By . The impact of transnational higher education on host nations is mainly positive, although more could be done to raise awareness among students.
They are among the findings of research published by the British Council and the German Academic Exchange Service on TNE, the delivery of higher education programmes in a different country from the one where the overseeing institution is based. More...
By . Most universities in the UK and the US now have a presence on Twitter, but which institutions can claim to be using the micro-blogging social network most effectively?
Internet marketing company Coldlime has been crunching the numbers for the 100 top-ranked universities in the UK and the US, and has produced what it believes is a definitive list of the most influential higher education institutions on both sides of the Atlantic. More...
By David Kent. Paid parental leave is absolutely essential if we want to retain the best and brightest minds in academia. Paid parental leave is the bare minimum of what should be provided for highly trained researchers with PhDs and it has instead become one of the hot button issues for early career researchers. One of the most stressful aspects of being a postdoctoral fellow is the lack of security and the financial instability. This can be absolutely crippling once you introduce babies into the mix. Postdocs tend to survive on short term contracts, fellowships or grants and are often frantically trying to figure out where next year’s paycheck will come from. A repeated refrain here at the Black Hole is that postdoctoral status in Canada is notoriously uncertain. More...
By Cait Wills. Conference discussed ways that the health-care system can stigmatize people with different sexual orientation.
A group of students in the faculty of medicine and dentistry at the University of Alberta held a conference aimed at breaking down barriers for sexual minorities. The Inclusive Health Conference was proposed by Anthony Lott, a medical student in his final year, and organized by the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Advocacy Committee in the faculty of medicine. It took place May 3 on campus, attracting some 50 participants. More...
By Natalie Samson. Golf, mining, and fine arts are the focus of new graduate programs.
At a conservative estimate, there are about 15,000 students enrolled in MBA programs at 40 business schools in Canada. With total fees for Canadian students reaching $90,000 for some programs, graduate-level business education can be, well, big business for universities and a big investment for students. If the number of people taking the GMAT – a prerequisite for admission to most graduate business programs -- in Canada is any indication, it’s an investment more and more Canadians are willing to make. More...
By Geoff Maslen. Nearly one in every three postgraduates in Australian universities comes from overseas and their contribution to the nation’s higher education system is enormous – most notably by helping many faculties survive via the estimated $3 billion they pay in fees each year. International postgraduates make markedly different choices in courses they enrol in compared with local students. Read more...
By Heath Gilmore. Gap year is a rite of passage for many school-leavers, but taking a year off to travel the world is an unexpected casualty of the Abbott government's first budget.
The plans of Imogen Smith, 18, from Balmain, are in disarray after Tuesday's budget. She had secured year-long employment at an international school in Guangzhou, the largest city in the Chinese province of Guandong. Read more...
By . Even during China's most feudal phases, higher education has offered a reliable means of meritocratic advancement. Well into the 1990s, the limited number of university graduates meant that all of them were virtually assured places among the economic elite. More...
By Tim Lloyd. Yinzi Liu sat in the café at Washington University’s Medical School and nervously fiddled with the sleeve on her coffee cup. The 28-year old will graduate tomorrow with a doctorate in developmental, regenerative and stem cell biology. While earning her degree she spent countless hours glued to a microscope, peering into zebrafish embryos for clues that could one day lead to the early detection of human birth defects. By most accounts she should be brimming with excitement. Instead she’s loaded with anxiety. More...
By . For as long as she could remember, Vanessa Brewer had her mind set on going to college. The image of herself as a college student appealed to her — independent, intelligent, a young woman full of potential — but it was more than that; it was a chance to rewrite the ending to a family story that went off track 18 years earlier, when Vanessa’s mother, then a high-achieving high-school senior in a small town in Arkansas, became pregnant with Vanessa. More...
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