By Jan Petter Myklebust. Denmark is in a leading position in the world with regard to production of high-class scientific research and in particular the impact of this research, according to a report presented by the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy. Read more...

By Grace Karram Stephenson. Most governments face challenges related to diverse populations. Different groups might call the same country home, but they are separated socially by factors like religion, language or lifestyle. Read more...

By Ka Ho Mok and Jin Jiang. The Chinese government has actively increased higher education opportunities because of its strong commitment to transforming the country and preparing its people to cope with the growing challenges of the globalising market. Read more...

By Anand Kulkarni. The Indian government is in the process of undertaking a major review and development of its higher education policy, and other levels – the third such major event, following earlier significant policy statements in 1968 and 1986 (revised in 1992). Read more...

By John Kelly. Over the past decade, the major and unhelpful intrusion into both the national and the international worlds of higher education has been the advent of university rankings. Read more...

By Ranjit Devraj. The case of a top Indian researcher being refused an Australian visa to take up a prestigious scholarship award at the University of Melbourne ostensibly because of fears his work could be “associated with weapons of mass destruction” has angered Indian officials who say barring the country’s researchers amounts to treating India as a "rogue state" alongside countries like North Korea and Pakistan. Read more...

By Maina Waruru. Prospective students with smartphones will soon be able to access and undertake degree programmes from anywhere in the world under an innovative new distance learning initiative offered by a Kenyan private university and a United States company. Read more...

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has officially denied reports in some Russian media outlets that the national government plans to fire about 10,000 scientists over the next three years, due to lack of funds in the Russian federal budget. Read more...

By Kudzai Mashininga. Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has bowed to pressure and slashed university fees following nationwide student protests that began last month and resulted in the arrest of more than 30 students. Read more...

By Yojana Sharma. Foreign students who received generous scholarships from the Singapore government could be banned from living and working in Singapore if they deliberately default on their ‘bond’ obligations, a senior education ministry official said last week in the wake of revelations that a number of students were in default. Read more...