By Ellie Bothwell. US students engage in riskier behaviour, such as using drugs and drinking dangerous levels of alcohol, while studying abroad, according to a new study that argues that universities should take more. More...
8 février 2016
8 février 2016
Egypt’s universities launch UK partnerships
By Ellie Bothwell. Universities in the UK and Egypt have signed 10 partnership agreements aimed at building scientific research and increasing opportunities for student and staff exchanges. More...
8 février 2016
When prison meets higher education: can collaboration go too far?
By Ellie Bothwell. There have been a number of schemes launched by universities in recent years focused on educating prisoners to aid rehabilitation. More...
8 février 2016
Universities follow suit: Tampere cheaper for foreign students than Helsinki in 2017
The University of Helsinki announced last week that it would be charging students coming from non-EU and non-EEA countries tuition for studying in its programmes. Finland's other institutions of higher education are also starting to deliver their estimates on foreign students' school payments. More...8 février 2016
Call for law to set up Academic City
The State government should finalise the legislation on establishment of an Academic City and International Higher Academic Zones to give a boost to the internationalisation of education in the State, the Kovalam Declaration on making Kerala a hub of international education has urged. More...8 février 2016
For African students in India, racial taunts await at every turn
8 février 2016
Alarm over Aussie unis' low entry standards
By Jonathan Pearlman. Universities in Australia have been accepting large numbers of students who fall below the admission requirements, prompting concerns about a decline in the nation's education standards. More...8 février 2016
Germany’s excellence program gets good grades
By Gretchen Vogel. Germany should award millions of euros in extra funding to its 10 top-performing universities, an international commission recommended today. That is one of the best ways to build on the country’s Excellence Initiative, a decade-long program that was supposed to boost German universities to world-class status. The commission, chaired by physicist Dieter Imboden of the ETH Zurich in Switzerland, presented its long-awaited evaluation of the program today. More...8 février 2016
Blended Learning: The Future Of Higher Education?
By Nick Morrison. Universities have long been wrestling with the internet. On the one hand it represents a huge opportunity, in the shape of an enormous resource and new methods of delivery; on the other it represents a huge threat, in the shape of an enormous resource and new methods of delivery. More...8 février 2016
Call to ban students with poor English and maths from universities
By TES reporter. Students who are struggling with literacy and numeracy should not be able to go to university, a major international report suggests. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)