By Nic Mitchell. The report New Routes to Higher Education: The global rise of foundation programmes from Dutch-based StudyPortals and Cambridge English also predicts a slowing down of outbound students from China going to the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom. Read more...
By Yojana Sharma. University access for refugees has become a major challenge for countries in Asia, which like Europe, are seeing an influx of more educated and aspirant refugees. Read more...
By Yojana Sharma. A global research initiative – the Global Access Map project – is examining the types of social data on students that are available across the world as a preliminary to devising a global equity index to compare the social composition of the student body within and across countries, the Global Access to Post-Secondary Education, or GAPS, conference heard last week. Read more...
By Yojana Sharma. As policy-makers and economists increasingly make a connection between a highly educated population and gains in productivity, economic development and growth, many countries are promoting rapid expansion of higher education. Read more...
By Jan Petter Myklebust. The scientific impact of Danish publications linked to the European Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes is “outstanding”, according to a ministry report. Read more...
Australia’s universities are calling for a bold new research and innovation investment strategy, arguing that it is vital to the economic transformation that the government and opposition parties both say the country must make. Read more...
By Michael Gardner. The German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, and the Indian University Grants Commission, or UGC, are stepping up cooperation. A new higher education partnership programme has been signed during a visit by a German delegation headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Read more...
By Mary Beth Marklein. US research universities dominate US News & World Report's second annual global higher education rankings, and an expansion in the numbers of institutions included this year helped to catapult China into the number two slot, ahead of the United Kingdom and Germany. Read more...
By Saurabh Sinha. Engineers will play a vital role in meeting the challenges laid out by the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. Read more...
By Wachira Kigotho. Africa’s quest for scientific independence is likely to be a long journey on a bumpy road full of potholes, leading to who knows where, taking into account that the continent has no culture of philanthropy and government expenditure on research and development is extremely low. Read more...
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