an unambiguous 'no'.By Laura E Rumbley and Philip G Altbach. Analysis of higher education internationalisation has typically gone in two directions./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
