By Abi Mandelbaum. Colleges and universities are keenly aware that in order to remain competitive in an evolving landscape they need to keep pace with emerging technology. Two such technologies that are changing the way universities interact with students are virtual reality and augmented reality. Read more...
By Sultan Barakat and Sansom Milton. The past two decades have witnessed many failed attempts to reconstruct nations in the aftermath of war. The litany of failures includes the squandering of vast resources in post-2003 Iraq and the inability to stabilise Afghanistan despite spending billions of dollars over more than a decade of intervention. Read more...
By Munyaradzi Makoni. Through innovation and inclusive development, universities could be instrumental in fighting poverty and expanding opportunities for marginalised African communities, ongoing research has shown. An array of factors contribute to the success of initiatives, such as communication, enabling access to knowledge, steady funding and aligning activities with national priorities. Read more...
By Suvendrini Kakuchi. Research collaboration between Japanese universities and businesses is expanding, with increasing industrial funding for technology and the government pushing for scientific development to underpin local and national economic growth. Read more...
By Nic Mitchell. The European Students’ Union, or ESU, has warned that the Bologna process, which seeks to harmonise and reform higher education across the continent, is in danger of becoming obsolete because of uneven implementation and poor follow-up of commitments by many European countries.
The ESU report, Bologna with Student Eyes: Time to meet the expectations from 1999, is based on responses from national student union organisations in 38 countries. Read more...
By Wagdy Sawahel. Morocco is moving away from its current university entrance tests from next year, with admission to higher education in future to be primarily based on student performance in baccalaureate examinations using a ‘pre-selection’ system. Read more...
By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya plans to set up a US$1 billion National Research Fund to strengthen research in universities, with an eye to boosting innovation to push the country to become a middle-income economy by 2030. Read more...
By Karen MacGregor. South Africa dominates an initial, ‘snapshot’ ranking of African universities, produced by Times Higher Education, or THE, and based only on research influence. A future Africa league table will be drawn from THE’s global rankings but will use “bespoke metrics” to be thrashed out at a continental summit being held in Johannesburg at the end of this month. Read more...
By Unsoo Jung. South Korea’s Ministry of Education plans to hold a contest searching for the best teaching and learning practices at cyber universities. The official objective is to improve quality but there is some concern that it could lead to a system to evaluate and rank cyber universities that provide online courses. Read more...
By Mary Beth Marklein and Mai Van Tinh. Plans for a United-States-backed university in Vietnam reached a milestone on Friday when Vietnamese officials granted an operating licence to the US non-profit organisation that is spearheading the initiative. Read more...
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