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18 septembre 2018

Chinese international students dominate student elections

Organised factions of Chinese international students are dominating elections at Australia's major universities, beating the established political parties at the same time as national authorities warn about foreign influence, writes Michael Koziol for The Sydney Morning Herald. More...

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18 septembre 2018

Vice-chancellor warns female students about ‘sponsors’

Kenyatta University Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wainaina has cautioned female students against affairs with old men, popularly known as sponsors. Addressing first year students at the university, Wainaina said such relationships threaten a learner’s ability to perform well academically and could ruin her future, writes Mary Wambui for the Nairobi News. More...

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18 septembre 2018

Twelve universities launch first risk methods courses

Twelve universities in Africa have launched Africa's first risk methods school courses to tackle risk and management of disasters likely to affect the continent. The ‘Partners Enhancing Resilience for People Exposed to Risk Universities’ is a consortium of 12 universities in Africa, writes James Kandoya for IPP Media. More...

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18 septembre 2018

Rise in university students accessing hardship funds

More university students are struggling to pay their bills despite extra financial assistance from the New Zealand government. Figures collated by NZME show an increase in hardship funds given out and applications for financial help at three of New Zealand’s biggest universities, writes Emme McKay for the NZ Herald. More...

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18 septembre 2018

University staff face higher workloads, lower pay rises

University staff in Australia should brace for higher workloads, lower salary increases and, in cases where student numbers are low, redundancies, according to Professor of Management at the University of Melbourne, Danny Samson. His warning came after Victoria University put a tough new enterprise agreement direct to staff without union endorsement, writes Robert Bolton for the Australian Financial Review. More...

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18 septembre 2018

Angry overseas-trained medics in ‘go back to class’ jab

South African students who study medicine abroad will have to go back to university on their return home after graduating. Since 1 July, a new policy by the National Department of Health compels all foreign-trained doctors to complete a one-year bridging course at a local university, writes Nabeelah Shaikh for the Sunday Tribune. More...

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18 septembre 2018

Higher education one of worst at handling cyberattacks

Higher education ranks as one of the worst business sectors to handle cyber threat crises. Nearly three-quarters of participants took three or more days to create and apply a patch after notification of an attack, said EfficientIP’s 2018 Global DNS Threat Report, writes Macy Bayern for Tech Republic. More...

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18 septembre 2018

16 African universities to tackle poor research output

Given Africa’s low research output, which is 1% of the total global output, 16 African universities, under the banner of the African Research Universities Alliance, have risen to the challenge of making African universities more visible on the global research map, writes Mojeed Alabi for the New Telegraph. More...

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18 septembre 2018

Turkey to stop sending students to the US

Turkey is to stop sending students to the United States for postgraduate studies and limit the number it sends to European and Asian countries, Yeni Safak newspaper quoted Turkish Deputy Education Minister Mustafa Safran as saying, reports Ahval. More...

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18 septembre 2018

Decline in foreign students at US colleges, universities

For the second straight year, the number of new international students coming to study at United States colleges and universities is expected to decline from the 300,743 who came in 2015-16, according to the Institute of International Education, writes Janet H Cho for Cleveland.com. More...

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