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3 avril 2018

Staff cuts loom as universities adopt new funding model

Public universities should consider sacking some of their workers to cope with reduced funding, according to the National Treasury. This was part of proposed austerity measures as the government implements a new funding formula that has substantially reduced capitation for universities, writes Augustine Oduor for the Standard Digital. More...

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3 avril 2018

Public confidence in universities tumbles

Soaring tuition costs, degrees of dubious value and non-stop student activism have combined to bring public confidence in the ivory tower tumbling down, write Bradford Richardson and Jennifer Harper for The Washington Times. More...

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3 avril 2018

Cambridge staff fought man at centre of Facebook furore

The University of Cambridge resorted to external arbitration in an attempt to resolve a bitter dispute between Aleksandr Kogan, the academic at the heart of the Facebook scandal, and colleagues concerned by how he was planning to use data in work with Cambridge Analytica four years ago, writes Aliya Ram for Financial Times. More...

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3 avril 2018

Plans for new '21st century' university in Milton Keynes

Plans for a new ‘21st century’ university in Milton Keynes have been confirmed after the council selected a lead education provider in the form of Cranfield University which will provide a curriculum focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the facility called MK:U, reports the BBC. More...

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3 avril 2018

Universities ponder the power of North-South partnerships

By Gilbert Nakweya. African universities need to increase partnerships and collaborations with institutions of higher learning from the Global North, especially in research and publication, to help spur sustainable development, say international experts. More...

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3 avril 2018

Is the era of internationalisation at risk – or not?

By Hans de Wit. On 23 February, Philip Altbach and I wrote a commentary in University World News on the challenges confronting higher education internationalisation, asking ourselves if the era of internationalisation of the past 25 years was coming to an end or at least was on life support. And on 9 March, we wrote a commentary in which we expressed our concerns about the closing of China and its potential impact on higher education. More...

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3 avril 2018

Five signs universities are turning into corporations

By Sioux McKenna. Universities in many parts of the world are buckling under multiple financial, societal and political demands. This has led to increasingly loud calls for what are called ‘enhanced efficiencies’ – a term drawn from the business world. More...

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3 avril 2018

The quality conundrum in higher education

By Aisi Li and Alan Ruby. Internationalisation has been on the higher education reform agenda since Kazakhstan became independent in 1991. One element of internationalisation has been to integrate Kazakhstan’s universities into the European Higher Education Area, including joining in the Bologna process. This provided a basis for student mobility and a platform for closer relationships with universities around the world. More...

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3 avril 2018

Time to create a Mediterranean Erasmus generation

By Marcello Scalisi. Since its foundation in 1991, UNIMED has always strongly believed in cultural exchanges as a way of promoting integration in the Euro-Mediterranean area. When it comes to academic exchanges, the Erasmus+ programme has long been the reference point. More...

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3 avril 2018

Action required to support HE as a common good

By Michaela Martin. Over the past 40 years, higher education has expanded very rapidly. From 2000 to 2010, enrolment rose from 100 million to 214 million students, increasing at a much higher rate than the average world gross domestic product and population. Public funding for the expansion has therefore come under pressure, with the cost of higher education shifting increasingly to families and students. More...

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