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28 mai 2018

Scottish universities failing to attract poor students

Universities do not get enough qualified applicants from Scotland’s poorest communities to meet tough access targets, according to a new report which shows that only 15% of applications in 2017 came from the poorest postcodes, writes Andrew Denholm for The Herald Scotland. More...

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28 mai 2018

Sexual assault support varies at universities in BC

One year after a bill came into effect requiring universities in British Columbia (BC) to have sexual assault policies, the support available at different universities varies widely and students are urging the province to fill a funding gap, reports The Canadian Press. More...

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28 mai 2018

Sydney students get no satisfaction at major universities

Sydney’s major universities are languishing at the bottom of the pile for student satisfaction, with smaller private universities maintaining a healthy lead over their larger public rivals, writes Michael Koziol for The Sydney Morning Herald. More...

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28 mai 2018

Dutch universities aim to limit overseas intake

Dutch universities are aiming to reduce the number of students that come to their university, especially students coming from abroad to study, writes Emma Brown for Dutch Review. More...

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28 mai 2018

Country produces most science and tech graduates

India leads the world in the number of students getting bachelor degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics or STEM subjects, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, reports IANS. More...

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28 mai 2018

French studies suspended in Turkey amid Koran row

Turkey earlier this month suspended the opening of any new French studies departments at its universities, an education official said, amid a growing row with France over a call there for some passages to be removed from the Koran, write Gulsen Solaker and Tuvan Gumrukcu for Reuters. More...

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28 mai 2018

Women throng universities to learn driving rules, skills

Saudi women have started to learn the skills of motor driving in various universities across the Kingdom, as several universities have obtained licences from traffic police to operate driving schools for women, writes Irfan Mohammed for Saudi Gazette. More...

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28 mai 2018

Are high-stakes exams useful to the learning process?

By Nita Temmerman. There are some wonderful teaching-learning initiatives taking place in universities all over the world. Yet, there is one area of the curriculum that some academics will not let go of – the single, ‘high-stakes’ exam. To fail this exam means to fail the subject, especially when a further hurdle is attached, for example, expecting students to achieve at least 75% on the exam to qualify to pass the subject. More...

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28 mai 2018

When university tuition fees go up, diversity goes down

By Drew Allen and Gregory C Wolniak. As college tuition fees continue to rise at a staggering rate, people tend to worry about how much harder it becomes for students and families to pay for college. More...

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28 mai 2018

The road to sustainable world-class universities

By R Ponnusamy. India is the world’s seventh-largest economy and has advanced in several fields of technology and science. But it has failed to achieve its decade-long dream of having world-class universities to showcase its technical and economic power to the world. More...

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