By  Beckie Smith. China dominates Times Higher Education (THE)’s second annual BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, upping its top 100 entries from 24 to 27 as Tsingua University and Peking University retain the two top spots for the second year running. More...

By Andreas Schleicher. Since 2000, over 70 countries that make up over 80 percent of the world’s economy have been comparing how well their school systems prepare young people for life and work.
The framework for these comparisons is the world’s global metric for learning outcomes, known as PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment). Essentially, PISA is an international test that is administered under standardized conditions. It measures the extent to which 15-year-old students have acquired key knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in modern societies. More...

By Wagdy Sawahel. A Sudanese university wants to set up a network among Arab universities to stop students accused of plagiarism from moving from institution to institution.
Esam al-Din Adam, dean of the College of Graduate Studies of Omdurman Islamic University, in Sudan, announced that goal last month in response to an incident in which 10 students were found to have plagiarized. More...