The United Kingdom is slipping as a preferred higher education destination for Indians amid fears of tighter immigration laws and Brexit impact, writes Varuni Khosla for the Economic Times. Read more...
2 novembre 2016
2 novembre 2016
Funding world-class universities
By Alex Usher. Governments always face a choice between access and excellence: should resources be spent narrowly on a few institutions in order to make them more ‘world class’, or should they be spread more widely in order to build capacity and increase access. Read more...
2 novembre 2016
The Trump impact abroad
By Mark Ashwill. I spent part of a recent Sunday morning speaking to group of Vietnamese students in Hanoi who had participated in a US culture and society contest. Read more...
2 novembre 2016
Non-European cooperation in Horizon 2020 in decline
By Jan Petter Myklebust. Through the European Union research programmes there has been a growing ambition to include international partners from all over the world to participate in the formation of the European Research Area. One such ambition has been the opening up of the European Union ‘flagship programme’ Horizon 2020 to researchers and innovators across the world. Read more...
2 novembre 2016
DFID project attempts to catalyse change in HE systems
By Brendan O'Malley. A consortium has launched an open call for proposals for an ambitious initiative funded by the UK’s Department for International Development, or DFID, aimed at catalysing innovation and reform in higher education systems in developing countries, including fragile and conflict-affected states. Read more...
2 novembre 2016
New cooperation projects with Cuba and Mauritania
Algeria and Cuba have signed eight conventions on health and higher education, covering areas including development of vaccines, animal experimentation and technology transfer. Meanwhile, Algeria and Mauritania are planning to cooperate in programmes in the fields of oceanography and aquaculture. Read more...
2 novembre 2016
Journée mondiale des enseignants — Enseigner aux adultes
La journée mondiale des enseignants est un événement important qui vient célébrer le précieux travail accompli par les enseignants à travers le monde. Mais qu’en est-il des formateurs pour adultes ? Nous rencontrons aujourd’hui la conseillère pédagogique ainsi qu’un formateur pour adultes de la direction Éducation et formation tout au long de la vie à Malte. Voir l'article...
1 novembre 2016
Supporting Women’s Leadership for a Post-Conflict Syria
By . Sitting in an airy meeting space in the heart of New York City on a recent Saturday, a group of young women had traveled a long way—from universities they’re attending across Canada and the United States, after having left Syria over the last several years. More...
30 octobre 2016
The Fractured Chinese Higher Education Market
By Alex Usher. We often casually refer to China as being a single higher education market, but that’s really not true. It’s probably more accurate to say that it is 32 different markets (34 if you want to include Macau and Hong Kong), one for each of the 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 major municipalities (Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Tianjin). That’s not just because most higher education funding is local rather than national; it’s also because student mobility is significantly restricted, especially among top universities. More...
28 octobre 2016
A major Chinese education company has been buying access to US college admissions officers
Submitted by Tim Goral. A major Chinese education company has paid thousands of dollars in perks or cash to admissions officers at top U.S. universities to help students apply to American schools. More...
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