The total annual bill for six prominent US universities to run branches in the wealthy Arabian emirate of Qatar comes to more than US$400 million, writes Nick Anderson for The Washington Post. Read more...
14 mars 2016
14 mars 2016
Agency seeks universities to set up Konza campuses
Kenya's KES595.8 billion (US$5.8 billion) Silicon Valley, Konza, is seeking local and international universities to set up campuses on its vast land, reports Daily Nation. Read more...
14 mars 2016
Tuition fees give universities in England £1.8bn surplus
Universities in England accrued record operating surpluses worth nearly £1.8 billion (US$2.5 billion) last year, as their bank balances were filled by the first full cohort of students paying the £9,000 tuition fee, writes Richard Adams for the Guardian. Read more...
14 mars 2016
Changing face of higher education on private campuses
Amid mistrust of established institutions, students are quitting mid-course and taking chances with private universities such as Shiv Nadar University, Ashoka University and OP Jindal Global University, which have recently come up in the National Capital Region, writes Sahil Makkar for Business Standard. Read more...
14 mars 2016
Universities set to crack down on high CV fraud level
Australian universities are set to crack down on what they say is a high level of fraud by graduates inflating their academic achievements in job and study applications, write Tim Dodd and Misa Han for Financial Review. Read more...
14 mars 2016
Confusion as scientists face government ‘gagging’ clause
Only a fool ignores well informed advice. And only a very foolish government demands not to receive it in the first place. But that is what the British government is in danger of doing in its new condition attached to government grants, reports Nature. Read more...
14 mars 2016
Psychology may regain some of its lost credibility
Psychology may have just regained some of its lost credibility. In a new study in the journal Science, researchers evaluate the 2015 claim that half of all psychology studies are so flawed they cannot be replicated – and beg to differ, writes Joshua A Krisch for Vocativ. Read more...
14 mars 2016
Technology institutes open doors to foreign students
Indian Institutes of Technology are set to open entrance tests to foreign students in eight countries for undergraduate and postgraduate studies starting from 2017, reports World Bulletin. Read more...
14 mars 2016
It’s time to talk about race
By Kevin Hylton. Popular culture is remarkable in its ability to remind us that ‘race’ and racism in society are insidious as pernicious discourses and micro-aggressions – from controversies at the Oscars where Black actors complained at their lack of opportunities and therefore recognition, to music and sport. Read more...
14 mars 2016
Country ‘set to steal students from US, UK, Australia’
By Nicola Jenvey. The inaugural Hotcourses Insights destination country report focusing on Malaysia shows that in 2015 10% of students studying in that country were international. Read more...
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