By John Gerritsen. Visa figures show schools and private tertiary institutions are bearing the brunt of a fall in foreign student numbers.
Figures published by education promotion body, Education New Zealand, show that in the first three months of 2016 there were 27,268 foreigners with student visas, 1725 or 6 percent fewer than in the same period for 2015. More...
Nigeria is ignoring ‘sorting’ syndrome in institutions of higher education at its peril, as the nation’s international standing may soon be whittled down due to weak certificates in peoples’ hands. More...
By Jon Fernquest. Recent media coverage of research in Thai universities that copies the writing of other people, has drawn attention to culture of plagiarism that holds back research work in Thailand. Govt action being taken. More...
Backed with data and numbers, ministers gave Parliament a look into the country’s state of affairs. Here is the takeaway from Thursday’s Q&A session from both the Houses.
22 fake universities are functioning in the country
22 ‘fake’ universities are functioning in the country, with a maximum of nine in Uttar Pradesh and five in Delhi, HRD Minister Smriti Irani told the Rajya Sabha, adding that states have been asked to initiate action against these. More...
The Education Ministry will seek to enable South Korean universities to set up campuses abroad in a bid to promote the advancement of universities into other countries.
The ministry said on Wednesday that it will on Thursday issue an advance notice of revising regulations on establishing and operating universities, citing the need to improve ways for South Korean universities’ expansion overseas. The ministry plans to put into effect the revision from the end of August. More...
By . Cementing its standing as the most selective institution of higher education in the country, Stanford University announced this week that it had once again received a record-setting number of applications and that its acceptance rate — which had dropped to a previously uncharted low of 5 percent last year — plummeted all the way to its inevitable conclusion of 0 percent. Read more...
By Tyler Fedak. The IB diploma is becoming the world’s most common university entrance qualification. It is accepted in 140 countries, by 3700 schools, and from more than one million students. In Japan, the goal is to introduce the IB program to 200 high schools or more by 2020. The IB program introduces significant differences to the normal Japanese education system. Rather than focusing on “cramming knowledge,” the key principles of the IB are to educate learners through inquiry and problem solving. More...
Chennai-based Vel Tech Dr. RR and Dr. SR Technical University (VTU) has become the first in the country to adopt worldwide Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) initiative. More...
Controversies continue to plague higher education in Telangana with the latest addition to the long list being the opposition to the online counselling proposed for degree college admissions citing it as irrational and a decision taken in haste. More...
By Study International Staff. University leaders, heads of state and policy makers are among the 800 representatives meeting in Cape Town’s International Convention Centre between May 3 and 5. Media FHE, the agency covering the conference on behalf of the British Council, notes that the influence higher education can have over each individual nation, along with the ways in which global university partnerships can help to meet national and local priorities, are all key themes of the 2016 programme. More...
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