By Medha Basu. To keep their jobs, Singaporeans will have to learn new skills throughout their lives. “This is the only way for individuals to stay employed and employable,” said Chan Lai Fung, Permanent Secretary for Education, at the OECD-Singapore Conference on Higher Education Futures. More...
By David Sapsted. Only one in 12 graduates believe their college education fully prepared them for their careers, according to a new international study by Instructure, the US education technology company. More...
The Transnational Education (TNE) Africa Company Limited through TNE Ghana Limited has received an International Higher Education accreditation from the British Accreditation Council (BAC).
A statement issued in Accra by Ms Mary Anne Amoah, Marketing Manager, Lancaster University Ghana, said the accreditation was valid for a four year term.
It said TNE has become the first and only education provider on African mainland to have attained the BAC accreditation. More...
President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday directed the heads of the public sector federally chartered universities to focus on research, noting that this sector was neglected over the last many decades.
Addressing heads of the public sector federally chartered universities at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, he said “Research is an important factor in the progress of nations.” The President said that adoption of Urdu as the official language was a correct decision. More...
The universities in the USA have always been the most preferred choice for Indian students but now countries like Canada and Australia are emerging as the new education destinations, according to ELS International Education Pathways Private Limited. More...
Iran is keen to collaborate with Malaysian universities to attract more Malaysians to study in that country, which currently stands at only 15, as compared to some 5,000 Iranian students in Malaysia.
Scientific Counsellor and Director of Iranian Students in East Asia, Dr Abbas Ghanbari said he was ready to facilitate and help connect any Malaysian university to the best universities in Iran, and welcomed proposals for such collaboration.
Speaking to Bernama in an interview at the Iranian Embassy here recently, he said language should not be a problem as the students could take up courses to learn the Persian language. More...
By Tim Dodd and Edmund Tadros. Graduates from many of the little-known regional universities have a better chance of getting a job than those from top institutions in big cities, according to new data from the federal government that allows the job outcomes of universities to be compared for the first time. More...
A documentary film about the social and personal costs of South Koreans’ craze for being admitted to the nation’s top three universities depicts a system that is a far cry from President Barack Obama’s praise of the Asian country as a model for U.S. educational reforms. “Reach for the SKY” follows three students and a teacher working for a test-prep company before and after South Korea’s college entrance exam. More...
By .We know there is a gender gap favoring women in college today — and that gap widens when one looks at students going abroad to study. But the huge disparities in parts of the developing world offer important clues about how American men and women perceive the world in higher education today. More...
By Kylar Loussikian. Australia faces direct and growing competition from Chinese universities for international students, with more foreign students from growth markets enrolling in engineering, medicine and business courses in China./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
