By Terri Macdonald. The insidious problem of 'rape culture', sexual harassment and assaults on campuses are not confined only to Australian universities. The latest journal of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), Academic Matters*, puts a spotlight on these issues in a Canadian context. More...
By Michael Gardner. Concern over the widening persecution of researchers and journalists under autocratic governments was raised by a panel of higher education and NGO – non-governmental organisation – representatives at a meeting in Bonn, Germany on 25 January, who called on Germany to apply more leverage to promote academic freedom abroad. More...
Congolese students in Russia have let out a 'cry of alarm' over deteriorating conditions due to inadequate grants combined with Russia's 'galloping inflation'. And while about 20,000 students studying at home and abroad qualified for grants in 2016, many of them did not receive the full amount in time because of administrative delays. More...
By Wagdy Sawahel. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University opened its first overseas office this month, in Tunisia, in what has been hailed by the university’s president as an opportunity to “bring the world to Harvard and Harvard to the world”. Among local higher education experts canvassed by University World News, hopes for the initiative seem equally high. More...
By . While there are known benefits of studying abroad for young people, concerns have been raised over the health of travelling students. In particular, regarding alcohol consumption during the mobility period. Findings from a research project that collected data on a large international sample of Erasmus students can inform health promotion services and programmes for students completing study abroad experiences. More...
The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon will be celebrating World Theatre Day with an international and interdisciplinary colloquium on “Theatre, Democracies and Autocracies”.
It will be organised from 29 to 31 March 2017 by the Department of Scenic and Visual Arts of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Applied Arts in partnership with the Department of Humanities and Philosophy and the Superior Institute of Political and Administrative Science. The colloquium aims to study the role of theatre vis à vis democracies, autocracies and political regimes. More...
EUA is deeply concerned by the executive order issued by US President Donald Trump and its immediate and unnecessary consequences on international researchers, university faculty and students.
The order, temporarily preventing entrance into the US of persons from seven Muslim-majority countries, unfairly disrupts not only individual lives but is potentially damaging to the free flow of people and ideas that is paramount in higher education and research. More...
By Jeremiah Jenne. News that Stanford University will shutter its undergraduate overseas studies program in Beijing has focused attention on the future of the city as a destination for US students studying abroad.
I have worked in the study abroad industry here in Beijing for over a decade, both as an instructor and as an administrator. Recently, there has been a lot of soul searching at study abroad centers around Beijing about why numbers at so many programs have fallen dramatically when compared to just a few years earlier. More...
By Fairuz Mohd Shahar. The government welcomes the arrival of foreign students intending to pursue their studies in Malaysia as this move can help raise the image of the country as a regional education hub. More...
By Harry Handley. In 2010, China introduced the National Plan for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) to improve Chinese education standards to match international levels. To do so, the government further opened the higher education sector to foreign investment, allowing foreign universities to enter the higher education sector through joint ventures with local partners. Seven years down the line, the increased support, both financial and regulatory, has led to an influx of Sino-foreign joint education programs and institutions. More...
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