It is expected that in less than a month a committee appointed by Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed will recommend the dissolution of Module II programmes in local public universities, taking on board recommendations from the inter-ministerial task force she appointed two weeks ago that has been looking into delivery of services in institutions of higher learning, writes Muiru Ngugi for Daily Natio. More...

Quebec province’s university network is getting a CA$1.5 billion (US$1.2 billion) funding boost over the next six years plus the power to set their own tuition fee rates for foreign students, and in the future, rectors and senior staff will no longer get some of the existing free perks, as Quebec tightens the screws on abusive spending, writes Philip Authier for the Montreal Gazette. More...

A lobby group campaigning for better education in the Netherlands is taking Maastricht and Twente universities to court for offering too many degree courses in English, reports Dutch News. More...

A growing number of academics are working with the social media platform Facebook to build new products, but few want to talk about it. At the end of 2016, 16 universities entered into an agreement with Facebook to help the company quickly develop new technologies, writes Lindsay McKenzie for Inside Higher Ed. More...

A growing number of academics are working with the social media platform Facebook to build new products, but few want to talk about it. At the end of 2016, 16 universities entered into an agreement with Facebook to help the company quickly develop new technologies, writes Lindsay McKenzie for Inside Higher Ed. More...

The campuses that served as incubators for the civil rights movement in the mid-20th century are experiencing something of a renaissance, with freshman enrolment up at 40% of the historically black colleges and universities, writes Maya Rhodan for Time. More...

At least six British universities offered Irish students bursaries to help them travel home to cast their vote in the 25 May referendum on the Eighth Amendment, which effectively bans abortion in Ireland, meaning that thousands of women have to travel to Britain every year to get an abortion, writes Maddy Mussen for The Tab. More...

Amid unemployment concerns, the University Grants Commission is set to instruct every higher education institution to ensure that at least 50% of those graduating get access to a job, self-employment or get to pursue higher education further, and that two-thirds of the students are engaged in ‘socially productive activities’ while studying, writes Anubhuti Vishnoi for The Economic Times. More...

Oxford’s glacial progress in attracting students from diverse backgrounds has been revealed in figures showing that more than one in four of its colleges failed to admit a single black British student each year between 2015 and 2017, write Richard Adams and Caelainn Barr for The Guardian. More...

The Dubai International Academic City is expecting an influx of universities looking to set up there once the new student visa extension policy is implemented by the end of this year, writes Sarwat Nasir for Khaleej Times. More...