By Tim Murphy. The global cloud market is rapidly growing and forecasted to reach $270 billion in spending by 2020, an increase of 32.8% from 2014 to 2015 alone. In the education sector, universities are now embracing cloud offerings and accepting these services as a key element in IT. Read more...

By V.S. Prasad. Ineffective governance and misuse of power has led to loss of autonomy of universities which were once considered a State within a State, observed noted educationist and former Vice-Chancellor of Ambedkar Open University, V.S. Prasad. Read more...

By Genna Ash. The largest professional services network in the world has identified seven key problems the UK’s education sector will have to confront if it is to remain a global education giant.
Deloitte’s Making the Grade report is the result of four years of client-based discussions and in-depth experience projects to uncover the fundamental flaws in the UK’s education sector. The report comes four years after the previous study which was published in 2011. Read more...

Die Mobilität von Studierenden und Hochschulangehörigen nimmt trotz der in mehreren europäischen Ländern spürbaren Finanzkrise weiter zu. 
Die Zahl der Auslandaufenthalte von Studierenden und Hochschulangehörigen nimmt trotz der in mehreren europäischen Ländern spürbaren Finanzkrise weiter zu. Die Mobilitätszahlen sind stabil und insbesondere die Zahl der Praktika ist deutlich gestiegen. Das zeigt die vom DAAD initiierte Studie "Student and staff mobility in times of crisis". Mehr...

By Ray Clancy. International research students studying at universities in Canberra, Australia, will no longer have to pay state school fees for their children, it has been announced.
Currently, many expats in Australia face school fees of up to $12,000 per child for state-provided education with decisions made on a state-by-state basis. Research students, because they are older, often have children but low earnings. Read more...

By Aina Nasa. Delivering the welcoming remarks on the inaugural day of the Asia-Pasific Conference on Education and Training (ACET) 2015 here today, Mahdzir said the ministries were aspiring to be front runners in TVET through their community colleges, vocational colleges, polytechnics and the Malaysian Technological Universities Network (MTUN). Read more...

By Kimberly Hefling. Democrats want to make college cheaper, or free. Republicans attack the higher education system.
Presidential candidates from both parties are tapping into Americans’ growing angst over paying for college, placing an unprecedented bright glare on higher education this election. Read more...