By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. Welcome to our first edition of 2015. In Features, Zofeen Ebrahim reports that in Pakistan, as schools and universities prepare to reopen after extended closure following the Peshawar attack, students and academics are asking ‘will they be safe?’
In our World Blog, Rahoul Chahouda asks if universities’ strategies for recruiting international students are sustainable.
In Commentary, Jiang Bo and Robert Coelen argue that China is set for a rapid expansion of internationalisation. Marguerite Dennis explores how universities could do more to prepare students for the job market, and Frances Saunders examines UK initiatives to tackle gender bias in physics.
Goolam Mohamedbhai argues that universities should integrate sustainable development into their teaching, research and activities.
In a Special Report this week, we cover the launch of the third phase of HERANA – the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – and look at findings so far from analysis of data collected over six years at flagship universities in eight African countries, as Karen MacGregor reports. Read more...

By Karen MacGregor – Africa Editor. In a Special Report this week, we cover the launch of the third phase of HERANA – the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – and look at findings so far from analysis of data collected over six years at flagship universities in eight African countries.
In Africa Features, Mosoba Mosoba describes the Open University of Tanzania’s efforts to expand its presence across the region, and in Africa Analysis Goolam Mohamedbhai calls for universities to integrate sustainable development into all of their teaching, research and engagement activities.
Rahul Choudaha argues in World Blog that universities need to ask themselves four questions to test the sustainability of their international student recruitment strategies.
In Commentary, Marguerite Dennis urges universities to use career counselling as part of efforts to prepare students for the job market. Frances Saunders outlines ways in which Britain’s Institute of Physics is tackling underlying bias against girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and Jiang Bo and Robert Coelen chart China’s fast-tracking of higher education internationalisation.
In Global Features, Zofeen T Ebrahim reports on the disruption of education in Pakistan following a Taliban attack on a school last month. Read more...