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23 janvier 2018

AI, digital technology is changing innovation landscape

By Yojana Sharma. The rise of technologies such as artificial intelligence or AI, data analytics and other digital technologies is changing the innovation landscape in a way that is more conducive to university-industry research and development collaborations than in the past, according to Tan Chorh Chuan, outgoing president of the National University of Singapore. More...

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23 janvier 2018

US decision on Jerusalem fuels student unrest

By Wagdy Sawahel. United States President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem – or Al-Quds in Arabic – as the capital of Israel and transfer the American embassy there from Tel Aviv has led to numerous angry protests by students in Egypt's universities and beyond. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Doubts emerge over UK university’s South Korean campus

By Aimee Chung and Yojana Sharma. Doubts have emerged over the University of Aberdeen’s plans to set up what would be the first United Kingdom university campus in South Korea after differences of opinion with the Korean authorities over the kind of courses to be offered. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Leading institutions forced to drop ‘university’ title

By Shuriah Niazi. Prominent institutions of higher education in India, including many private and specialised institutions, that enjoyed so-called ‘deemed university’ status can no longer use the word 'university' in their names, sparking fears it could affect their reputation, international rankings and future student recruitment if students and parents are confused about their status as degree-awarding institutions. More...

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23 janvier 2018

LERU universities contribute €100 billion to economy

By Jan Petter Myklebust and Brendan O’Malley. Investment in leading research universities generates a substantial return for the wider economy, and the 23 members of the League of European Research Universities or LERU are contributing almost €100 billion (US$117 billion) to the European economy and 1.3 million jobs, according to a new study. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Marketisation of HE is failing students – Audit report

By Brendan O’Malley. The United Kingdom's National Audit Office has published a damning report on the effectiveness of the government’s increasing reliance in recent years on delivering higher education using market mechanisms, particularly student choice, to improve quality and value for money, and reduce social inequity. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Brexit breakthrough helps universities in short term

By Brendan O’Malley. Universities have welcomed the breakthrough in negotiations between the United Kingdom government and the European Union in phase one of the exit deal, agreed on Friday, because of its positive impact on universities. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Academic charged for sharing her research findings

Brooke Harrington, an American professor of business and politics at Denmark’s Copenhagen Business School, travels the world studying tax havens and sharing her findings with academics, policy-makers and the general public. Harrington sees public scholarship as an essential part of her work as an academic. But Danish immigration authorities are calling it something else: a crime, writes Collen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Universities to prove real-world impact of research

Starting in 2018, Australian universities will be required to prove their research provides concrete benefits for taxpayers and the government, who fund it, writes Pauline Zardo for The Conversation. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Admission fees to be cut at private universities

The Ministry of Education announced last week that from 2022 all private universities in South Korea will stop receiving admission fees, the amount and use of which has remained murky and controversial at times. The government had already decided to scrap admission fees at public universities from next year, reports the Korea JoongAng Daily. More...

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