Von Armin Himmelrath. Mehr Geld pro Monat, 110.000 zusätzlich geförderte Schüler und Studenten, höhere Freibeträge: Eigentlich hatte Bundesbildungsministerin Johanna Wanka (CDU) am Mittwoch ziemlich gute Nachrichten zu verkünden, nachdem das Bundeskabinett die Bafög-Reform verabschiedet hatte. Wären da nicht zwei Einschränkungen - die Erhöhung für die Studenten wird nämlich erst ab 2016 wirksam. Und: Die Reform ist für Wanka an eine Grundgesetzänderung gekoppelt, mit der die Zuständigkeiten zwischen Bund und Ländern in der Hochschulpolitik neu geregelt werden. Mehr...
Studienfinanzierung: Rechnungshof watscht Deutschlandstipendium ab
Von Armin Himmelrath. "Wesentliche Ziele nicht erreicht", "fehlende Erfolgskontrolle und Begleitforschung", dazu Verwaltungskosten von rund 20 Prozent: Der Bundesrechnungshof lässt am Deutschlandstipendium der Bundesregierung kaum ein gutes Wort, hatte zunächst die "Süddeutsche Zeitung" unter Verweis auf einen noch unveröffentlichten Bericht des Rechnungshofs berichtet. Mehr...
Ausländische Studenten sollen bezahlen
Von Armin Himmelrath. Wer zum Studieren nach Deutschland kommt, soll zahlen. Jedenfalls, wenn es nach Wolfgang A. Herrmann geht: Der Präsident der TU München will so Geld einnehmen - doch schon einmal ist ein Uni-Chef mit der Idee gescheitert. Um kernige Visionen von unternehmerischen Hochschulen ist Wolfgang A. Herrmann selten verlegen. Mehr...
The ICEF Higher Education Workshop
For accredited international higher education institutions and higher education-focussed student recruitment agents from all over the world
Industry leading Higher Education Networking
The Higher Education Workshop facilitates targeted, pre-scheduled, one-to-one business meetings between educators, quality higher education focussed agents and international education service providers. More...
CASE Europe Annual Conference 2014
For more information about CASE Europe Annual Conference 2014, please visit http://www.case.org/CEAC14.html.The CASE Europe Annual Conference is Europe’s biggest gathering of advancement professionals across the fields of alumni relations, communications, development, fundraising, marketing and external relations.
Join us in Edinburgh between 25-29 August 2014 to gain a better understanding of current trends while seeing examples of innovation happening across the education sector.
Now in its 24th year, the CASE Europe Annual Conference promises to be more ambitious than ever before!
The CASE Europe Annual Conference provides you with an opportunity to build up your professional network of supportive colleagues while reviewing your own strategies and methods against alternative best practices from around the globe. More...
US universities top Shanghai global rankings, China rises
By Katie Duncan. US universities have outranked more than 1,250 other higher education institutions around the world and China is steadily improving in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released last week by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. More...
ASEAN joins Australia’s New Colombo Plan
By Beckie Smith. All 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will join Australia’s New Colombo Plan (NCP), which funds Australian undergraduates to study and train in the region, from 2015, it was announced this month. More...
peerTransfer surpasses $1bn in payments
By Beckie Smith. US-based online payment platform peerTransfer has this month reached its $1bn milestone in international education payments. After a concerted push for global expansion in 2014, the company, which is backed by Spark Capital, Devonshire Investors, and QED Investors, among others, recently welcomed its 500th client when it signed up Bournemouth University, home to 2,000 international students. More...
Australia’s foreign commencement growth “wide and deep”
By Beckie Smith. Australia’s recovery story continues as a first-of-its-kind report by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) reveals international student commencements in Australia have rebounded after five years of shrinkage. The first six months of the year have seen more than 422,000 new commencements – an 11.5% increase on January to June 2013, with green shoots being seen in the ailing VET sector and notable growth from most source markets. More...
Research is ‘no panacea’ for development, finds DFID
Research is “not a panacea” for development in low-income countries despite making “important and significant contributions to socioeconomic development”, according to an impact review of public research by the UK Department for International Development.
Evidence does not back commonly held assumptions about how research leads to change, for example by directly benefiting economic growth and the quality of higher education, the report says. More...