By Roger Brown. In more than 30 years’ experience of UK higher education, I cannot recall a period in which universities have been under such strong and sustained public and media attack. More...By Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit. The news that China’s constitution will be amended so that Xi Jinping can be president beyond his current second term is only the latest indication of fundamental political change taking place. Experts have noted that President Xi has amassed the most power since Mao Zedong and seeks long-term authority to carry out his policies. More...By Bianca Quilantan, The Chronicle of Higher Education. In what amounts to a research moonshot, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) aims to "cut the burden of depression in half" by 2050 and to eliminate it by the end of the century. But before the university starts treating the world, it’s begun treating its own students. More...By Jan Petter Myklebust. If the number of statements published is a measure of activity, the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science is impressively busy, having published six statements in five days last week dealing with measures to improve quality, enable performance-related funding and gear higher education to the future job market. More...By Jan Petter Myklebust. United States citizen Miranda Andersson from Atlanta, Georgia, is of Swedish heritage and was starting her last term out of four for her masters degree at Uppsala University this spring term when the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) did not renew her application for a residence permit. More...By Aimee Chung. South Korea’s education ministry and Seoul police have begun an investigation into a college in the capital last week following a petition by dozens of students revealing sexual misconduct against female students and violence against male students. It is the first investigation by the education ministry’s Sexual Abuse Task Force, which was launched in February. More...By Geoff Maslen. More than 135,000 students from China are enrolled in Australian universities – nearly 40% of the total number of foreigners on campus. But vice-chancellors have been warned of the dangers of an over-reliance on just one major source of income. More...By Yojana Sharma. Attracting Chinese students back from abroad has become policy at the highest level of the Chinese government in a bid for world-class talent to fuel an innovation boom in the country as it moves away from reliance on manufacturing as its main engine of economic growth. More...By Brendan O'Malley. A record number of international students studied in Australia in 2017, as a result of the largest increase recorded in a single year, according to new figures. More...By Shadi Khan Saif. The Afghan government said it will earmark up to 7,000 additional seats for women in public sector universities across the country in a bid to encourage higher participation, according to an announcement last week by the ministry of education. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
