By Mark Pace. One of my memories as a child was walking through the University of Adelaide with my family on open day. More...By Nadine Burquel. More than ever before, universities have a critical role to play in offering students a solid education that will prepare them adequately for the labour market and make them responsible citizens in the world. It is an essential mission of every university to provide graduates with cutting-edge knowledge and the right skill set that will enhance their employability. More...By Nita Temmerman. To be agile means to have the ability to move quickly and easily. It’s fair to say that this is not a notion one naturally associates with universities. Universities are generally brilliant at lumbering along rather than doing things swiftly. This is not to say that many countries do not have a strong system of university education, but it is rare indeed to see a good idea become a prompt reality. More...By Philip G Altbach and Nanette A Svenson. Panama sits at the centre of the world, or at least of the Western Hemisphere. The Panama Canal offers symbolic evidence of this fact. Completed a century ago, it is essential to global commerce and Panama’s economy. More...By Jan Petter Myklebust. Minister of Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg and the Minister for Employment Troels Lund Poulsen have presented a new government strategy to strengthen the recruitment of the international workforce in Denmark. More...By Geoff Maslen. Nearly one million Australians are now studying at university, but life is hard for most of them, with one in seven going without food or other necessities because they cannot afford the costs. More...By Yojana Sharma. China’s prestigious ‘Thousand Talents’ programme to lure top scientists from abroad has been widely promoted within the country as a major success story in fuelling China’s global scientific rise. However, it is now adopting a more low-key approach as it is subject to increased United States scrutiny amid worsening US-China relations. More...By Azzeddine Bensouiah. Algerian education experts and student unions have lambasted recent sweeping changes made to university curricula that have resulted in specialised courses such as political science being discontinued. More...By Munyaradzi Makoni. Academics have given the thumbs-up to a draft document that aims not only to increase the number of doctoral degrees in South Africa but to improve national standards by providing a watertight system that rigorously guarantees quality. More...By Tunde Fatunde. With Nigerian higher education institutions in the grip of a funding crisis, teacher and student unions rejected a recent proposal by a government commission to hike fees – calling it “outrageous”, as it would bar disadvantaged students from attaining qualifications – and called on the government to stick to its fiscal obligations. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
