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24 août 2018

Universities outsource mental health services

Amid mounting concern over student suicides, some universities in the United Kingdom have found a surprising solution to their long mental health waiting lists – they are reducing or outsourcing their counselling services in a move apparently designed to shift the burden on to the National Health Service, writes Liz Lightfoot for The Guardian. More...

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24 août 2018

University scraps titles, no more Mr, Ms or Mrs

South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand has taken a decision not to use titles such as Mr‚ Ms or Mrs to reflect a student’s designation in university correspondence and on its student systems, in order to reduce distress for transgender students, writes Prega Govender for Times Live. More...

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24 août 2018

Professors for Peace oppose constitution amendment move

Several university presidents and hundreds of professors and scholars from various universities have expressed their opposition to amending the 1987 Constitution through a constituent assembly, calling for a more participatory process for its supporters and critics alike, writes Jhesset O Enano for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. More...

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24 août 2018

Nobel economist slams European universities, work ethic

Nobel Prize-winning economist Bengt Holmström would like to see European universities become more disciplined in their approach to academia while making sure students graduate at a younger age, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor said in a recent feature interview with Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, writes Tom Turula for Nordic Business Insider. More...

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24 août 2018

Merger leads to country’s first technological university

Ireland is set to get its first ever technological university after a merger between the Dublin Institute of Technology and institutes of technology in Tallaght and Blanchardstown, reports The Journal. More...

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24 août 2018

AI courses in high demand at Dutch universities

Dutch universities are seeing significant growth in the number of students who want to study artificial intelligence in the coming academic year. At some educational institutions, the number of applications doubled compared to the current academic year, writes Janene Pieters for NL Times. More...

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24 août 2018

Free-trade agreements an opportunity for universities

Free-trade agreements linking Australia to Southeast Asia, Latin America and the European Union will help break Australia’s reliance on international students from China, but they could also pave the way for increased competition from foreign universities on local soil, writes Gabriele Suder for the Australian Financial Review. More...

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24 août 2018

14% of students are foreigners, says minister

Jordan’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Adel Al-Taweesi has said that 14% of students at his country’s universities are foreigners, reports the Middle East Monitor. More...

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24 août 2018

Facebook insists it’s not poaching academia for AI goals

Facebook has in recent months amped up a push to bring in professors from top-notch universities to work on long-term artificial intelligence (AI) research part time, but the company says it views universities as partners rather than competitors to poach top talent from, writes Nat Levy for Geekwire. More...

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24 août 2018

Students using sex work to pay for university – Study

Research from the Student Money Survey 2018 in the United Kingdom, conducted among 3,000 undergraduates, says students revealed they had even eaten out of bins or stolen from their flatmates to make ends meet, and in some cases looked into sex work. More than a 10th – 11% – of students revealed they had used their bodies (sex work and drugs trials) to make money. This includes prostitution, turning to ‘sugar daddies’ and webcam work. More...

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