. Wer in der Wissenschaft Karriere machen will, dem drohen viel Arbeit, wenig Geld und eine unsichere Zukunft. Wir wollen von Doktoranden und Postdocs wissen: Wie sieht die Situation wirklich aus. Mehr...
Von Bernd Kramer. Extrem kurze Befristungen bei Arbeitsverträgen an deutschen Hochschulen sollen bald der Vergangenheit angehören. Das Bundeskabinett verabschiedete am Mittwoch nach langem Streit einen Gesetzentwurf, der Zehntausenden jüngeren Dozenten und Forschern an den Unis verlässlichere Karrierewege ermöglichen soll. Die Hochschulexperten der großen Koalition hatten sich Ende Juni auf die Reform geeinigt. Mehr...
By Hedda. There is currently a process of establishing a Standing group with ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) on the ‘Politics of Higher Education, Research and Innovation’.
The Standing Group will facilitate research and debates on the politics of higher education, research and innovation around the world. It will do so by bringing together scholars at all stages of their careers from a variety of disciplines, including political science, international relations, European and area studies, research policy, higher education studies, law, and sociology of science and technology. See more...
By Jason Lemon. The growing trash heaps and angry protests in Lebanon over a government that is failing to provide one of the most basic services have drawn attention to the political deadlock among a government that is largely divided along religious lines. More...
By Ida Sophie Winter. Scene: On Rue Khalid Ibn Oualid, a North African street known for prostitutes, gambling and a French-owned bookstore that cross-pollinates between European and African culture.
Enter a sweating group of older expatriates—mostly French and white—caught under the blushing blaze of Tangier. More...
By Benjamin Plackett. The last year has seen a new feature of the effort to deliver higher education to the Syrian youth displaced by the long-running war in their country—institutions tailored solely for Syrian students. More...
By Dah Yacoub. Seidi Ahmed, a 30-year-old graduate of the University of Nouakchott Faculty of Law, speaks his mother tongue, Arabic, and has added to that a mastery of French. But he could not get a much-coveted government job until after he enrolled in one of the English teaching institutes found everywhere in the Mauritanian capital. More...
By . Do students need a passport to get a global experience?
Breaking with orthodoxy in study abroad, some educators have come to believe that the answer is no. More...
By Kathleen Gallagher. With eight employer requests for every student currently accepted into its computer coding classes, Milwaukee-based DevCodeCamp is expanding the amount of space it leases and the number of students it will train. It’s all part of an educational coding surge that is happening in many other cities, as well. More...
By Troy Williams. Virtually every industry has been fundamentally changed by the rise of the Internet. However, even though we are now in a second wave of disruption with the shift to mobile, higher education still remains largely unchanged. More...
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