By The Nation. It has been reported that the government was contemplating whether to give Vice Chancellors more autonomy to administer universities through the proposed new constitution. The idea seems to be to remove the political control and allow them to develop as independent institutions. Read more...

By Marc Mcilhone. Against the backdrop of the Education World Forum, the world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers, universities from the UK and Egypt signed 10 partnerships boosting collaborative work and research. Read more...

By Scott Firsing. Losing your doctors, engineers, professors and other skilled professionals can be detrimental to your country. Brain drain is a topic with which many countries deal. In a September open letter in Le Monde, the heads of 10 successful French start-ups pleaded with Silicon Valley expatriates to come back to a revived Paris full of new opportunities. China is another country where hundreds of thousands of educated professionals leave for education and work experience. Some return. Some do not. Read more...

By Liza Yosephine. Visa requirements for foreigners applying to study in Indonesian universities have been eased in a bid to attract more international students. Read more...

By Sean Coughlan. India, with its huge education-hungry population, is the prime target of one of the world's biggest online university providers. 
Coursera, with 17 million registered students and free online courses from 140 universities, wants to be part of India's drive to expand access to higher education. Read more...

By Shannon Greenhalgh. Higher education institutions should seize the initiative and grow the strategic role of IT to differentiate themselves in the market. Read more...

BY Gastor Mapunda. THE area of education still receives a lot of coverage, particularly because it appeared as one of the silver bullets in the 2015 electoral campaigns, but more importantly because of its exceptional role in human development. Read more...

Africa is at a tipping point in 2016. Despite all the success the continent has achieved in recent years, new and old dangers—economic, political, and security-related—threaten to derail its progress. With sound policymaking, effective leadership, and enough foresight, however—Africa can meet and defeat these challenges as well as the many more to come. Read more...

By Gordon McKenzie. On the 15^th January 1965 the Who released their first album, I Can’t Explain. Fifty-one years later many people in the sector are scratching their heads seeking the explanation why the Government is going to so much trouble, by linking the TEF and fees, to split a tiny inflation increase into even more minuscule parts.

It’s just not plausible, they say: up to four levels of TEF; the panels; the judgments; the risk of legal challenge. No one is that irrational: there must be a hidden reason. Read more...

By UK Politics. The UK government has not shut the door on the introduction of new post-study work visas in Scotland, the Scottish secretary has said. Read more...