By Budd L Hall and Rajesh Tandon. Community-based participatory researchers from universities and civil society organisations from 10 countries gathered in New Delhi in India in mid-November to kick off the Knowledge for Change or K4C Global Consortium. More...

By Helge Schwitters. When European leaders gathered in Gothenburg to applaud the European Pillar of Social Rights and think blue-sky thoughts about the future of Europe on 17 November, the European Commission and European leaders came prepared with a surprise: potential reforms in education policies. More...

By Ross VeLure Roholt, Jennifer Catalano, Robert Hollister and Alexander Fink. A growing number of universities around the world offer programmes that educate students to be entrepreneurs. This is an exciting and promising trend in light of the global youth employment crisis. More...

By Deren Temel. Japan has too many vacant jobs. In 2017, Japan’s low birth rate and relative economic recovery left 1.43 job vacancies for every applicant in all sectors and skill levels. In Tokyo, Japan’s white-collar capital, there are two jobs for every one applicant. More...

By Simon Marginson. Liberal studies in higher education suffer from lack of esteem, but they embody crucial insights into how society works. And suddenly, they have acquired crucial new responsibility. More...

By Munyaradzi Makoni. African universities stand to benefit – through partnerships – from the German Research Foundation’s new annual €533 million (US$626 million) seven-year Excellence Strategy that seeks to stimulate competition among universities in Germany, according to a foundation spokesperson. More...

By Wagdy Sawahel. Algerian universities are witnessing growing incidents of violent attacks and physical assaults by university students on academic staff. While some of the attacks are politically motivated, others are not. All of them, however, threaten the dignity and safety of staff and negatively impact on the teaching profession and the student learning process, say experts. More...