By Marisa Foraci. Cambodia’s economic sector must provide viable opportunities for all secondary and higher education graduates, to ensure they have a better future that leads to greater human development, writes Marisa Foraci.
With an average gross domestic product (GDP) growth of around seven percent in the last decade, Cambodia is much wealthier and has just become a lower middle-income country. But do people have enough to live the life they value? How much is enough and how can it be measured. More...

By Surajit Dasgupta. If you are a teacher by profession or temperament, and you sit with a bunch of reformist activists to draft a vision document to rejuvenate the Indian education system, you are bound to come out of the session disappointed. They will talk of the school building; they will talk of the toilets there; some will mention the playground; at best, some will suggest an ideal teacher-student ratio, but none whatsoever will deal with the most essential of questions: How to teach. More...

A well-coordinated partnership among African universities and research institutions is crucial for building institutional capacities for socio-economic development, a meeting has heard.
The 10th general assembly of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), which was held in Botswana last month (21-22 June) in partnership with the Botswana Institute for Technology Research & Innovation and Botswana International University of Science and Technology, noted that such a partnership could help create research leaders. More...

By Andrew Denholm. Scottish universities are increasingly targeting students from England because they pay fees of up to £9000, but they do not compete for the same places as students from Scotland. More...

By PTI. Australia must identify new strategies like developing showcase projects of collaboration to increase its current share of five per cent in the Indian market for international students, a think tank here has said. More...

It started as a Green Paper in November 2015, asking for the views of the Higher Education sector on the next steps for reform. Then in May 2016, the White Paper was published setting out decisions on market entry reform in England, changes to sector infrastructure and changes to the research funding landscape. The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) technical consultation has also been published, demonstrating a strong commitment to its delivery. More...

By Fabrizio Trifiro. Quality assurance is one of the key pillars of effective higher education delivery, which protects the student and university interest. Far from disappearing when operating at distance, the need for quality assurance can be even greater. Fabrizio Trifiro, Manager International at the QAA, outlines the ways that the QAA is working with its counterparts around the world to improve dialogue and cooperation to ensure that the global reputation of UK higher education, as well as its quality and standards, are upheld irrespective of where a student may be based. More...

The countries of the Middle East and North Africa region, or MENA, have fast-growing youth populations that continue to drive growing demand for higher education. The region has quadrupled the average level of schooling since 1960, halved illiteracy since 1980, and today is one of the world’s most important sending markets for international students. More...

By Jarrett Carter. As the liberal arts mission and higher education culture views college as a more than a manufacturing plant churning out work-ready robots, global industry and financial markets are expecting schools to do just that, in order to help society adapt to changes in technology and export. More...