By Alan Ruby. The latest period of globalisation has been good for higher education in Britain and much of the rest of the world. There has been freer movement of people and ideas. Last year about 4.5 million young people studied outside their home nation. Millions of others took advantage of increased opportunities for transnational education. Read more...

By Mary Beth Marklein. In The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, US journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon recounts the story of Kamila Sidiqi, an entrepreneurial young woman in Afghanistan who built a business to hold her family home together under Taliban rule. Read more...

By Mushfique Wadud. The Bangladesh government has rowed back on a previous decision to shut down three private medical colleges for their failure to fulfil conditions set for obtaining a licence, following protests by students and guardians. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Denmark is making headway in its efforts to reduce the number of students who do not complete their degree in good time. Read more...

By Gilbert Nakweya. A new World Bank initiative has been launched to help Tanzanian youth improve the quality of their skills and tap into the country’s key economic sectors. Read more...

By Christabel Ligami. An East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, or EACREEE, has been launched at Makerere University in Uganda to address energy issues faced by the five East African Community nations of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Read more...

A new point-scoring admission system in UK universities may remove the advantage now enjoyed by students who take Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education examination, writes Shirley Zhao for the South China Morning Post. Read more...

A new HSBC report has found that many parents in Singapore are willing to spend to back up the importance they place on ensuring that their children receive a proper tertiary education, reports Asia One. Read more...

Two Australian journalists have argued that the Chinese government is buying influence over Australian universities by donating libraries and funds for institutes as part of a broader push to strengthen its soft power in the country, writes David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Read more...

University philanthropy is enjoying a revival. Although fundraising accounts for only 3% of universities’ £29 billion (US$41 billion) annual income, it is growing fast, reports The Economist. Read more...