The government last week announced a new formula for funding public universities, designed to ensure efficient use of the funds, reports Malaysian Digest. Read more...
Maori success in education is being celebrated as new research shows more are graduating from university – with more than half being the first in their immediate family to do so, writes Corazon Miller for NZ Herald. Read more...
The University of Winnipeg has officially given the green light to a new requirement that all students, starting in the next university year, take at least one indigenous studies course in order to graduate, reports CBC News. Read more...
A government-commissioned review says United Kingdom science funding should be determined by a single independent agency. It argues this body should liaise with a committee of ministers, chaired by a senior cabinet figure, writes Pallab Ghosh for BBC News. Read more...
By Reuben Kyama. Higher education plays a key role in providing young people with access to employment and micro-business opportunities in Africa, according to experts at a recent summit held in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more...
By Dror Ben-Naim. Early attempts by universities to put their courses online haven’t been hugely successful so far in terms of generating strong grades and engagement. Read more...
By Jan Petter Myklebust. A Swedish report on university leadership and the extensive collection of information on how 16 world-class universities are governed, has found evidence for internationalisation being one critical component of these universities’ progress towards scientific excellence. Read more...
By Patrick Blessinger. In many respects the world has become a global knowledge society of interconnected and interdependent human activity that shares increasingly common ways to communicate and interact politically, economically and socially. Read more...
By Vangelis Tsiligiris. Transnational education or TNE – a form of education provision where the learner is based in a country other than the one of the awarding institution – has grown dramatically over the past 20 years. Read more...
By Goolam Mohamedbhai. In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, which have now become the post-2015 global development framework up to 2030, replacing the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, that covered the period 2000-15. The SDGs comprise an ambitious set of 17 goals and 169 targets, compared to only eight goals and 21 targets in the MDGs. Also, while the MDGs targeted mainly low-income countries, the SDGs are directed to all countries of the world. Read more...
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