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29 août 2016

Lower Saxony concerned over Turkish relations

By Michael Gardner. Recent disruptions in Turkey’s higher education sector are having an increasing impact on Turkish academics and students in Germany. The government of Lower Saxony in northern Germany is concerned that these developments are obstructing exchange and research programmes. More...

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29 août 2016

Donations-for-places to be allowed under university law

By Eugene Vorotnikov. Private businesses and investors will be able to reserve study places in Russian universities in return for donations to endowment funds, under amendments to an existing education law recently drafted by the ministries of economic development and of education. More...

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29 août 2016

American University of Afghanistan closed after attack

By Salman Islam and Yojana Sharma. The American University of Afghanistan has temporarily suspended operations “in the wake of the despicable terrorist attack on the university”, the university said in a press release issued Friday, two days after a horrendous attack on the university which killed 16, including seven students and a professor, and injured 53 in a 10-hour long raid by unidentified militants. More...

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29 août 2016

G20 summit to underpin China’s innovation drive

By Yojana Sharma. For China, a great deal is riding on the Group of 20 or G20 Economic Summit taking place in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province next week and intended to showcase China’s ability to take a world economic leadership role – something it has been criticised for avoiding in the past as it concentrated on national inward-looking policies. More...

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29 août 2016

Students warned to avoid unauthorised institutions

During the past few years many new private institutions had opened as the numbers of young people qualified to enter higher education increased but places in public universities remained low, reported Midi Madagasikara of Antananarivo. More...

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29 août 2016

The new way university cheats are being caught

Everyone has a unique typing style – but cheaters type differently. With this in mind, a Melbourne start-up has created anti-plagiarism software which is being trialled at four major Australian universities, writes Henrietta Cook for The Sydney Morning Herald. More...

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29 août 2016

Swiss university graduates are best paid in Europe

Swiss universities produce the best-paid graduates in Europe, according to salary-benchmarking site Emolument, reports Economia. More...

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29 août 2016

Support for moratorium on new private universities

The decision by the Higher Education Ministry to extend the moratorium on the setting up of new private colleges and universities has received the support of private higher education institutions, writes Naim Zulkifli for New Straits Times. More...

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29 août 2016

Private universities to admit state-funded students

The first batch of government-sponsored students into private universities will start classes in September 2016 and will cost taxpayers KES700 million (US$7 million). Kenyatta said the move will provide a chance for more students to pursue courses of their choice. More...

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29 août 2016

Staff association accuses HE leaders of corruption

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has accused pro-chancellors and vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities of corruption and running the nation’s ivory tower aground through fraudulent activities, diversion of funds and awarding shady contracts, reports Today. More...

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