By Setiono Sugiharto. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) provides a wealth of opportunities of integration, collaboration and competitiveness among higher education institutions within the ASEAN regions; yet challenges that need to be confronted abound. More...

By Kerry Kolasa-Sikiaridi.The Greek government has announced that it is planning to push through barriers of legislation to create branches of the International Hellenic University to span to all Greek universities over the summer, offering postgraduate studies programs in English. More...

The Lithuanian parliament Seimas has given the green-light to the state to sign contracts with higher education providers based on what professionals it needs and has allowed reducing the time needed for a bachelor's degree by a year to three years, informs LETA/BNS.
The Seimas on June 29th passed a new wording of the Law on Higher Education and Research.
Education and Science Minister Audrone Pitreniene told reporters that the new law would ensure that "study programs do not overlap and there is no fragmentation and that programs are cost-effective". More...

By Emily DeRuy. The young Americans who spend time abroad during college look little like the students at universities across the United States. But there is a growing effort from schools, nonprofits, businesses, and even the federal government to make sure the students who go abroad are an accurate reflection of the nation’s college campuses. More...

By Hans Bernard. Education Tauranga regional manager Anne Young identified her future career path early in her life.
When she was growing up her father John Cronin - a long-serving Tauranga councillor - was involved with bringing overseas delegations into the Bay of Plenty. "That was what got me interested in the whole international thing and it just carried on from there," she said. More...

By Hans Bernard. The National University of Science and Technology (NUST), MISIS Russia has hosted the opening ceremony of the African student union. The idea of the body is to unite all students from African into a common bloc. More...

By PTI. African envoys today made a strong pitch for making the Indian visa regime more flexible, especially for students and diplomats.
Sola Enikanolaiye, acting High Commissioner of Nigeria, said countries like China, Brazil and South Africa have an agreement with African countries which makes the visa process hassle-free. More...

By Chen Huizhi. There is no money to help students being evicted from the University of Papua New Guinea to return home to their provinces, according to the Higher Education Minister.
Malakai Tabar's comment comes after the UPNG yesterday suspended the first semester and gave about 5,000 students occupying its campuses 48 hours to leave. More...

In a bid to turn the kingdom into a knowledge-based economy, the British Accreditation Council (BAC) is rolling out Bahrain’s national university accreditation system following the completion of the second of several pilot inspections at the turn of the year.
Launched in December, the accreditation system is the result of an agreement between the BAC and the HEC and aims to ensure consistent and internationally recognised academic standards for all higher education institutes (HEIs) within Bahrain. More...

Switzerland has come out high in another international ranking of universities. The Universitas 21 analysis puts Switzerland in second place among 50 countries for higher education systems.
The ranking aims to look at a country’s whole system of higher education, and not individual institutions. 2016 is the fifth year the ranking has been published, it places countries in order based on four separate criteria; resources, environment, connectivity and output, and gives each nation an overall rating. More...