By Kelsey Munro. At Wollongong University's booming Dubai campus, thousands of students from scores of countries are studying – in English – for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business, finance, IT, engineering and media. Operating as an accredited university for just 16 years, UOWD is billed as one of the United Arab Emirates' "oldest and most prestigious universities" – a small sign of the pace of change in the area of transnational education – and of the market value of an Australian degree. Read more...
Higher Education and Research Bill
By Gordon McKenzie. The Higher Education and Research Bill passed its Second Reading in the House of Commons, 19th July, by 294 votes to 258. The vote was preceded by five and a half hours of debate. Concerns about Brexit infused many of the speeches from Opposition members, with a number arguing that the uncertainty caused by Brexit should lead to the Bill being and revised. GuildHE has rejected this argument. Read more...
Are fees the best way forward for Nigerian universities?
The University of Ibadan in Nigeria is “emblematic of the crisis of the Nigerian state”, argues the institution’s vice-chancellor, Abel Idowu Olayinka, in this video interview.
The University of Ibadan opened in 1948 as a small African outpost of London University, with just 104 students. Over the past 70 years, it has grown exponentially and now has a student body of 26,000. Read more...
More online degrees on the horizon?
Short on time? Here are the highlights:
- Participants at a recent education technology conference heard that the next phase of development for online learning may well include full undergraduate degrees offered by leading institutions
- The technology and quality assurance mechanisms for such a move are already in place
- There may also be some momentum in this direction arising from early examples of both post-graduate and undergraduate MOOC courses for credit, in some cases leading to complete degrees
- A further expansion of full academic programmes online is supported as well by research findings as to the strong performance of students in online and blended learning programmes. Read more...
Higher Education Reforms in Afghanistan
By Ahmad Jawed Samsor. None of higher education institutions in Afghanistan has ever been evaluated or ranked by an International or regional ranking body, in other words the institutes have not yet met the minimum Requirements to be ranked or be placed in one of those lists. Read more...
Indian universities not a big draw for foreigners
Every year, close to 2 lakh Indian students sign out of the domestic education sector to pursue a foreign degree. The counterflow, however, is nothing to write home about.
A headcount of foreign students by the HRD ministry for 2013-14 showed that enrolment of international students in Indian varsities was up by a modest 11,000 to touch 31,126. This barely conspicuous increase took place at a time when the foreign student population in universities across the world was growing at the frenetic pace of 60 per cent since 2000. More...
Indonesian Student Enrollment at US Universities Reaches Record High in Last Ten Years
There are more Indonesian students attending colleges and universities in the US now than at any time in the last ten years, according the International Institute of Education (IIE), a non-profit organization that tries to improve access to international education for students worldwide. More...
Maintien au domicile des personnes âgées : la Cour des comptes préconise une rationalisation des qualifications
Entre 2010 et 2060, le nombre de personnes âgées dépendantes pourrait croître de 100 %. La Cour des comptes s'inquiète de la connaissance imprécise des parcours des personnes âgées dépendantes, ce qui nuit à l'évaluation collective de besoins comme à la programmation des moyens. Néanmoins, pour adapter l'offre de services aux besoins futurs, la Cour des comptes, qui avait établi un rapport en 2005, émet à nouveau des préconisations. Voir l'article...
Apprentissage et mobilité longue en Europe
L'"Association pour la mobilité longue des apprentis" lance, en septembre 2016, une nouvelle expérimentation qui permettra à 150 apprentis de bénéficier d'un séjour longue durée (6 à 12 mois) dans un pays de l'Union Européenne. Ce programme, placé sous le pilotage des Compagnons du Devoir, réunit 36 centres de formation d'apprentis (dont 16 français parmi lesquels le CFA Compagnons du Devoir de Bordeaux, CFA de la Chambre de Métiers de Charente-Maritime) issus de 14 pays de l'Union Européenne organisés en consortium. Voir l'article...
Les personnels de la recherche
La recherche est une conjugaison de talents individuels et le produit d'un travail d'équipe. La production de connaissances revient aux enseignants-chercheurs et aux chercheurs. Pour accomplir cette mission, l'apport de compétences de nombreux ingénieurs et techniciens est essentiel et de multiples savoirs et savoir-faire sont nécessaires à tous les niveaux de responsabilité. Voir l'article...